Tonia Marketaki

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Tonia Marketaki

Born July 28, 1942 · Piraeus, Greece

Died July 26, 1994 · aged 51

Tonia Marketaki (Greek: Τώνια Μαρκετάκη; 28 July 1942 – 26 July 1994) was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins are from Kardamyla, in the island of Chios. She received her formal training at IDHEC in Paris and upon her return to Greece she worked as a film critic in various new…

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KierionKierion · 1974
Kierion
6.01974
MovieThrillerDrama
Athens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece.
John the ViolentJohn the Violent · 1973
John the Violent
6.51973
Movie
The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
Giannis and the RoadGiannis and the Road · 1967
Giannis and the Road
5.71967
MovieDrama
A man alone is walking down the road. The first film (short) by Tonia Marketaki is based on a short story by Menelaos Loudemis. A poem of his “tonight” is heard in the filmm.
The Price of LoveThe Price of Love · 1984
The Price of Love
6.31984
MovieDramaRomance
The wife of an alcoholic and mother of four (Toula Stathopoulou) is a factory worker in Corfu at the beginning of the 20th century. A fallen noble man who has fallen on hard times (Stratis Tsopanellis) wants to marry her eldest daughter (Anny Loulou) and take advantage of the family's meager earnings. He kidnaps the not-unwilling girl, and argues with her mother about the dowry. But the girl refuses to marry him when she wakes up to the fact that he is only looking out for his own interests. She then decides to start working in order to earn money to raise the child she is expecting. The film is an adaptation of the novel 'For Honor and Money' by Konstantinos Theotokis.
Crystal NightsCrystal Nights · 1992
Crystal Nights
5.11992
Movie
In Occupied Athens, a German woman, the wife of a Greek officer, falls in love with a teenage Jewish ice vendor. Love becomes fate: the woman dies and is reborn, living two lives in a world that is rapidly changing.
Lemon groveLemon grove · 1978
Lemon grove
1978
SeriesDrama

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