The Counterfeit Coin
1955 · 118 MIN · IMDB 8.6 · 3,256 VOTES · DIR. Yorgos Tzavellas
Overview
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,002 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:30 Hmm...
00:07:15 I found only his watch...
00:11:20 We'll talk again, Anargyros!
00:15:15 We're going to have a drink, to have a small talk.
00:19:29 giving up everything! - Everything.
00:24:22 A forge hearth... 6 sovereigns.
00:28:57 and started feeling his knees knocking together
00:35:09 I must go now.
00:39:53 trying to find some place to cash it in.
00:44:44 You, stone blind, you can see!
00:48:55 I'm a human being after all!
00:54:16 Come on, hand over the sovereign and you'll be okay.
00:58:17 begins a long time ago in a poor neighbourhood
01:02:20 Come, my Fani! Eat up now!
01:06:42 It's a public necessity, uncle! A housing shortage issue!
01:10:45 Quiet!
01:15:12 1st of the month! Why not say New Year's Day?
01:20:19 They said it's counterfeit.
01:25:52 you're now responsible for that!
01:29:57 Yellow! Yellow like kefalotyri cheese!
01:34:43 What will become of you?
01:42:34 You see? I can even kiss you.
01:47:17 I can tell you that he's starving.
01:52:28 once upon a New Year's Day...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,002
Dialogue density17.0 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:52:28
Production Record
DirectorYorgos Tzavellas
LanguageEL
IMDb votes3,256