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Greek Films Of The 1970s
A list of notable films produced in Greece in the 1970s. 1970s External links Greek film at the IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Greek Films Of The 1970s Lists of Greek films by decade, 1970s Lists of 1970s films, Greek 1970s in Greece, Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Kourkoulos
Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern times. Kourkoulos is best known to Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in '' Oratotis miden'', but he also appeared in other movies such as ''To Homa vaftike kokkino'', ''Exodos kindynou'', ''O Astrapogiannos'', ''O Katiforos'' among others. Life and career Nikos Kourkoulos grew up in the Athens district of Zografou. As young sports and football were his loves. He belonged to Panathinaikos F.C. roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he decided to become an actor after reading books on theatre. He studied acting at the National Theatre of Greece's School of Drama, and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas, fils' ''La dame aux camélias'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonia Marketaki
Tonia Marketaki ( el, Τώνια Μαρκετάκη; 28 July 1942 – 26 July 1994) was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins are from Kardamyla, in the island of Chios. She received her formal training at IDHEC in Paris and upon her return to Greece she worked as a film critic in various newspapers from 1963 until 1967. The same year sees the completion of her first short-film creation and subsequent imprisonment by the then recently established Greek military junta of 1967–1974, Colonels' regime. Upon her release Marketaki fled abroad, working as an assistant editor in the U.K. and a director of educational films for illiterate farmers in Algeria. In 1971 she again returned to her home-country. Apart from her three full-length films, she also directed a number of theatrical plays and a television series called ''Lemonodasos''. Her final film ''Crystal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Violent
''John the Violent'' ( el, Ιωάννης ο Βίαιος, ''Ioannis o Viaios'') is a 1973 black and white Greek film starring Manolis Logiadis in his role as Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who murders a woman in Athens. The award-winning film was directed by Tonia Marketaki. The film impressed the audience at the Thessaloniki film festival upon its release in 1973 where it was awarded three of the top prizes. The film is based on an actual murder which happened in Athens in the 1960s and created a media sensation at the time. Plot Ioannis Zachos is a psychopath who fantasises about killing beautiful women as a means to validate his manhood and to feel a sense of empowerment. He stalks the empty streets of Athens at night looking for victims. In one of those outings he enters a small sidestreet and at around midnight he sees a young woman, Eleni Chalkia, whom he attacks stabbing her to death. After the murder he disappears into the darkness. A murder investigation eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In Film
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Maro Kontou
Maro Kontou ( gr, Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934) is a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kontou, Maro 1934 births Actresses from Athens Living people New Democracy (Greece) politicians Politicians from Athens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Rizos
Nikos Rizos ( el, Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924, in Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropoi, anthropoi'' in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 with Vasilis Avlonitis and Georgia Vasileiadou. He appeared in various comedies in Greece and Germany, performing for the immigrant Greeks abroad. In 1986, he appeared at the ''Astor'' Theatre on Stadiou Street which he ran from the artistic performance until 1990. Rizos changed and he was a theatrical entrepreneur for 27 years. He starred in around 300 comedy films including ''To soferaki'' (with Giorgos Tzavellas), ''O thisavros tou makariti'' (with Nikos Tsiforos), ''O Klearchos, i Marina kai o kontos'', ''Simoria eraston'', and others. On television, he starred alongside Martha Karagianni in ''O dromos'' (''The Road''). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinos Iliopoulos
Dinos Iliopoulos (Greek: '; 12 June 1913 – 4 June 2001) was a Greek actor. He was one of the most prevalent film/theater actors in Greece. Biography He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1915. A few years later his family moved to Marseille and there he finished high school. He permanently relocated to Greece in 1935 at the age of 22 started styding at the Berkshire High Commercial School in Athens and also studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis. In 1944, he made his stage debut at the Katerina Andreadi Theatre with the play of Leo Lenz's ''Lady I Love You'', and in cinema he debuted in 1948 in the film '' 100,000 Pounds''. In 1963, he became theatrical entrepreneur founded his own theatre ''Gloria'' () at Ippokratous Street in Athens. He played in more than 70 films, usually as leading actor. In 1956 he starred in the film ''O Drakos'' (The Ogre of Athens) that is considered as one of the ten best Greek films of all times by Greek Film Critics Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symmoria Eraston
''Lovers' Gang'' ( el, Συμμορία εραστών) is a 1972 Greek black-and-white film starring Dinos Iliopoulos, Maro Kontou, Nikos Rizos and Kaiti Panou. Cast *Dinos Iliopoulos ..... ''Renos Kampanas'' *Maro Kontou ..... ''Elena Georgiadou-Vagianou'' *Nikos Rizos ..... ''Tzortzis Kotsiras'' * Kaiti Panou ..... ''Yvoni Saranti'' * Aliki Zografou ..... ''Magda Saltamouri'' * Vasos Adrianos ..... ''Alexis Romanos'' * Panos Velias ..... ''Giagos Marmarinos'' * Thanos Martinos ..... ''Iason Dendis'' * Andreas Tsakonas ..... ''Fanouris Tzouras'' * Vasos Andronidis ..... ''Sotiriou'' * Elsa Rizou ..... * Gogo Antzoletaki ..... ''Georgiadou'' *Mary Farmaki ..... ''Skentzou'' See also *List of Greek films A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... External links *Symmoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Andritsos
Kostas Andritsos, also known as George Andrews ( el, Κώστας Ανδρίτσος; 1 May 1916, Athens – 10 October 1993) was a Greek film director and writer. Selected filmography *Oneira koritsion 1953 *Bouboulina 1959 *Exo oi kleftes! 1961 *Apolytrosis 1961 with Spiros Focás, Lorella De Luca *Scream 1964Vrasidas Karalis History of Greek Cinema 2012 -1441194479 Page 95 "Finally, another interesting film noir must be included: Kostas Andritsos' Scream (Kraugi, 1964), with its atmospheric dark settings, ingenious script by Nikos Foskolos and intricate subplots, all underlined by the bizarre juxtaposition of sounds ..." *Aera! Aera! Aera! ''Aera! Aera! Aera!'' ( el, Αέρα! Αέρα! Αέρα!; En. ''Hero Bunker'') is a 1972 Greek feature film directed by Kostas Andritsos, starring Yannis Voglis and Xenia Kalogeropoulou. The plot concerns the opening phase of the Greco-Italia ... (1972). References External links * Greek film directors 1916 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AERA! AERA! AERA!
''Aera! Aera! Aera!'' ( el, Αέρα! Αέρα! Αέρα!; En. ''Hero Bunker'') is a 1972 Greek feature film directed by Kostas Andritsos, starring Yannis Voglis and Xenia Kalogeropoulou. The plot concerns the opening phase of the Greco-Italian War in October/November 1940, with the protagonists caught up in the Italian invasion of Greece from Albania. The film belongs to a series of "patriotic" films shot during the Greek military junta of 1967–74. Its title derives from the popular Greek war cry of the time, "''Aera!''". Cast * Giannis Voglis as Petros * Christos Negas as Alexis * Giannis Gionakis Giannis Gionakis ( el, Γιάννης Γκιωνάκης; 1922 – 25 August 2002) was a Greek actor in film and theater. Biography Gionakis was born in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is ... as Stratos * Petros Fyssoun as Symeon * Thanasis Mylonas as Notis * Dimitris Bislanis as Stathis Giokas External links * *BFI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In Film
The year 1972 in film involved several significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (''La classe operaia va in paradiso''), directed by Elio Petri, Italy :''The Mattei Affair'' (''Il Caso Mattei''), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy Berlin Film Festival, Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Canterbury Tales (film), The Canterbury Tales'' (''I Racconti di Canterbury''), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France 1972 Wide-release movies American films of 1972, United States unless stated January–March April–June July–September October–December Notable films released in 1972 American films of 1972, United States unless stated # *''The 14 Amazons'' (Shi si nu ying hao), directed by Cheng Kang, starring Lisa Lu, Lily Ho (actress), Lily Ho, Ivy Ling Po. (Hong Kong films of 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
