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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] |
Koukaki
Koukaki ( el, Κουκάκι or , ) is a southeast neighbourhood of the Municipality of Athens, Greece. Location The general area of Koukaki borders from the north with Makrygianni neighbourhood and the historical district of Plaka (the historical neighbourhood of Athens), the Municipality of Kallithea and Petralona neighbourhood from the south, Neos Kosmos neighbourhood from the east, and Filopappou and Thisio neighbourhoods from the west. The two largest streets that cross Koukaki are Veikou Street (north-to-south) and Dimitrakopoulou Street (south-to-north). On the borderline between Koukaki and Neos Kosmos stands Andrea Syngrou Avenue, an important avenue in Athens that connects its center with Poseidonos Avenue to the south. Amenities It has a large weekly vegetable market every Friday. Transportation Koukaki is served by two Athens Metro stations, '' Akropoli'' (near the Acropolis) and '' Syngrou Fix'' (on Andrea Syngrou Avenue). The nearest overground station is Petral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woe To The Young
''Woe to the Young'' (Greek: ''Αλίμονο στους νέους'') is a Greek 1961 film loosely based on the myth of Faust. Plot The story concerns a rich old man named Andreas, who wants to be young again so as to marry a young girl, that makes a deal with the Devil. He becomes young but poor and the little money he has he spends. Moreover, the girl - after her mother's coercion - rejects him and wounds up marrying another rich old man. The film ends with Andreas waking up, realizing this was all but a dream. Cast *Dimitris Horn ..... ''Andreas'' *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 ... ..... ''Rita'' * Smaro Stefanidou ..... ''Eleni'' * Andreas Douzos ..... ''Manolis'' * Giorgos Velentzas ..... ''doctor'' *Spyros Mousouris ..... ''Agisilaos'' *Nikos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Athens
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ta Kitrina Gantia
''Ta Kitrina Gantia'' ( el, Τα Κίτρινα Γάντια, ''The Yellow Gloves'') is a 1960 Greek comedy film made by Finos Films. It was directed by Alekos Sakellarios and stars Nikos Stavridis, Mimis Fotopoulos, Maro Kontou and Martha Vourtsi. Plot Orestis ( Nikos Stavridis) is a jealous husband and always appears to be suspicious of his partner. He stops in a cafe and upon finding yellow gloves belonging to wife Rena (Maro Kontou), he suspects her of cheating. He heads to his house in order to ask Rena if the gloves are hers. The situation is resolved and he is embarrassed to find out that they are not Rena's and that he was enraged over nothing. Before he is calmed down, he suspects Rena of having cheated on him with Moustakias (Mimis Fotopoulos) until it is revealed the gloves belonged to the servant Toula (Martha Vourtsi). The film utilises the classic trope of a jealous partner to drive its storyline. Cast * Nikos Stavridis ..... ''Orestis Kaligaridis'' * Maro Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egklima Sta Paraskinia
''Murder Backstage'' ( el, Έγκλημα στα παρασκήνια) is a 1960 Greek theatrical film noir film starring Alekos Alexandrakis, Maro Kontou, Hristos Tsaganeas, Titos Vandias, Aliki Georgouli, Georges Sarri and Dimos Starenios. The writer was from the famous police novelist Giannis Maris. Plot A well known actress of the theatre is assassinated and the simultaneously one of these actors of the theatre escapes. The police, along with the journalists of a newspaper company ask the edge of the filament for located the assassin. The action occurs during the occupation period of World War II. Cast * Alekos Alexandrakis - Journalist Makris (Δημοσιογράφος Μακρής) *Titos Vandis - Officer Bekas (Αστυνόμος Μπέκας) *Maro Kontou - Elena Pavlidi (Έλενα Παυλίδη) * Aliki Georgouli - Mary Lambrinou (Μαίρη Λαμπρινού) * Zorz Sarri - Thaleia Halkia (Θάλεια Χαλκιά) * Christos Tsaganeas - Pavlos Stefanou ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismene
In Greek mythology, Ismene (; grc, Ἰσμήνη, ''Ismēnē'') is the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices. She appears in several plays of Sophocles: at the end of ''Oedipus Rex'', in ''Oedipus at Colonus'' and in ''Antigone''. She also appears at the end of Aeschylus' ''Seven Against Thebes''. In Sophocles Oedipus Rex Ismene is not named, but is seen at the end of Oedipus Rex as her father/brother laments the "shame" and "sorrow" he is leaving her and her sister to. Oedipus begs Creon to watch over them, but in his grief reaches to take them with him as he is led away. Creon prevents him from taking his daughters out of the city with him. Oedipus at Colonus Ismene appears in Oedipus at Colonus to tell her father of the situation in Thebes and the rivalry of his sons. She explains that Eteocles has taken the throne from Polynices and driven him out of the city. As a result of this, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigone (1961 Film)
''Antigone'' ( el, Aντιγόνη, ''Antigone'') is a 1961 Greek film adaptation of the Ancient Greek tragedy ''Antigone'' by Sophocles. It stars Irene Papas in the title role and was directed by Yorgos Javellas. The film follows the story of the play closely, but ends differently – instead of Creon retiring back to the palace as in the play, the film ends with Creon relinquishing his kingship and exiling himself out of Thebes. Plot After Oedipus realises he married his mother Jocasta and stepped down as king of Thebes, his two sons Eteocles and Polynices kill each other in the struggle for the succession. Creon, Jocasta's brother, ascends the throne and give the order that the body of Polynices should remain unburied, since he assaulted Thebes to dethrone his older brother. Oedipus' daughter Antigone, after trying unsuccessfully to involve her sister Ismene in her scheme, defies the prohibition and buries her brother. Creon arrests both sisters, but eventually decrees th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Lefterakis
''O filos mou o Lefterakis'' (Greek: el, Ο φίλος μου ο Λευτεράκης, Alternate translations: ''My Friend, Lefterakis'' or ''Lefterakis, My Friend'') is a 1963 Greek comedy film starring Dinos Iliopoulos, Kostas Voutsas and Maro Kontou. Plot Thodoros (Dinos Iliopoulos) is an affluent civil engineer married to Fofo (Maro Kontou). Thodoros has invented an "out-of-town friend", Lefterakis, who he claims is visiting Athens every time Thodoros wants to have a night out with his mistress. One evening, while in the middle of a card game with his friend Thanassis ( Giorgos Konstantinou), he starts explaining his scam to him. However, they are interrupted by the maid, who announces that Lefterakis has just arrived from Patras. Fofo, apparently oblivious to her husband's horror and Thanassis' confusion, invites Lefterakis ( Kostas Voutsas) to spend a couple of days at their place. Over the next couple of days, Thodoros is becoming more and more paranoid, as he first sus ... [...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] |
I Soferina
''I soferina'' (Greek: el, Η Σωφερίνα, The Chauffeur Lady) is a 1964 Greek theatrical comedy film directed by Giorgos Roussos, ''The Last Joke'' (''Το Τελευταίο Ψέμα'' = ''To Telefteo Psema''). The movie was released into cinemas the same as '' To doloma'' was released which it had the same protagonistic twin, but with a different company. The movie acted together for the first and only time in two great star, Aliki Vougiouklaki and Maro Kontou. Plot The film opens with Michalis (Giorgos Konstantinou) searching for his wife at a salon, where he is told his wife is not there and is forced to leave for disturbing the customers. He drops by a gathering of her friends, where he is told she declined attending to tend to her sick grandmother. Finally, he visits her grandmother, who tells him that she is in excellent health and that his wife has not visited in over a month. The film then cuts to Mary (Aliki Vougiouklaki) who is practicing dance steps with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
