''I Loved an Armchair'' ( el, Αγάπησα μια πολυθρόνα, translit=Agapisa Mia Polythrona, italic=yes) is a 1971 Greek film directed by

Dinos Dimopoulos Dinos Dimopoulos ( el, Ντίνος Δημόπουλος; 22 August 1921 – 28 February 2003) was a Greek actor, film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed more than 40 films between 1953 and 1993. His 1959 film ''Astero ...

and produced by Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos S.A. starring

Kostas Voutsas Kostas Voutsas ( el, Κώστας Βουτσάς; born Konstantinos Savvopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σαββόπουλος; 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Greek actor, director, and writer. Personal life Voutsas was b ...

, Eleni Erimou and Giorgos Papazisis. It was written by Lakis Mihailides and was based on the 1969 Russian film '' Twelve Chairs'', which was also made into the 1970 American film ''

The Twelve Chairs ''The Twelve Chairs'' ( rus, Двенадцать стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a classic satirical novel by the Odesan Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden ...

'' directed by

Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began h ...

. The music director in the movie was Giorgos Hadjinassiou. The film is 89 minutes long and tells the story of a poor young man who was forced to sell four chairs he had inherited from his aunt and then learned that one of them contained hidden jewelry.

Cast

as Grigoris Karouzos * Eleni Erimou as Kaiti * Giorgos Papazisis as Triandafilos *

Stavros Xenidis Stavros Xenidis ( el, Σταύρος Ξενίδης, 1924 - 2 November 2008) was a Greek actor. He was married to actress Margarita Lambrinou. Biography Stavros Xenidis was born in Turkey. He studied acting in Karolos Koun Karolos Koun ( el ...

as a psychiatrist *

Athinodoros Prousalis Athinodoros Prousalis or Proussalis ( el, Αθηνόδωρος Προύσαλης; 15 December 1926 – 5 June 2012) was a Greek film and television actor. He was born in İstanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republi ...

* Babis Anthopoulos as a director * Giorgos Tzifos as an assistant director * Katerina Gioulaki as Zeta * Giorgos Moschidis as Miltos Karnezis *

Maria Foka Maria Foka ( el, Μαρία Φωκά, 1 October 1916 - 15 June 2001) was a Greek actress and participated in character roles. She was married to Lykourgos Kallergis. Her final role was Olga in the Mega Channel series ''Dolce Vita''. She died i ...

as aunt Vangelitsa *

Nikitas Platis Nikitas Platis ( el, Νικήτας Πλατής; 1912 – November 14, 1984) was a Greek actor in theater and movies. He was the husband of an actress Golfo Bini. He took part in a television series '' Methoriakos stathmos'' in which he done ...

as Dimitrios Nikolaou * Kostas Palios as a judge president * Stelios Christoforidis * Grigoris Dekakis * Kostas Fatouros * Kostas Fyssoun * Thanos Grammenos * Ilias Kapetanidis *

Giorgos Messalas Giorgos Messalas ( el, Γιώργος Μεσσάλας, 14 November 1942 – 20 July 2021) was a Greek actor and director in theater and movies. Biography Messalas studied at the Dramatic School and worked in different theatres and at ''Prosk ...

* Panos Nikolakopoulos * Nikos Paschalidis * Nick Spyridonakos *

Alekos Zartaloudis Alexandros (Alekos) Zartaloudis ( el, Αλέκος Ζαρταλούδης; 1929 – February 7, 2007) was a Greek actor. He studied at drama school with Kostas Mihailidis and he worked in theater alongside Aliki Vougiouklaki Aliki Stamatina Vo ...

External links

* 1971 films Greek comedy films 1970s Greek-language films Films directed by Dinos Dimopoulos 1970s Greek films {{Greece-film-stub