The Germans Strike Again

The Germans Strike Again
Οι Γερμανοί ξανάρχονται
(Oi Germanoi xanarhontai)
Directed byAlekos Sakellarios
Written byAlekos Sakellarios
Christos Giannakopoulos
Screenplay byAlekos Sakellarios
Produced byFilopimin Finos
StarringVassilis Logothetidis
Mimis Fotopoulos
Vangelis Protopapas
Lavrentis Dianellos
Dinos Dimopoulos
Ilya Livykou
Nitsa Tsaganea
Christos Tsaganeas
CinematographyJózsef Hepp
Edited byFilopimin Finos
Music byCostas Giannidis
Production
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Release date
  • 5 January 1948 (1948-01-05)
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

The Germans Strike Again is a Greek comedy-drama from 1948, directed by Alekos Sakellarios. The film notably states in the opening credits that it is "a satirical nightmare." The screenplay was written by the director in collaboration with Christos Giannakopoulos, based on a play by the latter. It was produced by Finos Film. The film stars Vasilis Logothetidis, Mimis Fotopoulos, Vangelis Protopapas, Lavrentis Dianellos, Dinos Dimopoulos, Ilya Livykou, Nitsa Tsaganea και Christos Tsaganeas.

The focus of the film is a peaceful family man, Thodoros, who, after the end of World War II and the Occupation in Athens, witnesses the passions of the civil conflict intensify, while everyone seems to have forgotten the tragedy of the Occupation. One night, he dreams that the Germans return, and everyone begins to relive the brutality they had experienced just a few years earlier.