The Adventures of Villar

The Adventures of Villar (1927)

Οι Περιπέτειες του Βιλλάρ

Originally thought of as the oldest surviving Greek feature film, before it was discovered that it wasn't released in 1924, but in 1927. Burlesque comedian Sfakianos, who had trained in France, stars as Villar. Villar gets a job at a dry cleaner’s and wanders through Athens. He makes one gaffe after the other and gets involved in various adventures.

Date of release
1927-09-15
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (11)
Runtime
24m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Joseph Hepp

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Greece

The Adventures of Villar was a Greek silent film comedy created in 1927 by Hungarian-Greek cinematographer and film director Joseph Hepp. It was one of two films starring the iconic Charlie Chaplin-like character named Villar (Βιλλαρ) created by Nikolaos Sfakianos. The first film was entitled Villar at the Women's Baths in Faliro. The film inspired countless Greek films. The Apaches of Athens (1930) was also shot in a taxi. Kimon Spathopoulos portrayed a Greek Charlie Chaplin-like character in the Turkish comedy Sarlo Istanbul'da in 1954.

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