The Enigma (Το αίνιγμα) 25 years old

The Enigma

A successful young Athenian lawyer, Theodora, who is the daughter of a general, takes on the case of Mantzavinos who is a grocer in Kolonos. Trying to avoid the usual hum-drum approach, she becomes involved with a strange gang with a blind beggar for a leader, Linos, a former teacher, and current idol, of hers, who seems to Theodora like a modern Oedipus. Linos' companion and right-hand man is the former caretaker of the school. The group is completed by two sister-hookers, Anta and Mina, who work in a brothel housed in the school building and who sometimes force Linos to beg for money. The gang is planning a "big score", the theft of the antiquities of Plato's Academy, but Theodora's reluctance, combined with the timely intervention of the police, cancel the plan.

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The Enigma Cast

Name Character
Thanasis Vengos He was 71, 83 years old when he died as Linos
Ilias Logothetis He was 59, now 85 years old as Mantzavinos

The Enigma Crew

Name Department
The Enigma poster
The Enigma (25 years)

  • Release day: Monday, November 16, 1998
  • Runtime: 93 minutes