Top billed cast
Thanasis VeggosThanasis Rodinos / Mother
Jenny ZaharopoulouMary
Magda TsaganiKleopatra- Giannis Astrakakis
Mairi Farmaki- Periklis Matsoukas
- Anta Patreli
Vangelis Ploios
Nikos Redifis
Giorgos Stavropoulos
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