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The Christmas Tango

The Christmas Tango

20117.11h 42m

Overview

At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

Directed by Nikos Koutelidakis
Written by Giannis Xanthoulis, Vagelis Nassis
Produced by Yannis Exintaris, Kostas Sousoulas, Alexandros Mintzias
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Top Cast

Giannis Bezos

Giannis Bezos

Manolis Loggos

Yannis Stankoglou

Yannis Stankoglou

Stefanos Karamanidis

Antinoos Albanis

Antinoos Albanis

Lazaros Lazarou

Vicky Papadopoulou

Vicky Papadopoulou

Zoi Loggou

Eleni Kokkidou

Eleni Kokkidou

Paraskevi

Vassilis Risvas

Vassilis Risvas

Notis Voskopoulos

Vasilis Papadimitriou

Vasilis Papadimitriou

Anastasiou

Foivos Kontogiannis

Foivos Kontogiannis

Gianoulakos

Giorgos Papageorgiou

Giorgos Papageorgiou

Doctor

Vangelis Romnios

Vangelis Romnios

Bakas

Themes & Keywords

wife1970sgreecetangocolonellieutenantlovesoldierdance lessonchristmasarmy campgreek military junta

About The Christmas Tango

The Christmas Tango is a drama, romance film released in 2011 exploring themes of wife, 1970s, greece, tango, colonel, lieutenant. Directed by Nikos Koutelidakis, it stars Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis. At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

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