The Counterfeit Coin (1955)

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(3110)

Country: Greece
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1955-01-24
Director: Yorgos Tzavellas
Writers: Yorgos Tzavellas
Language: Greek
Stars: Vasilis Logothetidis , Ilia Livykou , Mimis Fotopoulos , Sperantza Vrana , Orestis Makris , Maria Kalamioti , Ellie Lambeti , Dimitris Horn , Athanasia Moustaka , Loula Ioannidou
Runtime: 127 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Counterfeit Coin (Spain) , Η κάλπικη λίρα (Greece) , I kalpiki lira (Greece) , Istoria mias kalpikis liras , The Counterfeit Coin (Canada) , Ιστορία μιας κάλπικης λίρας (Greece) , La Fausse Livre d'or (France, French Republic) , Lažna livra , The Counterfeit Coin (United States of America) , Kalpiki lira (Greece) , Фальшивая монета , The Counterfeit Coin , A Moeda Falsa (Brazil) , Falsa liră de aur (Romania) , Podrobiona moneta (Poland) , The Counterfeit Coin (United Kingdom)
Plot: Pivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of the otherwise-honest goldsmith, Anargiros, four brief vignettes inextricably interweave against the backdrop of human imperfections, and man's unquenchable desire for enrichment. From this perspective, dangerous and inhumanly selfish seduction gives birth to a single fake coin--the embodiment of a lifetime's worth of accomplishments--that ignominiously finds its way into a ragged panhandler's hole-ridden pocket. From there, ironically, the seemingly Godsent gift becomes an impoverished orphan's intolerable burden--and then, by a twist of fate--a love-smitten couple of penniless young bohemians decide to use the precious finding as the foundation of their ardent, interminable devotion. Can true love be based on spurious hope?
IMDB:tt0122565