The Germans Strike Again
| The Germans Strike Again | |
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| Οι Γερμανοί ξανάρχονται (Oi Germanoi xanarhontai) | |
| Directed by | Alekos Sakellarios |
| Written by | Alekos Sakellarios Christos Giannakopoulos |
| Screenplay by | Alekos Sakellarios |
| Produced by | Filopimin Finos |
| Starring | Vassilis Logothetidis Mimis Fotopoulos Vangelis Protopapas Lavrentis Dianellos Dinos Dimopoulos Ilya Livykou Nitsa Tsaganea Christos Tsaganeas |
| Cinematography | József Hepp |
| Edited by | Filopimin Finos |
| Music by | Costas Giannidis |
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| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
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.