Grigoris Grigoriou

Directing

Grigoris Grigoriou

Born June 16, 1919 · Αθήνα, Ελλάδα

Died September 4, 2005 · aged 86

Grigoris Grigoriou (1919–2005) was a Greek screenwriter and film director. Grigoriou was a Greek director. He was the son of the then well-known lawyer Michalis Grigoriou. He studied law and political science at the University of Athens, as well as foreign languages, took lessons in the theater department of the University Club but eventually became a self-taught director. During the German Occup…

Known For

PersecutionPersecution · 1964
Persecution
★ 6.01964
MovieDramaWar
We are in 1942, in the middle of the German Occupation, on an island opposite the coast of Asia Minor, where a mature woman, Katerina Rodeli, cares for a wounded resistance fighter named Kanaris. In her memory, there are images of the past, the panic of the Asia Minor catastrophe and especially the entrance of the tsets in her village. There she lost her three-year-old son, Konstantin, whom he never ceased to look for. However, the village's mackerel maharagrite handed it over to the Germans and, in the face of the danger, they were arrested along with the wounded and a boat ride on the Turkish coast to find themselves immediately enclosed in a refugee camp. His commander is a tough second lieutenant, Osen, who is bought by the English consulate of Izmir to transfer the fugitives to Egypt.
The 201 CanariesThe 201 Canaries · 1964
The 201 Canaries
★ 6.81964
MovieComedyRomance
A deliberate injustice forces an orphaned music student to leave home, only to land a job as a pianist for an affluent woman's canaries. Now, it's time to turn the page. Can she find a bright future amid two hundred and one songbirds?
Los heroes del patibuloLos heroes del patibulo · 1971
Los heroes del patibulo
★ 6.31971
MovieWarHistory
Spring 1941. A group of soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Alexis Komninou, protects the border at Fort Rupel and prepares to accept the German attack. The officer together with the soldier Kosmas Georgiou undertake a spying mission of the German forces in Bulgaria.
Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόνΌταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν · 1962
Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν
★ 10.01962
MovieDrama
Trouba '67Trouba '67 · 1967
Trouba '67
★ 6.61967
MovieDrama
A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals are trapped. They fight their way against economic forces and their status in life, and love might conquer all.
Τα Χριστούγεννα Του ΑμερικάνουΤα Χριστούγεννα Του Αμερικάνου · 1978
Τα Χριστούγεννα Του Αμερικάνου
1978
Movie
Bitter BreadBitter Bread · 1951
Bitter Bread
★ 6.21951
MovieDrama
A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children. When he gets killed in an accident at the construction site, his oldest son undertakes the responsibility of providing for the family, facing all difficulties.
Η ώρα της οργήςΗ ώρα της οργής · 1968
Η ώρα της οργής
★ 10.01968
MovieDrama

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PersecutionPersecution · 1964
Persecution
★ 6.01964
MovieDramaWar
We are in 1942, in the middle of the German Occupation, on an island opposite the coast of Asia Minor, where a mature woman, Katerina Rodeli, cares for a wounded resistance fighter named Kanaris. In her memory, there are images of the past, the panic of the Asia Minor catastrophe and especially the entrance of the tsets in her village. There she lost her three-year-old son, Konstantin, whom he never ceased to look for. However, the village's mackerel maharagrite handed it over to the Germans and, in the face of the danger, they were arrested along with the wounded and a boat ride on the Turkish coast to find themselves immediately enclosed in a refugee camp. His commander is a tough second lieutenant, Osen, who is bought by the English consulate of Izmir to transfer the fugitives to Egypt.

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LoxandraLoxandra · 1980
Loxandra
★ 6.51980
SeriesDrama
Loxandra is a Greek mother and wife living the ordinary life of a well to-do Greek family in Constantinoupolis of the late 1800s-early 1900s, a world gone forever. Historical events intrude in the background -revolutions, palace coups, massacres, and the great upheavals of WW1 in which Greeks saw their wildest hopes fulfilled, then dashed: for a brief time Constantinoupolis itself was regained, then lost along with all Asia Minor. Through troubles great and small, Loxandra's simple optimism, belief in her Virgin Mary, and love of life carries her family past every difficulty - be it a sumptuous dinner for Easter or secretly giving away her savings to help persecuted Armenians. A representation of a time and place where all neighbors were friends, where they could cook in each other's kitchens or take shelter in each other's cellars.

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