Abuse of Power (film)

Abuse of Power
Katahrisis exousias
Abuse of Power; Katahrisis exousias
	English film poster
Directed by
Written by	Nikos Foskolos
Produced by	Finos Film
Starring	Nikos Kourkoulos
Music by	Mimis Plessas
Production; company	Finos Film
Release date	23 March 1971;
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Abuse of Power (Greek: Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας) is a 1971 film starring Nikos Kourkoulos, and Manos Katrakis.^[1]

Plot[]

Nikos Kourkoulos plays Haridimos Tsiontis, a student who becomes a police detective and a member of the drug squad looking for the killers of his drug-addicted brother. His unconventional tactics get him into trouble with his superiors but they eventually relent and allow him to continue his investigation. The drug dealers discover his identity and force him to become a drug addict. In the end, Tsiontis recovers from his drug addiction and manages to get the drug kingpin arrested.^[1]^[2] His superior officer congratulates him and offers him a permanent job as a member of the drug squad but Tsiontis refuses and returns to his studies.

Reception[]

Abuse of Power was the fourth most commercially successful film of 1971 in Greece.^[3]^[4]

Cast[]

Nikos Kourkoulos ..... Charidimos Siontis / Stathis Theodorelos
..... Eleni Apostolopoulou
Manos Katrakis ..... Kanelos Vasilopoulos
..... Vasilis Apostolopoulos
Giannis Argyris ..... boss
Nassos Kedrakas ..... pub owner
Andreas Filippidis ..... police chief
Spyros Konstantopoulos ..... Peresiadis
Dinos Karydis ..... Antonis

Release[]

The film premiered in Greece on 23 March 1971.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (1971)". Finos Film.
^ "Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (1971)". hellenicfilms.gr.
^ Angelos Rouvas (2005). Ελληνικός κινηματογράφος: 1971-2005. Ελληνικά Γράμματα. p. 8. ΟΙ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΤΑΙΝΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ 1971: Τι Έκανες στον Πόλεμο Θανάση, (640.471), Μια Ελληνίδα στο Χαρέμι (455.385), Σ' Αγαπώ (393.137), Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (378.790), Ένας Ξένοιαστος Παλαβιάρης (357.684), Ζητείται Επειγόντως ...
^ "Κατάχρησις εξουσίας / Σταύρος Τσιώλης". International Film Festival of Thessaloniki. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-22.

External links[]

Abuse of Power at IMDb

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[Finos_Film-1] "Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (1971)". Finos Film.

[hellenicfilms.gr-2] "Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (1971)". hellenicfilms.gr.

[Rouvas2005-3] Angelos Rouvas (2005). Ελληνικός κινηματογράφος: 1971-2005. Ελληνικά Γράμματα. p. 8. ΟΙ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΤΑΙΝΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ 1971: Τι Έκανες στον Πόλεμο Θανάση, (640.471), Μια Ελληνίδα στο Χαρέμι (455.385), Σ' Αγαπώ (393.137), Κατάχρησις Εξουσίας (378.790), Ένας Ξένοιαστος Παλαβιάρης (357.684), Ζητείται Επειγόντως ...

[Film_Festival-4] "Κατάχρησις εξουσίας / Σταύρος Τσιώλης". International Film Festival of Thessaloniki. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-22.

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