

The Man Who Broke the Ice
1972-07-07 · 94 min · ★ 6.4
Lambros Konstantaras performs a wealthy gossip that has never worked, and all he has to do is make fun and jokes to others. But when he suddenly finds himself in the street, he realizes that life is not just fun and is forced to look for a job. In the end, it turns out he had not lost his fortune as it was an idea his father had invented shortly before he died to be
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- Kostas Karagiannis
- Production companies
- Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos
- Countries
- Greece
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- Released
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Labros KonstadarasLazaros Hatziflokas
Xenia KalogeropoulouStefania
Emilia IpsilantiHristina
Stavros XenidisIeremias Talianidis
Giannis GionakisZaharias
Mitsi KonstadaraHarikleia
Zeta ApostolouNandia
Dimitris BislanisManolis
Nikitas PlatisIraklis Selemaras
Aliki ZografouOlympia
Makis DemirisMakis
Nikos Tsoukalas
Alekos Zartaloudisclothing merchant
Giorgos TzifosMr. Stravogiannidis
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