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The Adventures of Villar(1927)
Status: Released
Date: 1927-09-15
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Time: 0h 24m
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Originally thought of as the oldest surviving Greek feature film, before it was discovered that it wasn't released in 1924, but in 1927. Burlesque comedian Sfakianos, who had trained in France, stars as Villar. Villar gets a job at a dry cleaner’s and wanders through Athens. He makes one gaffe after the other and gets involved in various adventures.
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Νικόλαος Σφακιανός
Villar
Νίτσα Φιλοσόφου
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Originally thought of as the oldest surviving Greek feature film, before it was discovered that it wasn't released in 1924, but in 1927. Burlesque comedian Sfakianos, who had trained in France, stars as Villar. Villar gets a job at a dry cleaner’s and wanders through Athens. He makes one gaffe after the other and gets involved in various adventures.
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1927-09-15
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