A Short Man Will Save Us(Ένας Κοντός θα Μας Σώσει!)
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Greece · 1981
1h 35m
Director Kostas Karagiannis
Starring Nikos Rizos, Elena Nathanail, Dinos Iliopoulos, Elsa Rizou
Genre Comedy
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The Fontas Tsakiris is a truck driver and avid viewer. His dream is to have his taxi, but loses his job and is forced to seek employment elsewhere. Recourse to a TV production company, which is run by Flora, the dynamic daughter delicate Spyros Apostolou. There, the director of the big successes Belokas Harry discovers his talent and his Fontas accepts to star in the new TV series, with the condition to keep secret his marriage to Martha, which is forced to represent his sister, Christina.
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