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Finos Films
Finos Film (Greek: Φίνος Φιλμ) is a film production company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977. It was founded by Filopimin Finos in 1942 during World War II. It was the biggest film production company in Greece at the time and one of the biggest, in terms of productivity, in southeast Europe. After 34 years, Finos Films returned to the Greek film scene with the Greek-Italian co-production 'Urania' (2006). Additionally, the company re-releases its old movies on DVD completely remastered and in Dolby digital 2.0 sound on a monthly basis. Films This article is a partial list of films listed here: Tickets - first place *1949-50:'' O methystakas'' - 304,438 tickets (1st of 7) *1952-53:''The Taxi Driver'' - 190,589 tickets (1st of 22) *1956-57:''To amaxaki'' - 138.620 tickets (1st of 30) *1956-57:'' I theia ap' to Chicago'' - 142,459 tickets (1st of 28) *1958-59:''Astero'' - 139,501 tickets (1st of 45th) *1960-61:''Alice in the Navy'' (''Η Αλίκη ...
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Philopemen Finos
Filopimin Finos ( el, Φιλοποίμην Φίνος; 1908 – January 26, 1977) was a Greek film producer of 186 films and the founder of Finos Film, whose first film was in 1939. He built the first sound recording device in Greece, and shot the first colour film with stereo sound. Finos died in January 1977 after suffering cancer for seven years and he left no heir. Selected filmography * ''The Parting Song (translated into English as "The Parting Song" in the liner notes of Miyuki Nakajima's ''Ima no Kimochi'' album, released in 2004) is a song composed and performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released as her fifth single in Se ...'' (1939) References * 1908 births 1977 deaths Deaths from cancer in Greece Greek film producers 20th-century Greek businesspeople People from Phthiotis {{film-producer-stub ...
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Filopimin Finos
Filopimin Finos ( el, Φιλοποίμην Φίνος; 1908 – January 26, 1977) was a Greece, Greek film producer of 186 films and the founder of Finos Film, whose first film was in 1939. He built the first sound recording device in Greece, and shot the first colour film with stereo sound. Finos died in January 1977 after suffering cancer for seven years and he left no heir. Selected filmography * ''The Parting Song (film), The Parting Song'' (1939) References

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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ...
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Dolby
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (often shortened to Dolby Labs and known simply as Dolby) is an American company specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and HDR imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers. History Dolby Labs was founded by Ray Dolby (1933–2013) in London, England, in 1965. In the same year, he invented the Dolby Noise Reduction system, a form of audio signal processing for reducing the background hissing sound on audio tape recordings. His first U.S. patent on the technology was filed in 1969, four years later. The method was first used by Decca Records in the UK. He moved the company headquarters to the United States (San Francisco, California) in 1976. The first product Dolby Labs produced was the Dolby 301 unit which incorporated Type A Dolby Noise Reduction, a compander-based noise reduction system. These units were intended for use in professional recording studios. Dolby was pe ...
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O Methystakas
The Drunkard ( el, Ο μεθύστακας), is a 1950 Greek drama film written and directed by George Tzavellas. It was the highest grossing Greek film in 1950, selling 304,438 tickets. Plot Haralambos Lardis (Orestis Makris) is a poor cobbler in Plaka who has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of his neighborhood after the death of his son during the Greco-Italian War. His daughter, Anna, (Billy Konstantopoulou) falls in love with the son of her boss Alec Bakas (Dimitris Horn) and they plan to marry. Her father attempts to overcome his addiction not wanting to embarrass himself in front of the rich family of his future son-in-law, but gets drunk before meeting the Bakas family. Realizing that he is an obstacle to his daughter's happiness, he commits suicide bringing the two families closer. Cast *Orestis Makris ..... ''Haralambos Lardis'' *Dimitris Horn ..... ''Alec Bakas'' *Billy Konstantopoulou ..... ''Anna Lardi'' *Athanasia Moustaka ..... ''grandmother'' *Nikos Rizos . ...
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The Taxi Driver
''The Taxi Driver'' (Greek: ''To soferaki'') is a 1953 Greek comedy film directed by Yorgos Tzavellas and starring Mimis Fotopoulos, Smaroula Giouli, and Nikos Rizos.Karalis p.62 Cast * Mimis Fotopoulos as Vangos * Smaroula Giouli as Lela * Nikos Rizos * Giorgos Vlahopoulos * Sperantza Vrana * Thanasis Tzeneralis * Lela Patrikiou * Jenny Stavropoulou * Giannis Ioannidis Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) ( Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born 26 February 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democ ... * Lola Filippidou * Elsa Rizou * Giorgos Loukakis * Kostas Papahristos References Bibliography * Vrasidas Karalis. ''A History of Greek Cinema''. A&C Black, 2012. External links * 1953 films 1953 comedy films 1950s Greek-language films Greek comedy films Greek black-and-white films {{Greece-film-stub ...
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I Theia Ap' To Chicago
''The Auntie from Chicago'' ( el, Η θεία από το Σικάγο ''Ê theía apó to Sikágo''; also known as ''Aunt from Chicago'') is a 1957 Greek theatrical comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and produced by Finos Films. The film made 142,459 tickets. Plot A middle-aged man's (Makris) conservative life is disturbed, when his sister (Vasileiadou) returns to Greece, after many years in Chicago. Her arrival breathes new air to the family, and some extreme ideas of how to get her shy nieces to marry. Cast *Orestis Makris as Harilaos Bardas *Georgia Vasileiadou as Kalliopi Papas * Eleni Zafeiriou as Efterpi Barda (wife of Harilaos) * Gelly Mavropoulou as Eleni Barda (daughter) *Tzeni Karezi as Katina Barda (daughter) * Margarita Papageorgiou as Angeliki Barda (daughter) *Pantelis Zervos as Xenofon Vlassopoulos * Stefanos Stratigos as Nikos Kadris * Thodoros Dimitriou as Takis Zerigkas *Dimitris Papamichael as Kostakis *Vangelis Ploios as guy from the beach *Kostas P ...
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Astero
''Astero'' ( el, Αστέρω) is a 1959 Greek drama film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Aliki Vougiouklaki - Astero * Titos Vandis - Mitros Pithokoukouras * Dimitris Papamichael - Thymios Pithokoukouras * Georgia Vasileiadou Georgia Vasileiadou ( el, Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου; 1897 – 12 February 1980) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1977. Selected filmography References External links * 1897 births ... - Stamatina * Stephanos Stratigos - Thanos * Yorgos Damasiotis - Thanasis * Kostas Papachristos - Mitsos * Athanasia Moustaka -Pithokoukoura * Giannis Avlonitis * Niki Linardou - (as Bebi Koula) References External links * 1959 films 1950s Greek-language films 1959 drama films Greek black-and-white films Films directed by Dinos Dimopoulos Finos Film films Films shot in Epirus Films set in Greece Greek drama films { ...
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Downhill (1927 Film)
''Downhill'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine and Isabel Jeans, and based on the play ''Down Hill'' by Novello and Constance Collier. The film was produced by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington studios. ''Downhill'' was Hitchcock's fourth film as director, but the fifth to be released. Its American alternative title was ''When Boys Leave Home''. Plot At an expensive English boarding school for boys, Roddy Berwick is school captain and star rugby player. He and his best friend Tim Wakeley start seeing a shopgirl, Mabel, who tells the headmaster that she is pregnant and that Roddy is the father. However, Tim is the father, and he cannot afford to be expelled because he needs to win a scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. Promising Tim that he will never reveal the truth, Roddy accepts expulsion. Returning to his parents’ home, Roddy finds that his father Sir Thomas Berwick believes him guil ...
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Ipolochagos Natassa
''Ipolochagos Natassa'' (Greek: ''Υπολοχαγός Νατάσσα'', ''Lieutenant Natasha'', also known outside Greece as ''Battlefield Constantinople'') is a 1970 Greek film. It starred Aliki Vougiouklaki as Natassa, Dimitris Papamichael as Orestis, and Costas Carras as Max. The story about the German occupation of Greece and the resistance by the Greeks. The director of the film is Nikos Foskolos. Cast *Aliki Vougiouklaki .... ''Natassa Arseni'' *Dimitris Papamichael .... ''Orestis'' *Costas Carras Kostas Karras ( el, Κώστας Καρράς ) (21 June 1936 – 6 May 2012) was a Greek actor and politician. Biography Karras was born in Athens and trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and the drama school o ... .... ''Max Reuter'' * Eleni Zafeiriou .... ''Natassa's mother'' * Kakia Panagiotou .... ''Liza'' * Andreas Filippidis .... ''Natassa's father'' * Spyros Kalogirou .... ''major'' External links * Greek war drama films 1970s G ...
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Greek Brands
Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek. **Mycenaean Greek, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC). **Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC. **Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity. **Medieval Greek or Byzantine Language, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. **Modern Greek, varieties spoken in the modern era (from 1453 AD). *Greek alphabet, script used to write the Greek language. *Greek Orthodox Church, several Churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church. *Ancient Greece, the ancient civilization before the end of Antiquity. *Old Greek, the language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around 1500 AD. Other uses * '' ...
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