

Balkanisateur
1997-04-16 · 97 min · ★ 6.1
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
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Production details
- Directors
- Sotiris Goritsas
- Production companies
- 16/9 Action Plan of the European Union, Eurimages, Bulgarian National Television, European Script Fund, Greek Film Centre, ERT, JBA Production, Mythos Ltd., Office Fédéral de la Culture, Organization Capital of Culture: Thessaloniki 1997, Rosebud Productions, SFDRS, Thelma Film
- Countries
- Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Greece
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Stelios MainasFotis
Gerasimos SkiadaresisStavros
Yiota FestaEleni
Katharina ZapatkaGreta
Sabine BergMarion
Vasilis HalakatevakisMakis
Dimitris MavropoulosSakis
Kostas BakalisMr. Dimbaris
Thanos GrammenosKristo Kitsou
Menelaos NtaflosElias
Meletis GeorgiadisTurkish Driver
Andreas NatsiosKalamatianos
Bessy MalfaGirl with Fotis
Bernhard BettermannBank Assistant
Ivaylo Geraskov
Yannis KotsirasSinger
Yves RaeberHotelier
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