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Balkanisateur(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-04-16
59%
15 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
Languages: Bulgarian, French, German, Greek.
Countries:
Bulgaria,
France,
Switzerland,
Greece
ProductionCompanies: 
16/9 Action Plan of the European Union
Bulgarian National Television
European Script Fund
JBA Production
Mythos Ltd.
Office Fédéral de la Culture
Organization Capital of Culture: Thessaloniki 1997
Rosebud Productions
SFDRS
Movie: Balkanisateur
Top 10 Billed Cast
Στέλιος Μάινας
Fotis
Γεράσιμος Σκιαδαρέσης
Stavros
Γιώτα Φέστα
Eleni
Katharina Zapatka
Greta
Sabine Berg
Marion
Βασίλης Χαλακατεβάκης
Makis
Δημήτρης Μαυρόπουλος
Sakis
Κώστας Μπακάλης
Mr. Dimbaris
Θάνος Γραμμένος
Kristo Kitsou
Μενέλαος Ντάφλος
Elias
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Overview
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
Release Date
1997-04-16
Average
5.9
Rating:
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Languages:
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