Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis ( el, Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film.
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Biography
Born in Kissamos, Cretan State
The Cretan State ( el, Κρητική Πολιτεία, Kritiki Politeia; ota, كريد دولتى, Girid Devleti) was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany ...
, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens
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, where his father searched for work. His brother, Giannis, emigrated to North America. Manos played soccer during his youth for the Athinaikos football team and others.
Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie '' To Lavaro tou '21'' in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos ( el, Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος; The dates 18 February 1896 and 1 March 1896 both appear in the literature. Many of Mitropoulos's early interviews and program notes gave 18 February. In his later interviews, howe ...
). He married Anna Lori in 1943.
He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...
of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos
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, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos.
In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films.
In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie '' Taxidi sta Kythira'', the ''Journey to Kythera/Kythira'', with director Theo Angelopoulos
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.
Death and legacy
Katrakis died at the age of 76 on 2 September 1984, from lung cancer; he had been an avid smoker for most of his life. In 2009 the Greek Post Office issued a €0,01 postage stamp in honor of Katrakis.
Selected filmography
* ''To Lavaro tou '21'' (1929) .... Dimos
* ''Etsi kaneis, san agapiseis'' (1931)
* ''O Agapitikos tis voskopoulas'' (1932) .... Liakos
* ''Prosopa lismonimena'' (1946) .... Nikos Markidis (voice, uncredited)
* ''Katadromi sto Aigaion'' (1946) .... Lt. Cdr. Giannis Raidis
* ''Oi Germanoi xanarhontai...'' (1948) .... German soldier (uncredited)
* '' Marinos Kontaras'' (1948) .... Marinos Kontaras
* ''I Floga tis eleftherias'' (1952) .... narrator (voice)
* ''Eva
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'' (1953) .... Alekos
* ''O dromos me tis akakies'' (1954) .... Hristos Vranas
* ''Magiki polis'' (1954) .... Narrator
* ''Antigone
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'' (1961) .... Creon
* ''Synoikia to Oneiro'' (1961) .... Nekroforas
* ''Flogera kai aima'' (1961) .... Stathis Vlahopanagos
* '' Electra'' (1963) .... tutor
* ''Thriamvos'' (1962) .... Bournokos
* '' Enas delikanis'' (1963) .... father
* ''O Adelfos Anna'' (1963) .... Father Vasileios
* '' The red lanterns'' (1963) .... Kapetan Nikolas
* ''Athoa i enohi?'' (1963) .... Alekos
* '' Prodosia'' (1964) .... Professor Viktor Kastriotis
* ''Diogmos'' (1964)
* ''Oi Epikindynoi'' (1964)
* ''Enomenoi sti zoi kai sto thanato'' (1964) .... Captain Seratos
* ''To Bloko'' (1965)
* ''O Metanastis'' (1965)
* ''Istoria mias zois'' (1965) .... Mikes Papadimas
* ''Blood on the land
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'' (1966) .... father Hormovas
* ''Sparagmos'' (1965)
* ''O Epanastatis'' (1965)
* ''Katigoro tous anthropous'' (1966) .... Elefterios Dimitropoulos
* ''I Exodos tou Mesolongiou'' (1966)
* ''Dakrya gia tin Ilektra'' (1966) .... Tassos Petridis
* ''Tora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi'' (1966)
* ''Sklavoi tis moiras'' (1966) .... Mr. Delipetrou
* ''O Katatregmenos'' (1966) .... Labros Sarioglou
* ''Mazi sou, gia panta'' (1966)
* ''Erotas stin kafti ammo'' (1966) .... Nikolas
* ''Eho dikaioma na s' agapo!'' (1966)
* ''Aihmalotoi tou pepromenou'' (1966) .... Hristos
* ''Aharisti'' (1966)
* ''Kontserto gia polyvola'' (1967) .... General Dareios
* ''Ti ki an gennithika ftohos'' (1967) .... Mr. Razis
* ''O Labiris enantion ton paranomon'' (1967)
* ''To Kanoni kai t' aidoni'' (1968)
* ''I Leoforos tou misous'' (1968) .... Legatos
* ''Xerizomeni genia'' (1968) .... Manthos
* ''Tosa oneira stous dromous'' (1968) .... Mose Aron
* ''Tha kano petra tin kardia mou'' (1968) .... Pantelis
* ''Mia mera, o pateras mou'' (1968)
* ''Katigoroumeni, apologisou'' (1968)
* ''Jane Eyre'' (1968) .... Edward Rodgester
* ''I Lygeri'' (1968) .... Konstadis Matrozos
* ''I Kardia enos aliti'' (1968) .... Manos Sarris
* ''As me krinoun oi gynaikes'' (1968) .... Angelos Bartis
* ''Kynigimeni prosfygopoula'' (1969) .... Argyris
* ''Prosfygas, O'' (1969) .... Thanasis Daoutis
* ''Koureli tis zois'' (1969) .... Yiannis Romanis
* ''Kakos, psyhros ki anapodos'' (1969) .... Alekos Valiris
* ''I Thysia mias gynaikas'' (1969)
* ''I Sfragida tou Theou'' (1969) .... Yiannis
* ''I Ora tis alitheias'' (1969)
* ''I Leoforos tis prodosias'' (1969) .... Brig. Gen. Gerakaris
* ''Gia tin timi kai gia ton erota'' (1969) .... Pavlos
* ''Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta'' (1969) .... Stavros Karapanos
* '' Oratotis miden'' (1970) .... Horst Richter
* ''Aftoi pou milisan me ton thanato'' (1970) .... Lykourgos Venetis
* ''I Zougla ton poleon'' (1970) .... Lysias Sekeris
* ''To Teleftaio fili'' (1970)
* ''Ores agapis, ores polemou'' (1970)
* ''Katigoro tous dynatous'' (1970) .... Labros Kontarinis
* ''Esena mono agapo'' (1970) .... Vyronas Derkos
* '' Katahrisis exousias'' (1971)
* ''Me fovon kai pathos'' (1972) .... Alexandros Viaskos
* ''I Aliki diktator'' (1972) .... Eleftherios (uncredited)
* ''Horis syneidisi'' (1972) .... Kostas Dellis
* ''Antartes ton poleon'' (1972) .... Fotis's father
* ''Oi Prostates'' (1973) .... Petros Rallis
* ''I Fonissa'' (1974) .... narrator (voice)
* ''I Diki ton dikaston'' (1974) .... Theodoros Kolokotronis
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* ''Mado mavrogenous'' (1974)
* ''Kravgi gynaikon'' (1978) .... Kreon
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* ''O Ilios tou thanatou'' (1978) .... Papa-Giannis
* ''O Efialtis'' (1978)
* '' Eleftherios Venizelos'' (1980) .... Petros
* '' O Anthropos me to garyfallo'' (1980) .... Nikolaos Plastiras
* ''Voyage to Cythera
''Voyage to Cythera'' ( el, Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα, translit. ''Taxidi sta Kythira'') is a 1984 Greek film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize and ...
'' (1984) .... Spyros
* ''Ta Hronia tis thyellas'' (1984) .... old man (final film role)
References
External links
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Biography from creta-info.gr
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1908 births
1984 deaths
20th-century Greek male actors
Greek male stage actors
Greek male film actors
Male actors from Crete
Greek Resistance members
Greek communists
Greek footballers
Athinaikos F.C. players
Recipients of the Order of George I
Burials at the First Cemetery of Athens
Deaths from lung cancer in Greece
People from Kissamos
Association footballers not categorized by position
Greek male silent film actors