Mermaids and Rascals, also found as "Mermaids for love" (greek title:"Γοργόνες κα μάγκες" - transcr.: Gorgones kai Magkes ) is a Greek 1968 musical film. The director and screenwriter was Yannis Dalianidis, while the music of the film is by Mimis Plessas.
Contents
Plot
When a Swiss property developer is rumoured to be interested in a pristine Greek island, two competing entrepreneurs from Athens rush to the island to buy land and flip it for profit; Petros, a race-car driver, and Flora, a night-club owner. The island's grande-dame and her grandson, Iasonas, urge the locals not to sell their land to speculators; in the end the Swiss lose interest in the island. Flora and Iason fall in love and on their going-away party Petros reconnects with Marina, an island girl he abandoned after the business venture failed.
Even though it's a musical comedy, the film has references to ancient Greek tragedy and contains elements from it such as a chorus.
Cast
Mary Chronopoulou ..... Flora
Phaedon Georgitsis ..... Petros Athanasiou
Martha Karagianni ..... Marina
Nora Valsami ..... Chryssa, Nikolas's fiancée
Giannis Vogiatzis ..... Panagis
Lakis Komninos ..... Iasonas
Dionysis Papagiannopoulos ..... Petros's dad
Chronis Exarhakos ..... Gripis
Maria Foka ..... Grande Dame
Vangelis Seilinos ..... Nikolas
Christos Doxaras ..... Dimitros
Kia Bozou ..... Petros's friend
Mary Halkia ..... Petros's friend
Release
The film premiered in Greece on 2 December 1968.