The Ladykiller

Babis and Aristos are two friends. Neither of them has any money. Then they meet the daughters of a wealthy family. The sisters are called Elli and Lisa. Both friends fall in love. But the difference in class stands between them. So they make up a lie. Babis is said to have a rich uncle in America. The uncle has to be made to look real. They arrange letters and telegrams. As the lie grows things get out of hand. The account comes from a stage play by Alekos Sakellarios. Kostas Voutsas and Nora Valsami take the leads, with Hronis Exarhakos and Dionysis Papagiannopoulos also in the cast, in Giannis Dalianidis’s Greek film of 1969.