Froutopia

Story

Synopsis

Children's series with dolls which is the television adaptation of the comic of the same name (1983) by the writer Evgenios Trivizas and the cartoonist Nikos Maroulakis. The series is about the adventures of journalist Pikos Apikos, who travels to the distant land of Fruitopia to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Manolis of Manavis. The comic was also transferred to television in 1985, by the Sofianou family, visualized with puppets and achieving great success. The series began airing on November 8,1985, on the ERT channel and now also plays on ERTFLIX. Despite the fact that the finale of Fruitopia never aired, due to cutbacks in the programming zone in which the series aired, with a total of 48 episodes, were aired several times in the following years.

Directors

Faidon Sofianos, Ivi Sofianou, Petros Dedegiannis

Writers

Evgenios Trivizas, Faidon Sofianos

Language

Greek, Modern

Country

Greece

Release date

30 September 1985

Ensemble

Cast

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  Dimitris Piatas

  Pikos Apikos

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  Tasos Kostis

  Policeman Krypsivoulos/Oscar

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  Dina Consta

  Pepper, the pharmacoglossa

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  Anna Panagiotopoulou

  Mata, the tomato

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  Pavlos Kontoyannidis

  Manolis, the greengrocer

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  Pavlos Haikalis

  Sotiris the watermelon/Fondas, the hard walnut/Zupihtos

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  Thanos Papadopoulos

  Aristomenis Sfihtocheris (The Director)

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  Vasia Trifylli

  Beatrice, the asparagus/Decibel

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  Joyce Evidi

  Presenter

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  Stavros Xenidis

  Francis, the prickly pear

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  Danis Katranidis

  Emilius the apple, leader of Frutopia

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  Faidon Sofianos

  Thanos the Pumpkin