| Murder Backstage | |
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| Directed by | Dinos Katsouridis |
| Written by | Giannis Maris |
| Starring | Alekos Alexandrakis Maro Kontou Hristos Tsaganeas Titos Vandis Aliki Georgouli Georges Sarri Dimos Starenios |
| Music by | Mimis Plessas |
| Distributed by | Damaskinos-Mihailidis S.A. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Murder Backstage (Greek: Έγκλημα στα παρασκήνια) is a 1960 Greek theatrical film noir film starring Alekos Alexandrakis, Maro Kontou, Hristos Tsaganeas, Titos Vandias, Aliki Georgouli, Georges Sarri and Dimos Starenios. The writer was from the famous police novelist Giannis Maris.
Plot
A well known actress of the theatre is assassinated and the simultaneously one of these actors of the theatre escapes. The police, along with the journalists of a newspaper company ask the edge of the filament for located the assassin. The action occurs during the occupation period of World War II.
Cast
- Alekos Alexandrakis - Journalist Makris (Δημοσιογράφος Μακρής)
- Titos Vandis - Officer Bekas (Αστυνόμος Μπέκας)
- Maro Kontou - Elena Pavlidi (Έλενα Παυλίδη)
- Aliki Georgouli - Mary Lambrinou (Μαίρη Λαμπρινού)
- Zorz Sarri - Thaleia Halkia (Θάλεια Χαλκιά)
- Christos Tsaganeas - Pavlos Stefanou (Παύλος Στεφάνου)
- Efi Mella - Roza Delli (Ρόζα Δελλή)
- Thanassis Mylonas - Haris Apostolidis (Χάρης Αποστολίδης)
- Dimos Starenios - Stavros
- Lavrentis Dianellos - barman
- Sapfo Notara - cleaning lady
- Vasos Andrianos
- Dimitris Nikoalidis
- Giorgos Damassiotis - doorman
- Giorgos Belos
- Gkikas Biniaris
- Velisarios Kontogiannis
Awards
The movie was presented with the presentation of an American film noir that made it one of the greatest Greek movies of the time, it was awarded twice at the first Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1960 (see 1960 Thessaloniki Film Festival.
- Photographer: Aristeidis Karydis-Fuchs
- Second female role: Georges Sarri
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