World Gone Mad

My wife and I have parents all born in Greece. They came to the USA in the 1960's where we were born. We learned Greek from our parents and Greek school. The reason I say this is because we are thankful that we can connect to the Greek culture. We collect Greek cinema video's and this one is by far the greatest comedies that we have ever seen, USA or Greece. We feel honored to see Kostas Hatzichristos in this performance. Since we are not as good as understanding Greek as the Greek themselves, we sometimes have a hard time understanding bits and pieces due to the super fast dialogue. What is great though is that we understand something new to us each and every time we watch this classic. It is incredible script and from what I have heard, improvised at times! An absolute gem that gets brighter and brighter each time it is watched. As Greece modernizes, my heart breaks. These legends are fading into the sunset. Who will replace them? Sadly, no one.

Probably one of the best Greek movies ever made! The characters seen and developed in the film are so typical Greeks so it is inevitable not to see yourself in one of them, especially if you are a Greek!

The dialogues themselves even though they are very well studied and carefully selected come very naturally and seem very alive. Especially with the magnificent and all time classic acting of Costas Hajihristos and the huge support he gets by all of the other actors in making Zikos (the main character) one of the best characters presented in Greek silver screens. Every single quote, every single word that comes out of Zikos and the way he interacts with the other characters are simply remarkable and unmatched even by the best world famous comedians of our time! A movie that amuses you the first time you see it and then makes you admire it as you see it over and over again and finally you are just amazed by the enormous talent of Hajihristos and the fast paced dialogues! A masterpiece!

Including Nezer,Doukas,Rizos and Fermas.Nice music and lines dleivering from Hatzihristos who has excellent chemistry with his boss Doukas.A must see for lovers of old greek cinema and not only.

Imagine yourself in Athens nearly 50 years ago, in a peaceful neighborhood where the most important thing is the man's word of honor and everybody's dream is to find a legitimate way to escape of the financial and social misery! Even in our times a "good marriage" is such a way, despite the fact that in many cases people actually don't fit, especially when love is absent! Legendary actor Kostas Hatzihristos is Zikos who works in a local mini market of that time and makes strong social criticism with the best lines ever written for an actor in a comedy leading role! Of course, the central theme of the plot is Zikos' old boss who is trying to "buy" with his money the love of a pretty but poor young girl! Zikos turns everything upside-down and gets for Kostas Hatzichristos a place in the pantheon of the Greek comedian actors! A truly great performance!

Any Greek would rate this movie among the best comedies ever created. World wide. I am sure that if the translation could describe exactly the meanings of each phrase and every word of the dialogs, this would be true for anybody from any country. The main feature of this comedy is its' simplicity. Extreme simplicity to be exact. No special effects, not a lot of money spent, not many actors...just good taste and excellent acting. Zikos is able to transform everyday indifferent situations into laughter without making saucy remarks, or becoming ridiculous. I have only seen this kind of humour in some old Greek and Italian movies, and as far as I am concerned, it remains still ahead of most contemporary comedies.