Lakis Mihailidis

Writing

Lakis Mihailidis

Born November 21, 1932 · Thessaloniki, Greece

Died March 22, 2010 · aged 77

Lakis Michaelides (Greek: Λάκης Μιχαηλίδης, Thessaloniki, 1932 - Athens, 22 March 2010) was a Greek playwright. He was a graduate of the Law School, while he also studied Economics, as well as theater art at the Macedonian Conservatory. He initially worked in the field of advertising, before turning completely to writing. He has left more than 100 scripts for works that were either shown in cinem…

Known For

A Rich Without MoneyA Rich Without Money · 1967
A Rich Without Money
★ 4.21967
MovieComedy
A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
The... victimThe... victim · 1969
The... victim
★ 5.81969
MovieComedy
A young man is wasting the money his brother sends for studies, fun and abuse. But when the big brother comes out of the village, to learn the progress of the little one, she gets tangled up in the nets of a singer.
The LiarThe Liar · 1968
The Liar
★ 5.51968
MovieComedy
Indebted to the ocean liner's doctor, a stowaway impersonates him in a romantic rendez-vous with his unknown pen-pal under the nose of his jealous fiancée and falls in love with her. Will they forgive them when they unearth their secret?
The Lady and the TrampThe Lady and the Tramp · 1968
The Lady and the Tramp
★ 5.51968
MovieComedyRomance
Rena’s father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn’t even want to hear about it, so she runs away and disguises herself as a boy named Pipis. As such, she meets a poor fisherman, Lefteris, and helps him on his way to Ioannina.
The Lucky OneThe Lucky One · 1968
The Lucky One
★ 7.51968
MovieComedy
A countryman arrives in Athens to make it big and becomes a millionaire overnight. However, a duo of swindlers has set their sights on getting their hands on his fortune. Will he discover the hard way that more money means more problems?
The Parliamentarian LadyThe Parliamentarian Lady · 1966
The Parliamentarian Lady
★ 6.51966
MovieComedy
Rena Varlamou (Rena Vlahopoulou), a female queen and a captain, takes up the election campaign of her fiancé Pericles Arapis (Stavros Xenides), a tavern who has founded a party and wants to become a member. He tries to land him in reality, but he does not, and when Pericles is not elected, he takes off. The reason is the sudden death of the uncle of Iakovos Menexes, a political career, who had re-elected a Member on their island. Menexes had included it on his ballot, as a runner-up, and Rena took his place, becoming the first female MP and struggling to make some important works in her place.
I Neraida Kai to PalikariI Neraida Kai to Palikari · 1969
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
★ 5.91969
MovieComedyRomance
Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return of Manousos Vrontakis from Athens and his flirtation with the girl leads to a great romance, without them knowing that they belong to families who are longstanding enemies.
Fifis the UnbeatableFifis the Unbeatable · 1966
Fifis the Unbeatable
★ 7.01966
MovieComedy
A tough sailor, Fotis, returns to Greece to marry his beloved and to settle certain inheritance issues with his twin brother Fifis, who is an effeminate artist. Their striking resemblance will upset the lives of both of them equally.

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Seven Years of MarriageSeven Years of Marriage · 1972
Seven Years of Marriage
★ 5.21972
MovieComedy
Having been married for seven years, a tourist office director and his well-known television presenter wife, Alekos and Efi Fotiou go through a crucial phase. Dedicated to their careers, they rarely meet, and when thy actually achieve it they always end up quarreling. The only family they have, their uncles, suggest they have a baby. She finds it a good idea, but Alekos thinks that they won't be able to raise a baby properly. This dispute brings them one step closer to divorce, which now seems the only solution, especially when Efi starts to believe that Alekos is flirting with Tzouli, and Alekos suspects that his wife is having an affair with Dimitris. When it is finally proved that none of this is true, and, actually, Tzouli is planning to marry Dimitris and Efi's aunt Dimitris' uncle, they all get reasonable, the couple gets over its crisis and they live happily ever after, together with their newborn child.

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