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Memorable songs from Hatzidakis a fine script from Sakelarios and a big hit of the era with a great cast.Highly recommended.

Quite a cute film, amusing and engaging. Good social comment on the times in Greece in the late 50s. Excellent music by Hadjidakis with quite a few hit songs at the time. The Vougiouklaki/Papamichael success story had its beginnings here and was an example of a film romance that led to a real life one. The film topic concerns the then "taboo" romantic association between senior high school students and their teachers. Vougiouklaki gives a suitable interpretation as the love-struck high school student infatuated with her teacher (Papamichael). Numerous comical situations follow one another, until...

A comedy focusing on the love of a wealthy student girl (Liza) for her limited-means professor of Ancient Greek (Panos Floras). Despite the girl's best efforts for him to return her affections, the poor man is morally bound by his profession. Eventually she goes too far and then he responds in a manner which brings the film to a climax and a merry conclusion. Everything else I may say would be a spoiler.

The highlights of this still popular film include the famous scene where Liza recites 'Antigone' ("Eros Anikate Mahan...") and the school-trip where she performs two songs by the famous composer Manos Hajidakis. (The vinyl which contained those songs was the 1st Golden Record ever awarded in Greek discography.) You might also enjoy the 'multible slapping sequence' (especially if you know that all slaps were real!).

Some trivia: The biggest Greek box office success of that year (1959). An unofficial sequel followed in 1963, where the same actors portrayed slightly different versions of these characters. Despite the fact that the leading stars of this film loathed each other at the time it was filmed, they would eventually marry and have a son together.