What a Mess
1982, Greek. Directed by Yorgos Apostolidis & Yannis Smaragdis & Yiannis Typaldos.
Three short stories satirizing the Greece of “Change” in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the “fustanella (Greek kilt)” films as well.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Greek
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Cast & crew
- Yorgos ApostolidisDirector
- Yannis SmaragdisDirector
- Yiannis TypaldosDirector
- Harry KlynnDetective Bekas / Artemis / Golfo / Haralabos Trabakoulas / Avraam
- Dimitris PiatasTasos
- Joly GarbiThimokleia
- Manos DestounisThanasis
- Konstantinos TzoumasMarxist
- Hristoforos ZikasPriest
- Nitsa TsaganeaAlkmini
- Giorgos NezosGolfo's father
- Spyros OlympiosCast
- Kostas BaladimasRovertos
- Giorgos TzifosWaiter
- Elena VenetiCast
Details
- Released
- 26 October 1982
- Original title
- Αλαλούμ
- Country
- Greece
- Written by
- Yannis Kakoulidis, Harry Klynn
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What a Mess isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 October 1982. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed What a Mess?
What a Mess (1982) was directed by Yorgos Apostolidis and Yannis Smaragdis and Yiannis Typaldos and stars Harry Klynn, Dimitris Piatas, Joly Garbi.