Mrs. Midwife (1961)
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.
- Released
- 1961-09-24
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alekos Sakellarios
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 from 15 votes
Cast
- Georgia Vasileiadou as Kalliopi Moustaki (the midwife)
- Orestis Makris as Lykourgos Bekos
- Dimitris Papamichael as Dimitris Moustakis
- Xenia Kalogeropoulou as Kaiti Bekou
- Pantelis Zervos as Vasilis Tanambasis
- Eleni Zafeiriou as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
- Yorgos Damasiotis as Mayor
- Nitsa Tsaganea as Eleni (Mayor's wife)
- Popi Alva as Asimina
- Lavrentis Dianellos as Panagiotis
- Periklis Hristoforidis as bank's director
- Nikitas Platis as villager with toothache