| O Drakos (The fiend of Athens) | |
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| Directed by | Nikos Koundouros |
| Produced by | Athens Film Company |
| Written by | Iakovos Kambanellis |
| Starring | Dinos Illiopoulos Margarita Papageorgiou Yannis Argyris Thanasis Veggos Anestis Vlahos Maria Lekaki Theodoros Andrikopoulos Frixos Nassou Andreas Douzos Zannino |
| Music by | Manos Hadjidakis |
| Cinematography | Costas Theodorides |
| Editing by | Giorgos Tsaoulis |
| Release date(s) | 5 March 1956 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
O Drakos (1956) is a Greek black-and-white film directed by Nikos Koundouros. It won the award for best movie 1955-1959 in the first Thessaloniki Film Festival. It also took part in the Venice Film Festival.
O Drakos is unanimously recognized as one of the most important films in the history of the Greek cinema.
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A simple man realizes that he looks like a criminal named "Drakos". The police are after him and he hides in a night club. Day by day, he identifies himself with "Drakos".
The movie is mentioned (and plays an important role) on Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom, with the title The Fiend of Athens.[1]