Fovou tous Ellines (also known as Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns) is a film directed by John Tatoulis. Filmed in Australia and the island of Crete, Greece it is a romantic comedy / drama that stars Lakis Lazopoulos alongside Zoe Carides, Claudia Buttazzoni and John Bluthal.[2]

Fovou tous Ellines
(Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns)
Australian movie poster
Directed byJohn Tatoulis
Written byTom Galbraith
Lakis Lazopoulos
StarringLakis Lazopoulos
Zoe Carides
Claudia Buttazzoni
John Bluthal
Distributed byPalace Films
Odeon
Release dates
  • 2000 (2000) (Greece)
  • 12 September 2002 (2002-09-12) (Australia)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesAustralia
Greece
LanguagesEnglish
Greek
Box officeA$92,142 (Australia)[1]

Cast

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  • Lakis Lazopoulos as Manos and George
  • Zoe Carides as Niki
  • John Bluthal as Stephanos
  • Claudia Buttazzoni as Katerina
  • Damien Fotiou as Jim
  • Tasso Kavadia as Maria
  • Osvaldo Maione as Enzo
  • Percy Sieff as Petros
  • Ron Haddrick as Thomas
  • Anastasia Malinof as Helen
  • Noni Ioannidou as young Maria (1943–1971)
  • Dimitris Kaperonis as young Manos (1971)
  • Alexandros Kaperonis as young George (1971)
  • Artemis Ionnides as young Nicki (1971)
  • Nikos Psarras as young Vasilli (1943)
  • Dimitris Kalantzis as young Stephanos (1943)

Release

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The film was highly popular in Greece.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 November 2012
  2. ^ "Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (Fovou tous Ellines)". Bigpond Movies. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ Stratton, David (15 June 2000). "Beware of Greek bearing guns". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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