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Mrs. Midwife

  • 1961
  • TMDB 7.9/10
  • 1h 17m

The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.

Overview

The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.

Cast

  • Georgia VasileiadouKalliopi Moustaki (the midwife)
  • Orestis MakrisLykourgos Bekos
  • Dimitris PapamichaelDimitris Moustakis
  • Xenia KalogeropoulouKaiti Bekou
  • Pantelis ZervosVasilis Tanambasis
  • Eleni ZafeiriouMrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
  • Yorgos DamasiotisMayor
  • Nitsa TsaganeaEleni (Mayor's wife)

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