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Cast
Eleni Anousaki
as Tasia
Dionysis Papagiannopoulos
as Kyriakos Baroles
Alekos Tzanetakos
as Lakis Baroles
Sotiris Moustakas
as Faidonas Tramountanas
Takis Miliadis
as Vangelis Lepouras
Marika Krevata
as Ismini
Maria Bonelou
as Lia Barole
Ria Deloutsi
as Liana
Nikos Fermas
as night club owner
Giorgos Vrasivanopoulos
as Filippas / Velerefontis Dekavalas
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1969
Runtime1h 21m
LanguageGreek
CertificationNR
GenresComedy
Votes10
DirectorErrikos Thalassinos
WritersGiorgos Lazaridis
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsWake up, you sucker...
About Wake up, you sucker...
The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.
Directed by Errikos Thalassinos, Wake up, you sucker... leans on a strong ensemble — Eleni Anousaki, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1969.
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