Thanasis the Optimist

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Thanasis the Optimist

1989

1h 34m

5.5(2 votes)

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11 members

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Θανάσης Βέγγος

Thanasis Rodinos / Mother

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Τζένη Ζαχαροπούλου

Mary

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Μάγδα Τσαγγάνη

Kleopatra

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Γιάννης Αστρακάκης

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Μαίρη Φαρμάκη

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Περικλής Ματσούκας

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Άντα Πατρέλη

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Βαγγέλης Πλοιός

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Νίκος Ρεντίφης

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Γιώργος Σταυρόπουλος

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Πάνος Βέλλιας

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