Mermaids and Rascals, also found as "Mermaids for love" https://rateyourmusic.com/film/%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%82/ (greek title:"Γοργόνες κα μάγκες" - transcr.: Gorgones kai Magkes Hellenic Arts Fest: Mermaids and Rascals (Γοργόνες και Μάγκες)) is a Greek 1968 musical film. The director and screenwriter was Yannis Dalianidis, while the music of the film is by Mimis Plessas.
Plot When a Swiss property developer is rumoured to be interested in a pristine Greek island, two competing entrepreneurs from Athens rush to the island to buy land and flip it for profit; Petros, a race-car driver, and Flora, a night-club owner. The island's grande-dame and her grandson, Iasonas, urge the locals not to sell their land to speculators; in the end the Swiss lose interest in the island. Flora and Iason fall in love and on their going-away party Petros reconnects with Marina, an island girl he abandoned after the business venture failed.
Even though it's a musical comedy, the film has references to ancient Greek tragedy and contains elements from it such as a chorus.
Cast Mary Chronopoulou ..... Flora Phaedon Georgitsis ..... Petros Athanasiou Martha Karagianni ..... Marina Nora Valsami ..... Chryssa, Nikolas's fiancée Giannis Vogiatzis ..... Panagis Lakis Komninos ..... Iasonas Dionysis Papagiannopoulos ..... Petros's dad Chronis Exarhakos ..... Gripis Maria Foka ..... Grande Dame Vangelis Seilinos ..... Nikolas Christos Doxaras ..... Dimitros Kia Bozou ..... Petros's friend Mary Halkia ..... Petros's friend
Release The film premiered in Greece on 2 December 1968.
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