
09 Jul 1939

The Rules of the Game
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
A lower-class maid navigates the social world of the upper-crust family she works for.
Anna Vlasopoulou
Anna's Mistress
Thodoros Manolopoulos
Kosmas Raptis
Elisavet
Keti Manolopoulou
Kostis Efstathiou
Vaso
Haroula
Yorgos
Leni
Uncle
Little Tania
Musician
Singer
Waiter
Trumpeter
Host
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A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
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