Comedy
Mrs. Midwife
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.
Directed by Alekos Sakellarios
79
User score
15 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 24, 1961
Runtime
1h 17m
Language
Greek
Top cast
Georgia Vasileiadou
Kalliopi Moustaki (the midwife)
Orestis Makris
Lykourgos Bekos
Dimitris Papamichael
Dimitris Moustakis
Xenia Kalogeropoulou
Kaiti Bekou
Pantelis Zervos
Vasilis Tanambasis
Eleni Zafeiriou
Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Yorgos Damasiotis
Mayor
Nitsa Tsaganea
Eleni (Mayor's wife)
Popi Alva
Asimina
Lavrentis Dianellos
Panagiotis
Periklis Hristoforidis
bank's director
Nikitas Platis
villager with toothache
Kostas Papahristos
Kostas
Mary Metaxa
Sofia
Nikos Fermas
Vangelis
Niki Linardou
Voula
Kostas Voutsas
Sotiris
Elsa Rizou
Eleni
Sapfo Notara
Πολυξένη
Vasilis Kailas
little boy
