Nikos Galanos

Acting

Nikos Galanos

Born December 20, 1945 · Athens, Greece

Died May 19, 2025 · aged 79

Nikos Galanos (artistic pseudonym of Nikos Soupionas, Athens, 20 December 1945 - Papagou, May 2025) was a Greek film, theater and television actor. He began his career in the 1960s and became quite well-known in the early 1970s with leading roles in Greek cinema films.

Known For

Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτάΤα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά · 1964
Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά
1964
MovieDramaRomance
AstrapogiannosAstrapogiannos · 1970
Astrapogiannos
★ 5.31970
MovieDramaWar
The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.
The Daughter of the SunThe Daughter of the Sun · 1971
The Daughter of the Sun
★ 6.01971
MovieDrama
The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.
PanicPanic · 1969
Panic
★ 6.51969
MovieAdventureDrama
Returning from a business trip to Rhodes, Markos finds out that his sick son has been kidnapped. He agrees to pay the ransom that the kidnappers demand but the police officer Makridis sees that the money used is marked so they can track them down.
O proikothiras kai to manouliO proikothiras kai to manouli · 1986
O proikothiras kai to manouli
1986
MovieComedyRomance
Liza is the only daughter of a millionaire and at an art exhibition she meets Alexis Valvis, who, although unemployed and penniless, pretends to be a wealthy shipowner in order to find a rich bride. He invites Liza to his yacht and picks her up in his car. In reality, both belong to Liza, but she has borrowed them through various schemes. Liza does not reveal to him that the yacht and the car are hers...
I Love YouI Love You · 1971
I Love You
★ 5.21971
MovieRomanceDrama
Dimitri Vranas, a young professor of medicine at the university, by mistake will be found in a youthful party where he meets Angela. Angela, has just scold me with her boyfriend Chris, a student of medicine will follow Dimitris home and although he would clear, she would spend the night in the bathtub. The next day he is forced to leave, but will rejoin him in school teaching. You know each other better and Dimitris would propose to become governess Andreas
In the name of the lawIn the name of the law · 1970
In the name of the law
★ 5.81970
MovieDrama
A traumatised Korean War veteran is accused of arson and murder. Now, the deceased's criminal attorney daughter is determined to send him in prison, even though he claims he's innocent. Will she destroy a man in the name of the law?
Ο τελευταίος διάλογοςΟ τελευταίος διάλογος · 1982
Ο τελευταίος διάλογος
1982
MovieDrama

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The Daughter of the SunThe Daughter of the Sun · 1971
The Daughter of the Sun
★ 6.01971
MovieDrama
The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.

Pantelis Karatzas

Incredibly Unique and Beautiful...Incredibly Unique and Beautiful... · 1982
Incredibly Unique and Beautiful...
★ 7.01982
MovieComedy
A sociologist of misfortune, Tasos, with the help of a private detective, Annita, offers two underachievers, Jason and Prokopis, the admittedly exceptional opportunity to spend twenty days in a luxury hotel, because he wants to study the reactions of two working-class types in a posh environment. There, together with Jason's best friend, Sardela, they meet the following characters: an underwear entrepreneur, Markos, who wants to sell two of his companies, and two representatives of another entrepreneur who wants to buy them. Meanwhile, Sardelas falls in love with a singer, Jason's classmate, who is flirting with an actor in order to help her band. Jason falls in love with Anita, who reciprocates his feelings. She reveals to him the "sociologist" game. Jason takes advantage of this and wins five million drachmas.