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...
00:07:21 See how pretty the monogram I engraved looks.
00:11:46 To make some money, Anargyros!
00:15:37 And little by little Anargyros was being ripened like a fruit ready to drop...
00:19:56 Save me, keep me to yourself!
00:25:18 Then Anargyros weighted the metals with precision...
00:30:01 I'll explain to you sometime. I'll explain to you.
00:36:13 Ah! I went there to change dollars!
00:41:17 Night certainly is the right time to pass a counterfeit coin...
00:46:02 Come and I'll make you coffee.
00:50:19 - Where did you steal it from? - Me?
00:55:48 - You slag! - How dare you?
01:00:06 Fill our bottle with olive-oil too
01:04:24 Does he have meat at home daily
01:09:05 Really?
01:13:06 nor the butcher...
01:18:45 - Right away, mum. - But be very careful, honey!
01:23:47 But you know, Vasilis dear, there's no other way!
01:28:25 No other model in the world could give him
01:33:30 I love you, Pavlos! I love you, please believe me!
01:41:12 The Bank will give you credit. You can be sure of that.
01:46:30 So am I.
01:51:35 A true artist, a 'bohemian.'
01:56:59 Translation: never4ever & PSiF for KG
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,002
Dialogue density17.0 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:56:59
Production Record
DirectorYorgos Tzavellas
LanguageEL
IMDb votes3,256