Until now, the work of this director (Joe Dassen’s father) somehow fell out of my sight. This film turned out to be a very characteristic comedy for that time, not bad, but only. In the lead roles he and Melina Mercury. The American scholar, an admirer of everything Greek, finally arrives in Greece and, instead of studying what he
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Until now, the work of this director (Joe Dassen’s father) somehow fell out of my sight. This film turned out to be a very characteristic comedy for that time, not bad, but only. In the lead roles he and Melina Mercury. The American scholar, an admirer of everything Greek, finally arrives in Greece and, instead of studying what he loves on the spot, directs all his efforts to re-educate the Greek prostitute Elijah, to guide her on the true path, to enlighten her, to force her to abandon her own world, her own invented view even of Greek tragedy. As you can see, he failed in this field, especially since some methods were not quite clean. This film very successfully and sympathetically uses the Greek theme, Melina Mercury is young and beautiful, the film is shot according to the laws of the genre and using the techniques of that time.
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