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Five Thousand Lies (1966)

Original title: Πέντε Χιλιάδες Ψέμματα

1966-10-17 · 1h 44m · EL
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A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.

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Giorgos KonstantinouGiorgos KonstantinouKostas TsiftalexisDionysis PapagiannopoulosDionysis PapagiannopoulosAristidis FesarlisSapfo NotaraSapfo NotaraEfthaliaAlekos TzanetakosAlekos TzanetakosVasilis HatzikosmasHristos TsaganeasHristos TsaganeasPatroklos SokratidisTonia KazianiTonia KazianiEfi SokratidiNelly PappaNelly PappaDora SokratidiNikitas PlatisNikitas PlatisGiorgos PallisGiorgos PallisTakis HristoforidisTakis HristoforidisEirini TouskaEirini TouskaYorgos YouvanelisYorgos Youvanelis

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Student1960sStealingProfessorLiesGreecePoorDaughtersFigurineThousand

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityStudent · 1960s · StealingDialogue densityComedyDirector preference474988Actor preference473457 · 473145 · 474970Country preferenceGr

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What is Five Thousand Lies about?

A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.

How long is Five Thousand Lies?

Five Thousand Lies has a runtime of 104 minutes.