Acting
Giannis Argyris
Born January 1, 1918 · Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Died July 22, 1993 · aged 75
Yannis Argyris (Greek: Γιάννης Αργύρης, Schimatari, Boeotia, 1918 − 23 July 1993) was a Greek actor with a fifty-year career, one of the best known of his generation. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre and made his first appearance with the Carousos troupe in 1937, in William Shakespeare's Othello, at the age of just 19. Since then, he has performed hundreds of roles, bo…
Known For
Provocation · 1971Provocation
★ 4.21971
MovieDramaRomance
Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
The Ogre of Athens · 1956The Ogre of Athens
★ 7.11956
MovieCrimeComedy
On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.
Καραγκούνα · 1961Καραγκούνα
★ 7.01961
MovieDramaRomance
Antigone · 1961Antigone
★ 7.61961
MovieHistoryDrama
In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
Thanos and Despina · 1967Thanos and Despina
★ 7.11967
MovieDramaComedy
Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina’s father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings.
Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη · 1971Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη
1971
MovieDrama
Triantafyllo ki agathi · 1988Triantafyllo ki agathi
1988
MovieDrama
A dramatic story, as true as life itself, as shocking as the harshest fate and as inhuman as the worst nightmare.
Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο · 1967Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο
1967
MovieDramaCrime
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