Social Decay (1932)

A poor university student, Ntinos Vristhenis, has abandoned his studies due to financial difficulties and is searching for a job. He is hired as an actor in a troupe, where he meets and falls in love with the leading actress. When she yields to a businessman who promises her a bright future, Nikos, feeling disappointed, leaves the theater. Poverty forces him to join the proletariat and become a tobacco worker in order to make ends meet.

Released June 25, 1932 62 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.athens-greece, imdb.greece, imdb.greek, imdb.athenian, imdb.old-athens-greece, imdb.clash, imdb.social-realism + 14 more, imdb.police, imdb.poverty, imdb.businessman, imdb.troupe, imdb.actor, imdb.financial-difficulty, imdb.university-student, imdb.political-commentary, imdb.struggle, imdb.marxism, imdb.labour-exploitation, imdb.tobacco-industry, imdb.proletarian, imdb.two-word-title