The Downhill

The Downhill (Greek: O Katiforos, Greek: Ο Κατήφορος) is a 1961 Greek drama film made by Finos Films. It was directed by Giannis Dalianidis and starring Zoi Laskari, Nikos Kourkoulos, Vangelis Voulgaridis and Pantelis Zervos.

The movie made 161,331 tickets first class cinemas in Athens and Piraeus.

Plot

Rea (Zoe Laskari) has plans with Kostas (Nikos Kourkoulos), as Petros (Vangelis Voulgaridis) is dating that lary. Rea tried to fix with Petros as kostas had other plans, the last resided with that and bribed even her little sister. The movie shows the worst life of a youth relationship with relatives that do not try for their education.

Cast

• Zoe Laskari .... Rea
• Nikos Kourkoulos .... Kostas
• Vangelis Voulgaridis .... Petros
• Pantelis Zervos .... Rea's father
• Kostas Voutsas .... Bisbiras
• Mirka Kalatzopoulou .... Lena
• Nitsa Marouda .... Maria
• Eleni Zafeirou .... Rea's mother

Trivia

• The film marked Zoe Laskari's debut in cinema.
• The protagonistic role was offered to Aliki Vougiouklaki but she took it down due to the nude scenes that had to be shot.
• Zoe Laskari poses as a threat to Aliki Vougiouklaki's vast popularity.
• The film boosted Nikos Kourkoulos's Kostas Voutsas's and Vangelis Voulgaridis's popularity.
• The movie reached number one at the Greek box office that year.
• After the movie Zoe Laskari signed an exclusive contract with Finos Films her being paid every month.
• The movie was screened worldwide and was number one in the box-office in Mexico during the season 1962-63 and was played for 57 consecutive weeks in the cinemas of Mexico City.
• The movie was due to be shown at the 1961 Thessaloniki Film Festival, but Filopimin Finos withdrew it (along with two others) because he didn't agree with the festival schedule.

See also

• List of Greek films

References

External links

• O Katiforos
• O Katiforos at the Internet Movie Database