Two friends and co-owners of a flower shop, Eudaimon and Loulis, live by completely opposite principles. One enjoys himself and lives carefree, while the other works hard and plans for the future. When the "grasshopper" ogles his kind housewife, eyeing her olive trees, the "ant" tries to bring him to his senses. But the girl, whom the ant plans to introduce to the cicada, will ultimately enchant him.
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Vasilis Avlonitis
Loulis
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Nikos Rizos
Ευδαίμων
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Nikos Tsiforos
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Experts on the Football Field
Filippos Fylaktos
Rena Dor
Pitsa
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Engagement with Hurdles
Deluxe Crazy
Polyvios Vasileiadis
Thodoros Moridis
Vrasidas
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Madalena
The garden with the statues
Belinda
Klairi
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Poverty can be bearable while living well
To Fintanaki
Giannis Fermis
Waiter
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Never on Sunday
Taygeti
Patroness
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Papatrechas
The Wedding Dance
Giannis Vogiatzis
Photographer
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Angeliki Kapelari
Loukia (as Angelika Kapelari)
Filippos Fylaktos Director · Polyvios Vasileiadis Screenplay Nikos Tsiforos Screenplay
First release April 3, 1958 · Produced in Greece · Original title Ο Τζίτζικας κι ο Μέρμηγκας
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Greece
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Original title
Ο Τζίτζικας κι ο Μέρμηγκας
Original language
Greek
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Greek
Release dates
Greece · April 3, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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