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I Degyni Na Fovitai Ton Andra
''And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband'' ( el, Η δε γυνή να φοβήται τον άνδρα) is a 1965 Greek comedy film. The film won the best director award in 1st Chicago International Film Festival. Plot Antonis and Eleni are an unmarried couple, which live in a traditional neighbourhood in Athens. Antonis is a literate employee of a ministry but Eleni is an illiterate housewife from a poor family. Due to their social divide between them, Antonis underrates Eleni and treats her like a slave. Nevertheless, she carries on loving him and serving him. But the situation changes after their marriage. Eleni starts to emancipate and she claims equality. Antonis doesn't put up with the new situation and asks divorce. Several years later the two former spouses are met in the demolition of their old house. They remember their old lives and decide to give their relationship even one chance. The film features the characters mixing the humour with emotion and nostalgia, filled a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tzavellas
George Tzavellas, also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas, Yiorgos Tzavellas, or Yorgos Javellas ( el, Γιώργος Τζαβέλλας, 1916, Athens – October 18, 1976), was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particularly influential, with critic Georges Sadoul considering him "one of the three major postwar Greek directors" (along with Michael Cacoyannis and Nikos Koundouros). Tzavellas wrote at least 26 plays, in addition to writing the scripts for all of his films. Among his notable films are '' Marinos Kontaras'' (1948), the drama ''O methystakas'' (1950), and ''Antigone'' (1961), a cinematic adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy. His adaptation of ''Antigone'' reimagined it in the language of realist cinema, omitting stylized elements of Greek stageplay such as the chorus, and attempting to convey the same information via setting and dialogue. In 1964 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. His masterpiece, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despo Diamantidou
Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou ( el, Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003. She played Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, ''Ivan the Terrible'' starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... from 21 August to 18 September 1976. Alex McNeil. ''Total Television: The Comprehnsive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present'' Fourth Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 419. Filmography References External links * * 1916 births 2004 deaths Greek film actresses Actors from Piraeus {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassos Kedrakas
Athanasios (Nassos) Kedrakas ( el, Νάσος Κεδράκας; November 21, 1915 – August 25, 1981) was a Greek actor. Biography Kedrakas studied at the National Theatre School, where he enrolled into law school at the University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ... in 1942. During the 1940s, he was active in a climactic company of ''Enomenon kallitechnon'' (United Playwrights) in which took part as in actor which he took part even in the resistance. He played several times at the National Theatre. Characteristically he was a role in the movie '' I degyni na fovitai ton andra'' in which he played as Mike, the drugstore friend Giorgos Konstantinou. He died on August 25, 1981. Proses and sketches during the 1940s Kedrakas took part in art and played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasso Kavadia
Anastasia (Tasso) Kavadia ( el, Τασσώ Καββαδία; 10 January 1921 – 18 December 2010) was a Greek film and television actress. Biography Kavadia was born on 10 January 1921 in Patras ) , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 = , demographics1_info2 = , timezone1 = EET , utc_offset1 = +2 , .... She studied piano in Athens, writing and decoration in Paris, scenario and clothing with Giannis Tsarouchis, and acting at the Drama School at the Art School of Athens, Art School with Karolos Koun. She became commonly associated with roles of strict and bad-tempered women, mothers-in-law, etc. From 1954 until 1967, Kavadia worked as a radio journalist and radio executive. From 1955 until 1969, she was a newspaper reporter. Kavadia died on 18 December 2010 in Athens and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. Filmography Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lili Papayanni
''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and was also entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was later adapted for the stage under the title ''Carnival!'' (1961). ''Lili's'' screenplay, written by Helen Deutsch, was based on a short story and treatment titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" written by Paul Gallico, which in turn was based upon "The Man Who Hated People," a short story by Gallico that appeared in the October 28, 1950 issue of ''The Saturday Evening Post''. After the film's success, Gallico expanded his story into a 1954 novella entitled ''Love of Seven Dolls''. Plot Naive country girl Lili (Leslie Caron) arrives in a provincial town in hopes of locating an old friend of her late father, only to find that he has died. A local shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Kallivokas
Dimitris Kallivokas ( el, Δημήτρης Καλλιβωκάς; born 30 July 1930) is a Greek actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1958. Selected filmography References External links * 1930 births Living people Greek male film actors Male actors from Athens {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerina Gogou
Katerina Gogou ( el, Κατερίνα Γώγου; 1940–1993) was a Greece, Greek poet, author and actress. Early life From the age of 5 years she started playing in children's plays. However she did not spend pleasant childhood years due to the World War II, Second World War and the Axis occupation of Greece, Axis Occupation of Greece. Career Acting Katerina Gogou debuted in theater with Dinos Iliopoulos' theater company in the play ''Ο Κύριος πέντε τοις εκατό'' (''Mr. five percent'') in 1961. Most of the films she participated in were Finos Film productions. She became more widely known for roles of cheerful and carefree women like in the movies ''Το ξύλο βγήκε από τον παράδεισο'' (''The wood came out of paradise'' - note that "ξύλο", literally translating to "wood", in Greek is an idiom meaning "the act of hitting someone") and ''Μια τρελή τρελή οικογένεια'' (''A crazy crazy family''). She has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavros Xenidis
Stavros Xenidis ( el, Σταύρος Ξενίδης, 1924 - 2 November 2008) was a Greek actor. He was married to actress Margarita Lambrinou. Biography Stavros Xenidis was born in Turkey. He studied acting in Karolos Koun Karolos Koun ( el, Κάρολος Κουν; September 13, 1908 in Bursa – February 14, 1987 in Athens) was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays. Biography Koun was born in Bursa, Ottom ...'s ''Theatro Technis'' and made his theatre début in 1944. His theatre career was closely associated with Kostas Moussouris' theatrical company during the 1950s and the 1960s . As a film actor, he took part in more than 70 movies, mostly in secondary roles; his first film role was in ''"The Song of Pain"'' (1953) (Greek title: ''"Το Τραγούδι του Πόνου"'') and his last was in ''"Red White"'' (1993) (''"Άσπρο Κόκκινο"''). He also appeared in several TV shows since 1971; His last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the composite eyes of early film actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri and Mae Murray, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 films from more than 50 countries. The Festival's program is composed of many different sections, including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Docufest, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas, and Reel Women. Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. International Connections Program The International Connections Program was created in 2003 in order to raise awareness of the international film culture and diversity of Chicago, and to make the festival more appealing to audienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
