

The idiot
1968, Greek. Directed by Orestis Laskos.
An engineer is working hard without any substantial effect and he is not taking seriously the persistent remarks of his wife on this. When a businessman, on the one hand, and his company's executives, on the other hand, will try to lure him to serve their conflicting interests in the construction of a new road, the engineer reacts.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Greek
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Orestis LaskosDirector
- Giorgos PanjasIlias Boudounas
- Jenny RousseaLina Boudouna
- Eleni ProkopiouJilly Ralatou
- Nikos RizosMax Ralatos
- Dimitris Nikolaidispresident
- Sotiris MoustakasDinos Zafeiriou
- Periklis HristoforidisThemos
- Ria DeloutsiDora
- Rafael DenogiasLeandros
- Giorgos TzifosVangelis
- Nikos PashalidisIason Hatzixefteris
- Giorgos Zambetassinger
Details
- Released
- 14 June 1968
- Original title
- Ο Μπούφος
- Country
- Greece
- Written by
- Giorgos Lazaridis
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The idiot isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 June 1968. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The idiot?
The idiot (1968) was directed by Orestis Laskos and stars Giorgos Panjas, Jenny Roussea, Eleni Prokopiou.