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The Heirs of Karampoumpounas

1959 · 78 min

A light, chatty old-fashioned comedy of scheming relatives, played broad and brisk, easy to dip into without much strain.

Overview
A notary calls in the office three brothers: Theophrastus, Telis and Kokkovio Karampoumpouna and announces the death of their distant uncle from Chicago, who left their legacy sixty thousand US dollars, provided to start a company together. Telis, the most intelligent, has its own photography and aims, with the help of his fiancée Bubi, eat whole heritage. Two friends Bubi, Mirka and Jenny, are employed, diplaronoun naive and the plan seems to be going well.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • family
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Petros Giannakos
    Written by
    Nikos Fatseas, Petros Giannakos
    Starring
    Petros Giannakos, Koulis Stoligas, Sperantza Vrana, Nikos Rizos, Stavros Iatridis, Takis Miliadis, Elsa Rizou, Nelly Pappa
    Runtime
    78 min
    Country
    Greece
    Languages
    Greek

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