The Counterfeit Coin

The Counterfeit Coin
Directed byYorgos Javellas
Written byYorgos Javellas
Starring
Narrated byDimitris Myrat
Cinematography
  • Kostas Theodoridis
  • Giorgos Tsaoulis
Edited byGiorgos Tsaoulis
Music byManos Hatzidakis
Production
company
Anzervos Productions
Distributed byAtlantic Films
Release date
  • 28 December 1955 (1955-12-28)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

The Counterfeit Coin (Greek: Ιστορία μιας κάλπικης λίρας, romanizedIstoria mias kalpikis liras, lit.'Story of a fake pound'; also Η κάλπικη λίρα, I kalpiki lira, "the fake pound") is a Greek comedy-drama film, produced in 1955, written and directed by Giorgos Tzavellas and starring Dimitris Horn, Ilia Livykou and Vassilis Logothetidis.[1][2][3] At the 2006 International Thessaloniki Film Festival, the film was announced as among the 10 all-time best Greek films by the PHUCC (Pan-Hellenic Union of Cinema Critics).[4][5]

  1. ^ Kathimerini (English edition), by Michalis Katsigeras (September 14, 1956), "Commentaries", accessed 01-14-2009
  2. ^ The Hellenic Society Prometheas, "Presents the Classic Greek film The Counterfeit Coin (I Kalpiki Lira), 1955", accessed 01-14-2009
  3. ^ cinemainfo.gr, History of the Greek cinema, accessed 01-14-2009
  4. ^ cinemainfo.gr, by Giannis Frangoulis (translated by Konstantinos Vassilaros), "47th THESSALONICA FILM FESTIVAL - FOG CASING OVER THE WORLD OF CINEMA", accessed 01-14-2009
  5. ^ filmfestival.gr Archived 2017-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, " The ten best best film of the Greek Film Critics Association", accessed 01-14-2009