Manos Vakousis

Acting

Manos Vakousis

Born January 1, 1958 · Santorini, Greece (age 68)

Manos Vakousis (Greek: Μάνος Βακούσης, Santorini 1958) is a Greek actor, who is known to the general Greek public for many theater, film and television productions. In his long-term theatrical career, he has been awarded the First Prize for a male role at the Thessaloniki Festival in the film Byron – Ballad of a Possessed by N. Koundouros (1992). With the 2nd male role award at the Thessaloniki Fe…

Known For

The Other MeThe Other Me · 2017
The Other Me
★ 7.82017
MovieMysteryCrime
A lonely criminology professor attempts to solve the mystery behind five murders by decoding the puzzle of five Pythagorean theorems, in a crime story that features renowned French actor François Cluzet in a key-role.
1821 at the Cinema1821 at the Cinema · 2021
1821 at the Cinema
2021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.
Saison MorteSaison Morte · 2021
Saison Morte
★ 4.02021
MovieHorrorThriller
When a series of brutal murders begins, Christos is the only person who can explain what happened. He starts narrating a story to two police officers, a story in which nobody is who they seem to be and they all switch roles and positions up until the final twist. A story about deception, following a narrative that manipulates till the very end.
The Dream FactoryThe Dream Factory · 1990
The Dream Factory
★ 8.01990
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In a dystopian society after an unexpected epidemic citizens can't have dreams. Only few people are privillaged to dream. They operate small underground companies where they can have other people dreams.
Ο πρίγκηπας της καρπαζιάςΟ πρίγκηπας της καρπαζιάς · 1986
Ο πρίγκηπας της καρπαζιάς
1986
MovieComedy
Female StingerFemale Stinger · 1985
Female Stinger
1985
MovieComedyRomance
A young beauty who appears like an apparition in the most unlikely places, at the most unlikely moments, turns the life of a young civil engineer upside down, with great success in gambling and especially at the racetrack...
To kanarini podilatoTo kanarini podilato · 2000
To kanarini podilato
★ 7.02000
MovieDramaFamily
A new teacher comes by transfer to an elementary school in Athens. He will distinguish a student which can't read, write or do arithmetic, and will help to discover some other talents he has, and will give him an incentive to try to learn.
Two Suns in the SkyTwo Suns in the Sky · 1991
Two Suns in the Sky
★ 9.21991
MovieDramaAdventure
"4th century AD and a brilliant craftsman of Dionysus, Timothy, organizes a performance of Euripides' Bacchae, rousing the people against the emperor. Lazarus, the Cappadocian, is sent to suppress the rebellion and arrest the heretic. We are in the years of the total establishment of Christianity, in a climate full of sects, conspiracies, conflicts of power and personal ambitions, in the city of Antioch, which was the last cradle of the Greek education of the Gentiles."

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1821 at the Cinema1821 at the Cinema · 2021
1821 at the Cinema
2021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.

(archive footage)

Two Turkish EggsTwo Turkish Eggs · 1987
Two Turkish Eggs
★ 8.31987
MovieComedy
Giannis is a subversive young man who rebels against any social institution or authority. Unemployed by conviction, he cohabits with his German friend Ilze, who supports him, helps his arrogant uncle , a fallen aristocrat, with his drug smuggling, and becomes friends with a Pontian Turk, Mustapha. The latter has entered Greece illegally and follows Giannis to Athens, hoping to find his Greek grandmother, who is none other than Giannis' grandmother as well. Mustapha steals the hearty of Ilze, whom he entertains with tales of his exploits, but the uncle turns them over to the police, and so they are truly in a tight squeeze. They get out of doing time, despite it all, and leave for Turkey, but they stray into Albania, where they are arrested and sentenced to manual labor.
From the Earth to the MoonFrom the Earth to the Moon · 2013
From the Earth to the Moon
★ 5.02013
MovieAnimationComedy
In America, 100 years before the moon landing of Apollo 11, the bellicose bemoan their fates because the federal War is over and they all have fallen into inaction. They are reminiscent of the glorious past and feeling uncomfortable with the mournful clothes remaining unused in the closets and the green grass and the cotton growing back in the fields, as Verne writes characteristically! At that exact moment, the president of the Gun Club, Impey Barbicane, provided the solution by announcing that he has a plan to fire a cannonball to the Moon, an act that also constitutes the first substantial contact of man with the satellite of the Earth and will glorify the 36 United States of America all over the world.

(voice)

Δια ταύταΔια ταύτα · 2013
Δια ταύτα
★ 4.02013
SeriesComedy

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