The fiend - Revision history

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	'''The fiend''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]] Ο Δράκος) was a Greek film written by [[Iakovos Kambanellis]] and directed by [[Nikos Koundouros]]. It was released on [[March 5]], [[1956]].		'''The fiend''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]] Ο Δράκος) was a Greek film written by [[Iakovos Kambanellis]] and directed by [[Nikos Koundouros]]. It was released on [[March 5]], [[1956]].

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 Thomas is an insignificant and unappreciated bank clerk. He heads home from work, on the bus, with no plans for the New Year's holiday when he views, in a fellow-passenger's newspaper, a newly-released picture of a master criminal called "the fiend". To his amazement, the master criminal is his spitting image.
-Thomas tries to avoid the police and ends up in a cabaret with underworld connections. The owner ("Fatso"), employees and patrons of the cabaret assume that he is indeed "the fiend" and treat him with fear and respect. A young, still-innocent showgirl called "the baby" (to moro) falls in love with him.
+Panic-stricken Thomas tries to avoid the police and ends up in a cabaret with underworld connections. The owner ("Fatso"), employees and patrons of the cabaret assume that he is indeed "the fiend" and treat him with fear and respect. A young, still-innocent showgirl called "the baby" (to moro) falls in love with him.
 Eventually, the insignificant Thomas identifies with the role of the fiend. He meets a tragic end when the truth comes out.

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 Thomas is an insignificant and unappreciated bank clerk. He heads home from work, on the bus, with no plans for the New Year's holiday when he views, in a fellow-passenger's newspaper, a newly-released picture of a master criminal called "the fiend". To his amazement, the master criminal is his spitting image.
-Thomas tries to avoid the police and ends up in a cabaret with underground connections. The owner ("Fatso"), employees and patrons of the cabaret assume that he is indeed "the fiend" and treat him with fear and respect. A young, still-innocent showgirl called "the baby" (to moro) falls in love with him.
+Thomas tries to avoid the police and ends up in a cabaret with underworld connections. The owner ("Fatso"), employees and patrons of the cabaret assume that he is indeed "the fiend" and treat him with fear and respect. A young, still-innocent showgirl called "the baby" (to moro) falls in love with him.
 Eventually, the insignificant Thomas identifies with the role of the fiend. He meets a tragic end when the truth comes out.

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 ==Cast==
 *[[Dinos Iliopoulos]] - Thomas
-*[[Marika Papageorgiou]] - "the baby"
+*[[Margarita Papageorgiou]] - "the baby"
 *[[Yiannis Argyris]] - "Fatso"
 *[[Thanasis Veggos]] - Spathis

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 *[[Marika Papageorgiou]] - "the baby"
 *[[Yiannis Argyris]] - "Fatso"
-*[[Thanasis Veggos]] -
+*[[Thanasis Veggos]] - Spathis
 *[[Anestis Vlachos]] -
-*[[Marika Lekaki]]
+*[[Marika Lekaki]] - Carmen
 *[[Nikos Tsachiridis]]
 ==Awards==
 "The fiend" won the title of one of the best Greek films of the 1955-1959 period at the Film Festival of [[Thessaloniki]] in [[1960]].

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 *[[Nikos Tsachiridis]]
 ==Awards==
-"The fiend" won the title of one of the best Greek films of the 1955-1959 period at the Film Festival of [{Thessaloniki]] of [[1960]].
+"The fiend" won the title of one of the best Greek films of the 1955-1959 period at the Film Festival of [[Thessaloniki]] in [[1960]].
 ==Notes==
 *In its day, "The fiend" was a flop and was sharply criticised by several Greek dailies for its sympathetic depiction of the underworld. Later on it came to be appreciated and was even named one of the best Greek films of all time.

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−	'''The fiend''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]] Ο Δράκος) was a Greek film written by [[Iakovos Kambanellis]] and directed by [[Nikos Koundouros]]. It was released in [[1956]].	+	'''The fiend''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]] Ο Δράκος) was a Greek film written by [[Iakovos Kambanellis]] and directed by [[Nikos Koundouros]]. It was released on [[March 5]], [[1956]].

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