Thanasis in the land of the cuff

The movie is about dictatorships in Greece – first, the Metaxas regime (1936-1940), and then the Colonels’ Junta (1967-74). In Part One, the Metaxas regime is depicted as a circus, where Thanasis (Thanasis Vengos) is a clown trying to conceal a young colleague’s subversive action. In Part Two, we see Thanasis suffer because of his honesty and kindness, in a country where the system’s irrationality is clearly evident.

Director: Dinos Katsouridis

Cast

Thanasis Veggos

Thanasis

Antonis Papadopoulos

clown

Ilias Logothetis

circus boss

Aina Maouer

Manouli

Takis Halas

4th August representative

Giorgos Tzifos

21st April representative

Mihalis Giannatos

Vangelis Traiforos