''Fovou tous Ellines'' (also known as ''Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns'') is a film directed by John Tatoulis. Filmed in Australia and the island of

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it is a romantic comedy / drama that stars

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alongside

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, Claudia Buttazzoni and

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Cast

as Manos and George *

as Niki *

as Stephanos *Claudia Buttazzoni as Katerina * Damien Fotiou as Jim *Tasso Kavadia as Maria *Osvaldo Maione as Enzo *Percy Sieff as Petros *

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as Thomas *Anastasia Malinof as Helen *

Noni Ioannidou Noni Ioannidou (Greek: Νόνη Ιωαννίδου) (born 15 April 1958) is a Greek theatre and stage actress and model. She is best known for Antigoni in the 1992 television series ''Vammena kokkina mallia'', as Aggela Solomou on 17 episodes of ' ...

as young Maria (1943–1971) *Dimitris Kaperonis as young Manos (1971) * Alexandros Kaperonis as young George (1971) * Artemis Ionnides as young Nicki (1971) * Nikos Psarras as young Vasilli (1943) * Dimitris Kalantzis as young Stephanos (1943)

Release

The film was highly popular in Greece.

References

External links

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''Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns''
at Urban Cinefile
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
at Oz Movies {{DEFAULTSORT:Fovou Tous Ellines 2000 films Greek romantic comedy films Australian romantic comedy films 2000 romantic comedy films Films directed by John Tatoulis English-language Greek films 2000s Greek-language films 2000s English-language films 2000 multilingual films Australian multilingual films Greek multilingual films English-language romantic comedy films Greek-language romantic comedy films