Dictator Aliki (1972)

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Country: Greece
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1972-03-20
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis
Writers: Lakis Mihailidis , Aliki Vougiouklaki
Language: Greek
Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki , Nikos Galanos , Nikos Rizos , Lavrentis Dianellos , Aris Malliagros , Kaiti Lambropoulou , Melpo Zarokosta , Makis Demiris , Petros Lohaitis , Evagelia Samiotaki
Runtime: 117 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Η Αλίκη δικτάτωρ (Greece) , I Aliki diktator , Dictator Aliki , Dictator Aliki (United States of America) , Dictator Aliki (United Kingdom)
Plot: Left with nothing after the sudden demise of her impecunious performer father, bright-eyed and optimistic Aliki arrives in faceless Athens, along with her only companion: the ink-black poodle, Arapis. Not knowing what to expect, Aliki shows up at the front door of the compassionate, and very pregnant, matriarch, Amalia, who gladly takes her in; however, life can be hard when you're a stranger in a strange land. Now, to eke out an existence, Aliki has to slip into her father's crowd-pleasing outfit and put on a show as Charles Chaplin's tyrant in The Great Dictator (1940). But, against the backdrop of intolerable financial and social hardship, love finds a way. Could Petros, the kindly blind philosophy student, be the personification of hope?
IMDB:tt0181281