The Coffee Reader
1956, Greek. Directed by Alekos Sakellarios.
In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Greek
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Cast & crew
- Alekos SakellariosDirector
- Georgia VasileiadouKalliopi
- Mimis FotopoulosSpyros Tsardis
- Vasilis AvlonitisNikitas
- Smaroula GiouliKaiti Giavasi
- Eleni ZafeiriouAnna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
- Periklis HristoforidisAndreas Giavasis
- Yorgos Damasiotisdrunk man
- Betty Moshonacustomer
- Nikos Fermasstreet seller
- Beata Asimakopoulourich lady
- Kostas Mendiscustomer
- Kostas Papahristospolice commander
Details
- Released
- 29 October 1956
- Original title
- Η Καφετζού
- Country
- Greece
- Written by
- Alekos Sakellarios, Giorgos Asimakopoulos
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The Coffee Reader runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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The Coffee Reader isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 October 1956. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Coffee Reader?
The Coffee Reader (1956) was directed by Alekos Sakellarios and stars Georgia Vasileiadou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Vasilis Avlonitis.