Katerina Helmy

Acting

Katerina Helmy

Born August 12, 1939 · Athens, Greece

Died April 15, 2023 · aged 83

Katerina Helmi (Greek: Κατερίνα Χέλμη, Athens, 12 August 1939 - Kifissia, 15 April 2023) was a Greek actress. She became widely known to the Greek audience through roles in some of the most beloved films of Greek cinema. Her first appearance in cinema was in 1957 in the film Barbagiannis the Pitcher, but her greatest success is The Red Lights. She was also the rival of Aliki Vougiouklaki in the fi…

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AngelAngel · 1982
Angel
★ 5.61982
MovieDrama
Twenty-year-old homosexual Angelos, who works in a jewelry shop, lives very discreetly in a rather hostile social environment. When he falls in love with a sailor, Michalis, he decides to leave home, abandoning his alcoholic father, his hysterical mother and his disabled sister, to live with his lover.
The Red LanternsThe Red Lanterns · 1963
The Red Lanterns
★ 7.21963
MovieDrama
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
ΝατάσαΝατάσα · 1970
Νατάσα
★ 7.51970
MovieDrama
The Miracle of the Sargasso SeaThe Miracle of the Sargasso Sea · 2019
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
★ 5.22019
MovieCrimeDrama
Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.
Erotic StoriesErotic Stories · 1959
Erotic Stories
★ 4.91959
MovieDrama
A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.
Εις θάνατονΕις θάνατον
Εις θάνατον
★ 9.0
MovieDrama
There Are No DesertersThere Are No Deserters · 1970
There Are No Deserters
★ 7.01970
MovieWarDrama
August 1944, and a captain in the Greek army in the Middle East, Jason, secretly disembarks on an island with the mission of gathering information on the state of the German defensive positions, in view of the imminent landing of the Allied Forces. To complete his mission, he makes contact with some rebels, but the Germans are aware of his presence and arrest twelve men to force him to surrender. Shortly before the deadline expires, a local man who had been declared a deserter shortly before the war began and had been in hiding, presents himself at his post and is executed, making his wife and son proud.
Passion FeverPassion Fever · 1969
Passion Fever
★ 4.21969
MovieDrama
This and The Hot Month of August, both made in Greece, were acquired by DORIS WISHMAN for release in the United States. However, she somehow or other lost the dialogue sheets needed for dubbing the films into English. With the original dialogue a mystery, and not understanding Greek in the first place, the Grand Dame of Sexploitation simply re-invented the entire plot blissfully dubbing it away without any clue as to what was really being said, and then adding some steamy sex scenes with her own anonymous adulterers to liven things up.

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Our loveOur love · 1968
Our love
★ 6.11968
MovieComedyDrama
An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.

Eva Tsami

WeaknessesWeaknesses · 1969
Weaknesses
★ 7.01969
MovieDrama
Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.