Law 4000

Law No. 4000
Greek	Νόμος 4000
Directed by	Giannis Dalianidis
Written by	Giannis Dalianidis
Starring	Zoi Laskari Vangelis Voulgaridis Vasilis Diamantopoulos Thanos Papadopoulos Kostas Voutsas Eleni Zafeiriou
Edited by	Petros Licas
Distributed by	Finos Film
Release date	29 October 1962 (1962-10-29)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Nomos 4000 (Greek: Νόμος 4000, "Law 4000") is a 1962 Greek drama film directed and written by Giannis Dalianidis and starring Zoi Laskari and Vasilis Diamantopoulos. The film was produced by Finos Films. The title is derived from the Greek Law 4000/1958 about teddy boyism.

Plot

Andreas Eonomou is a strict father and a High School teacher. Among his pupils is Giorgos The latter fell in love with the daughter (and only child) of Andreas, Maria.

An incident in the school results in teachers being aware of the relationship between his student and his daughter, who has an abortion. In another school incident, a student, called Evangelou, mocks Mr Andreas during the lesson by drawing him with ears of a donkey, causing the teacher's fury and the eventual expulsion of the boy from the school. Then, the same student is lured by some thugs to splash yogurt on his teacher. After his action, the perpetrator is caught by police and has his head shaved and be paraded with a sign reading about his offense.

Release

The film made 118,841 ticket sales in Greece in 1962.

Cast

• Zoi Laskari as Maria Economou
• Kostas Voutsas as Renos
• Vangelos Voulgaridis as Giorgos Anagnostou
• Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Andreas Economou
• Eleni Zafeiriou as Andreas' wife
• Spyros Moussouris as Giorgos' father
• Hloi Liaskou as Maria's friend
• Katerina Gogou as Maria's friend
• Athena Michailidou as Giorgos' mother

External links

• Law 4000 at IMDb
• Law 4000 at Finos Films
• Law 4000 at cine.gr (in Greek)