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It's A Long Road
''It's a Long Road'' (''Όλα είναι δρόμος'' Óla eínai drómos) is a 1998 film by Greek film director Pantelis Voulgaris. It is a triptych, with all three parts taking place in Thrace, one of the more economically depressed parts of Greece. Cast * Thanasis Veggos as ''Antonis'' * Giorgos Armenis as ''Makis Tsetsenoglou'' * Dimitris Kataleifos Dimitris Kataleifos ( el, Δημήτρης Καταλειφός; born 1954) is a Greek actor and writer. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1978. Selected filmography References External links * 1954 births Living people ... as ''Vasilis Vasileiadis'' Awards External links * Όλα είναι δρόμοςcritique from the Greek cinema club. 1998 films 1990s Greek-language films 1998 drama films Films directed by Pantelis Voulgaris Greek drama films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantelis Voulgaris
Pantelis Voulgaris ( el, Παντελής Βούλγαρης; born 23 October 1940) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. His first feature film ''To proxenio tis Annas'' in 1972 won the first prize in Thessaloniki International Film Festival. His 1989 film ''The Striker with Number 9'' was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Two years later, his film ''Quiet Days in August'' was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. In 2005 his film ''Brides (2004 film), Brides'' was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''To proxenio tis Annas'' (1972) * ''Happy Day (1977 film), Happy Day'' (1977) * ''Eleftherios Venizelos (film), Eleftherios Venizelos'' (1980) * ''Petrina Chronia'' (''Stone Years'') (1985) * ''The Striker with Number 9'' (1989) * ''Quiet Days in August'' (1991) * ''Akropol'' (1995) * ''It's a Long Road'' (1998) * ''Brides (2004 film), Nyfes'' (2004) * ''Deep Soul (film), Psyche Vathia'' ( ... [...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] |
1998 Drama Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Greek-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fani Alexaki
Fani may refer to: * Fani, Mali, a town in Mali * Fani, one of the Asia Islands in eastern Indonesia * Cyclone Fani, a North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in 2019 People with the name * Fani Badayuni (1879-1961), Urdu poet * Fani Chalkia (born 1979), Greek athlete * Fani Madida (born 1966), South African footballer * Fani Papageorgiou (born 1975), Greek poet and critic * Fani Stipković (born 1982), Croatian television reporter * Fani Willis, US district attorney for the Fulton County, Georgia * Jamshid Fani, Iranian boxer * Leonora Fani (born 1954), Italian film actress * Mohsin Fani, 17th-century Persian historian * Nadia El Fani (born 1960), French-Tunisian film director See also * Fanni (other) * Fany (other) * Fanny (other) * Fannie * Feni (other) Feni may refer to: Places *Feni District, a district of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh **Feni, Bangladesh, the capital city of Feni District **Feni Sadar Upazila, an Upazila of Feni Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek State Film Awards
The Greek State Film Awards ( el, Κρατικά Βραβεία Κινηματογράφου) was a part of Thessaloniki International Film Festival concerning exclusively Greek movies. It was one of the most important events in Greek cinema, from its institution in 1992 until 2008. Until 1991, only Greek movies participated in the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Since 1992 the festival became international and a separate award was instituted for Greek movies. At first the new award was named State Film Awards and later State Film Quality Awards (Κρατικά Κινηματογραφικά Βραβεία Ποιότητας). It was given out by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Apart from the best film award there were awards in other categories such as the best actor, actress, best director etc. In 2009, during the 50th Thessaloniki Festival, the Greek filmmakers decided to boycott the awards. The awards were subsequently abolished by a bill of the Ministry of Culture. It has since bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Kataleifos
Dimitris Kataleifos ( el, Δημήτρης Καταλειφός; born 1954) is a Greek actor and writer. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1978. Selected filmography References External links * 1954 births Living people Greek male film actors Male actors from Athens {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanasis Veggos
Thanasis Veggos (alternatively spelt Thanassis and/or Vengos; Greek: Θανάσης Βέγγος; pronounced: ''Thanássis Véngos''; 29 May 19273 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 films, predominantly comedies in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, starring in more than 50 among them. He is considered one of the best Greek comedy actors of all time. His famous comedic catchphrase was ' ("My good man"). Background Veggos was the only son of a power station employee, who had fought with the Greek Resistance in World War II. Vassilis Veggos played an important part in the defense of the Piraeus power station when the Germans attempted to destroy it before departing in 1944, but precisely because of this was dismissed from his job in the post-war purge of leftists. His real surname was Βέγκος and, as he had said, he wrote it with ''γγ'' because it looked better in the eyes. Veggos himself was a member of EPON, the youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Thrace
Western Thrace or West Thrace ( el, [Δυτική] Θράκη, ''[Dytikí] Thráki'' ; tr, Batı Trakya; bg, Западна/Беломорска Тракия, ''Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya''), also known as Greek Thrace, is a Geography, geographic and History, historical geographic regions of Greece, region of Greece, between the Mesta River, Nestos and Maritsa, Evros rivers in the northeast of the country; East Thrace, which lies east of the river Evros, forms the European part of Turkey, and the area to the north, in Bulgaria, is known as Northern Thrace. Inhabited since paleolithic, paleolithic times, it has been under the Politics, political, Culture, cultural and Linguistics, linguistic influence of the Greeks, Greek world since the Classical antiquity, classical era; Greeks from the List of islands of Greece, Aegean islands extensively colonized the region (especially the coastal part) and built prosperous cities such as Abdera, Thrace, Abdera (home of Democritus, the 5th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Papadopulos
Panos Papadopulos (Greek language, Greek: Πάνος Παπαδόπουλος; 1 August 1920, in Giresun, Kerassus, Ottoman Empire – 18 February 2001, in Munich) was a Greek actor. Selected filmography * ''Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) – Musiker * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * ''The Cousin from Nowhere (1953 film), The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1953) * ''Conchita and the Engineer'' (1954) * ''Beloved Corinna'' (1956) – Longo * ''The Copper (1958 film), The Copper'' (1958) – Heini – der Taschendieb (uncredited) * ''Peter Voss, der Millionendieb'' (1958) – Doctor – Hong Kong (uncredited) * ' (1958) * ''Rommel Calls Cairo'' (1959) – Sharani * ''The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959 film), The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1959) – Courier (uncredited) * ''The Indian Tomb (1959 film), The Indian Tomb'' (1959) – Dagh's messenger (uncredited) * ''The Death Ship (1959 film), The Death Ship'' (1959) – Popoff, Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter * ''Salem Aleikum'' (1959) * ''Peter Voss, Hero of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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