Vasilis Georgiadis ( el, Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης; 12 August 1921 – 30 April 2000) was a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. His films '' The Red Lanterns'' (1963) and ''

Blood on the Land ''Blood on the Land'' ( el, Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο, To homa vaftike kokkino, The earth was painted red) is a 1966 Greek western drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis. Its subject is conflict between landowners and agricul ...

'' (1966) were nominated for the

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Selected filmography

* '' Aces of the Stadiums'' (1956) * '' Diakopes stin Kolopetinitsa'' (1959) * '' Periplanomenos Ioudaios'' (1959) * '' Krystallo'' (1959) * '' Flogera kai Aima'' (1961) * '' Min Erotevesai to Savvato'' (1962) * '' Orgi'' (1962) * '' I Katara tis Manas'' (1962) * '' The Red Lanterns'' (1963) * '' Gamos Ala Ellinika'' (1964) * ''

'' (1966) * '' I Evdomi Mera tis Dimiourgias'' (1966) * '' Girls in the Sun'' (1968) * '' One Night for Love'' (1968) * '' Agapi gia Panta'' (1969) * '' O Mplofatzis'' (1969) * '' The Battle of Crete'' (1970) * '' Ekeino to kalokairi'' (1971) * '' Synomosia sti Mesogeio'' (1975)

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* 1921 births 2000 deaths Greek film directors Greek male film actors People from Gelibolu 20th-century Greek male actors Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece {{Greece-film-director-stub