Aihmalotoi tou misous

Inconceivably and mindnumbingly stupid, featuring perhaps the most pompous dialogues that King Pompous (Nikos Foskolos) has ever written.

It would be just a bad movie with a preposterous plot (a former Nazi who decided to deal arms to third nations so as to take revenge on the Allied nations(what?!)) and cringetastic scenes (the drunken sailors, the kid with the assault rifle, the flamethrower flashbacks etc), worth perhaps of a 2 or 3 out of 10.

However, his revolting and deceitful claims on various issues (that, for example, Nazi Germany was treated unjustifiably hard by the Allies and therefore had some justification in retaliating, or that white mercenaries and not the native black population were the perpetrators of the violent crimes against the white population of Congo in the 1970s) infuriated me to an unprecedented degree and I can't justify any other rating than one star.

This is probably one of the highlights in the filming career of "the" Greek director N.FOSKOLOS. It's unmissable and the work of a brilliant yet very complicated director.

The strong acting of the the leading actor Kostas Karras helps to unfold a story of simplicity but nevertheless of huge emotion motivation.

It reveals parts of the real life in which the rich manipulate the poor. The social messages that the script unfolds are of enormous importance and act like a huge blow in the hurt of the modern Greek, and worldwide society.

It is truly inspiring for the less fortunate people and a lesson of life in which money can not bring happiness.

Lines as:"be careful because you are walking in a stretched rope that hangs between two skyscrapers...What's out because this rope can easily be broken" or other lines such as:" the dull sceneries frightens me...I tent to change them" are considered the spine of the modern cinematography in Greece.

Two thumps up...