OLGA ROBARDS

Greece – 1989 – Color – 89’

Dir.: Hristos Vakalopoulos | Scr..: Hristos Vakalopoulos, Antonis Kioukas | Cin.: Andreas Sinanos | Ed.: Kostas Iordanidis | Mus.: Nikos Xydakis | Cast: Olia Lazaridou, Giorgos Symeonidis, Stavros Tsiolis, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Evri Sophroniadou, Kostas Tsakonas, Kevi Psarri, Anna Kokkinou, Makis Kontizas, Thodoris Polizonis, Petros Tatsopoulos, Hristos Vakalopoulos | Prod.: Hristos Vakalopoulos

A series of murders targeting Arab magnates shakes Athens. While the city searches in vain for the killer, a young burglar accidentally discovers that the culprit is a peculiar Greek-American woman, Olga Robards. With the help of his friend “The Scientist,” a crime expert, he begins to follow her.

The first feature film by the unforgettable Christos Vakalopoulos has long been shrouded in a veil of myth, fascination, and mystery, with audiences faithfully attending its rare screenings. 

The multi-talented director described it as a “suspenseful comedy.” The magnificent Olia Lazaridou will forever be Olga Robards—she herself inspired the film—while the cinematography by Andreas Sinanos (award-winning in Thessaloniki) captures the poetically melancholic atmosphere of the city, from the rooftops of Exarchia and the Blue Apartment Building to its shadowy streets.