Christos Tsaganeas ( el, Χρήστος Τσαγανέας; 2 July 1906 – 2 July 1976) was a

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actor and a cinematographer.

Biography

Tsaganeas was born in

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. He starred in several movies, his most famous role being the college headmaster in '' To xylo vgike ap' ton paradeiso''. His first important role was in '' The Germans are Coming'' with

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where he says the well known phrase '' Anthropoi, anthropoi. Aimostageis, aimodipseis kai aimovoroi. Pros ti to missos ke o allilosparagmos''. He married, secondly, to Nitsa Tsaganea. He died on his 70th birthday and was buried in the First Cemetery. His wife and their daughter were later buried alongside him.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsaganeas Christos 1906 births 1976 deaths Male actors from Athens Greek male film actors National Liberation Front (Greece) members Romanian emigrants to Greece People from Brăila Film people from Athens Recipients of the Order of George I Burials in Athens 20th-century Greek male actors