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Sokrates Kapsaskis

Born February 19, 1928 · Zante, Greece

Died August 28, 2007 · aged 79

Sokrates Kapsaskis was a Greek poet, film director, historian and translator. He was born on the island of Zante. In 1938 he left Zante to live at his grandfather's house on the Peloponnesus, where he met the poets Takis Sinopoulos, Together they published poems, essays and various translations.

Known For

The Last TemptationThe Last Temptation · 1964
The Last Temptation
★ 8.01964
MovieDrama
A highly respected surgeon and University Professor becomes infatuated with a pretty young acrobat he meets accidentally in the park one evening. He quits his practice, dumping all his patients and dedicates his life to offering her a new home, money and his passionate love, also trying to sponsor her stage career in any possible way. She takes all he gives but it’s never enough for her and she doesn’t really have to give back much because the old man is head over heels in love with her.
The Hot Month of AugustThe Hot Month of August · 1966
The Hot Month of August
★ 4.81966
MovieRomanceThriller
A young man, Jason, is on his way home and meets two beautiful women, Hope and Alexis. He falls for Hope, but has sex with Alexis. He doesn't know that Alexis' husband has hired a private detective to trail her, and the man reports back to Alexis' husband about her affair with Jason. The husband kills Alexis but the police suspect Jason. He and Hope have to clear his name and find enough evidence to prove the husband is the killer.
The Bridegrooms of EftyhiaThe Bridegrooms of Eftyhia · 1962
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
★ 6.21962
MovieComedy
The film focuses on the Tarniatis brothers, with the brother trying to marry his sister (Georgia Vasileiadou), who refuses to follow the fashion of the time and become a lustful woman, so that he too can marry, having been engaged for eight years. The last groom that Vangelis shows Eftychia is Kleomenis, who after their trip to Hydra falls in love with the family's niece. However, Koulis also wants to marry Eftychia, who thinks he is inheriting 120,000 pounds.
Erotic StoriesErotic Stories · 1959
Erotic Stories
★ 4.91959
MovieDrama
A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.
Love and stormLove and storm · 1961
Love and storm
★ 5.01961
MovieDramaRomance
Thirst for LifeThirst for Life · 1964
Thirst for Life
★ 5.21964
MovieDrama
Katerina is a spoiled rich woman who spends her time playing with the men who surround her. Only herself and her parents know she is dying and that the first possible emotion will be fatal.She knows that the first time she will love will be the last one and so he is not given to anyone until he meets Stephanos.
The SkirtchaserThe Skirtchaser · 1957
The Skirtchaser
★ 4.31957
MovieComedy
Paschalis Zoumpoulos, an otherwise decent family man and director of the house Frabalas & Co. belonging to his wife Corinna, is an incorrigible skirtchaser. His assistant Aristos covers as it can, but someday found himself in the dock because Paschalis stung a woman in the street. In court, where he ordered course a poor but clean-cut girl is in dire need of money, and that the way of obliging Paschalis to hire her as a secretary. When Paschalis flirting Alki, she immediately leaves her job and Aristos, resigns.
The Lagoon of DesireThe Lagoon of Desire · 1957
The Lagoon of Desire
★ 6.61957
MovieDramaRomance
Miranda, the rich and spoiled daughter of an Athenian businessman, accompanies her father to Messolonghi, where they have their own fish farming facilities in the best parts of the lagoon. There, while the local fishermen try to establish a cooperative so they can defend themselves against exploitation by their bosses, Miranda seduces a charming and dynamic young man, disrupting his life and his relationship with the girl he loved and intended to marry.

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Lisa, Tosca of AthensLisa, Tosca of Athens · 1959
Lisa, Tosca of Athens
★ 5.61959
MovieRomanceComedy
Lisa (Xenia Kalogeropoulou) runs away from her father at the Athens airport because she does not want to marry a rich man from Paris whom her father has chosen for her. She hitchhikes to the city, where she meets Giorgos (Kostas Kakkavas) a handsome driver. Then, she runs away from him as well and tries to find her mother’s brother (Iordanis), whom she has never seen before. Her father publishes her photo in the newspapers and offers a reward of one hundred thousand drachmas to anyone who finds her. Lisa is now afraid that everyone can identify her, and so, in order to hide, she mingles with a group of tourists. However, she is unaware that her uncle is their guide. Giorgos has followed her in order to find out the reason she left him so suddenly, takes her in his car one more time, and they spend the night together.

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