Acting

Periklis Hristoforidis

Born January 1, 1907 · Trebizond, Ottoman Empire [now Trabzon, Turkey]

Died September 30, 1983 · aged 76

Pericles Christoforidis (Greek: Περικλής Χριστοφορίδης, 1907 - September 30, 1983) was a Greek comic actor. He came from an artistic family in Pontus, since both his father and grandfather Pericles were also actors. He holds the record for participating in more films than any other actor (more than 200). He was born in Trabzon. In 1922 he moved to Greece. His tenure in the darkrooms was one of th…

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Miss Manager

Miss Manager · 1964

The strict and formal director Lila Vassiliou has under her orders all the staff of the technical office of which she takes over the management, but at the same time, she is looking to find ways of charm to conquer the lively sub-engineer Alekos Samiotakis.

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1948

To help her sick mother, a girl is hired for what she believes to be a simple delivery service. That will cause her serious problems with her boyfriend and with justice.

Doctor Z-Vengos

Doctor Z-Vengos · 1968

Doctor Z-Vengos

A blunderer barber ends after a misunderstanding to pretend doctor. However the patients problems aren't medical nature but personally so he helps them.

Η Μπόρα

Η Μπόρα · 1929

A Hero in His Slippers

A Hero in His Slippers · 1958

A Hero in His Slippers

MovieComedyDrama

A veteran general, living poorly but honestly with his wife and his daughter, is visited by his future son-in-law who informs him that he is going to immigrate to Australia. On the same day, his cousin Apostolos pays him a visit as well and tells him that the government intending to honor him has decided to construct his statue and place it at the small square in front of his house.

Our Good Angel

Our Good Angel · 1961

MovieComedyRomance

After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispensable to both the firm and her family. Is he, indeed, their good angel?

Marina

An island girl comes to Athens and ends up as a singer in a cabaret. There she meets a sailor called Vasos. Her nostalgia for her island and Dimitris, a young man who loves her and waits for her to return, cannot be extinguished by the city's temptations. When Marina returns to the island, she marries Dimitris and has a child with him. After many years, Vasos comes to the island by chance, and Marina asks him not to reveal her past to Dimitris in order not to disturb their happy life together.

The Incredible

The Incredible · 1970

Thomas, the owner of an electrical appliances store, is having business problems due to his short-fuse temper and bad luck.

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Miss Manager

Miss Manager · 1964

The strict and formal director Lila Vassiliou has under her orders all the staff of the technical office of which she takes over the management, but at the same time, she is looking to find ways of charm to conquer the lively sub-engineer Alekos Samiotakis.

Prof. Georgiadis

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1948

To help her sick mother, a girl is hired for what she believes to be a simple delivery service. That will cause her serious problems with her boyfriend and with justice.

Mihalis

Doctor Z-Vengos

Doctor Z-Vengos · 1968

Doctor Z-Vengos

A blunderer barber ends after a misunderstanding to pretend doctor. However the patients problems aren't medical nature but personally so he helps them.

Father with 5 daughters

Η Μπόρα

Η Μπόρα · 1929

A Hero in His Slippers

A Hero in His Slippers · 1958

A Hero in His Slippers

MovieComedyDrama

A veteran general, living poorly but honestly with his wife and his daughter, is visited by his future son-in-law who informs him that he is going to immigrate to Australia. On the same day, his cousin Apostolos pays him a visit as well and tells him that the government intending to honor him has decided to construct his statue and place it at the small square in front of his house.

Minister (uncredited)

Our Good Angel

Our Good Angel · 1961

MovieComedyRomance

After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispensable to both the firm and her family. Is he, indeed, their good angel?

Eftichios

Marina

An island girl comes to Athens and ends up as a singer in a cabaret. There she meets a sailor called Vasos. Her nostalgia for her island and Dimitris, a young man who loves her and waits for her to return, cannot be extinguished by the city's temptations. When Marina returns to the island, she marries Dimitris and has a child with him. After many years, Vasos comes to the island by chance, and Marina asks him not to reveal her past to Dimitris in order not to disturb their happy life together.

Saliakas

The Incredible

The Incredible · 1970

Thomas, the owner of an electrical appliances store, is having business problems due to his short-fuse temper and bad luck.

Apostolos Hatzilazarou

Τα Ξένα Χέρια Είναι Πικρά

Τα Ξένα Χέρια Είναι Πικρά · 1968

Τα Ξένα Χέρια Είναι Πικρά

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride · 1962

In her delicate bridal gown and bent on finding her beloved, a determined would-be wife flees from a dreadful marriage of convenience and enlists the help of a kind wandering salesman. Can anyone stand in the way of a woman in love?

Vangelis Dimitriou

The Bait

The Bait · 1964

Α crook turns a cabaret girl into a fine lady to use her as bait for his victims.

Mr. Karastefanou

Αγνούλα

Αγνούλα · 1939

Modern Cinderella

Modern Cinderella · 1965

Modern Cinderella

MovieComedyRomance

Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.

Periklis

Madalena

Madalena · 1960

MovieDramaRomance

Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.

Harisis

Χωρισμός

Χωρισμός · 1966

Χωρισμός

MovieDramaRomance

The Winner

The Winner · 1965

Two childhood friends are steered apart by their parents

Gerasimos Markandonis

Those Not Allowed to Love

Those Not Allowed to Love · 1951

Those Not Allowed to Love

Pavlos, a conservatory student dreaming of becoming a great artist of quality music, lives with his fiancée Kaiti in a small room, hosted by two friends. Due to financial tribulations, he is forced to join his friends' folk band and performs every night at a night club. That's were Mr Giorgos and his lover Liza frequent. Liza, a rich girl, falls in love with Pavlos and tries to seduce him. However, when she realizes how deeply he loves his fiancée, decides to help him get back together with Kaiti.

Babis

Τρεις καρδιές ένας χτύπος

Τρεις καρδιές ένας χτύπος · 1965

Τρεις καρδιές ένας χτύπος

MovieDramaRomance

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000' · 1967

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

Vengos studies in a secret agents' academy, dreaming of becoming a great spy like 007. Unfortunately, he can't do anything right, so he wreaks havoc during his final exams.

director

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου · 1968

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου

The Coffee Reader

The Coffee Reader · 1956

The Coffee Reader

In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.

Andreas Giavasis

We Have Only One Life

We Have Only One Life · 1958

We Have Only One Life

MovieComedyDrama

A bank teller discovers an accounting error, becomes rich and lives his life like he's never lived it.

Manolis

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments · 1966

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments

Two friends get involved in a scam involving selling of land plots.

customer

Mrs. Midwife

Mrs. Midwife · 1961

The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.

bank's director