Maria Martika

Acting

Maria Martika

Born May 15, 1932 · Athens, Greece

Died June 1, 2018 · aged 86

Maria Martika (Athens, 15 May 1932 – 1 June 2018) was a Greek actress of television, theatre and cinema. She graduated from the Karolos Koun Drama School in 1961. She became known for the series Emis ki Emis and To Retire. She was born in a small neighborhood of Athens, outside the Attica Basin. She attended primary school and the Six-Year High School and graduated from the Karolos Koun Drama Sch…

Known For

The Children of the SwallowThe Children of the Swallow · 1987
The Children of the Swallow
6.01987
MovieDrama
A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was separated due to political turmoil. They locate some of its members, who tell their dramatic stories that began with the Civil War. The two men’s search is interrupted when a key person refuses to speak
Anna's EngagementAnna's Engagement · 1972
Anna's Engagement
6.21972
MovieDrama
A lower-class maid navigates the social world of the upper-crust family she works for.
Seven Years of MarriageSeven Years of Marriage · 1972
Seven Years of Marriage
5.11972
MovieComedy
Having been married for seven years, a tourist office director and his well-known television presenter wife, Alekos and Efi Fotiou go through a crucial phase. Dedicated to their careers, they rarely meet, and when thy actually achieve it they always end up quarreling. The only family they have, their uncles, suggest they have a baby. She finds it a good idea, but Alekos thinks that they won't be able to raise a baby properly. This dispute brings them one step closer to divorce, which now seems the only solution, especially when Efi starts to believe that Alekos is flirting with Tzouli, and Alekos suspects that his wife is having an affair with Dimitris. When it is finally proved that none of this is true, and, actually, Tzouli is planning to marry Dimitris and Efi's aunt Dimitris' uncle, they all get reasonable, the couple gets over its crisis and they live happily ever after, together with their newborn child.
A Greek woman in a HaremA Greek woman in a Harem · 1971
A Greek woman in a Harem
7.01971
MovieComedy
Poor Rena tries to find money to pay her lottery partner because she destroyed the wining lottery-ticket.She and her brothers who try to help her end up in harem.
A Leopard Never Changes Its SpotsA Leopard Never Changes Its Spots · 1973
A Leopard Never Changes Its Spots
6.11973
MovieComedy
Antonis, who is in love with Roula, must find a way to convince her brother to allow him to marry her.
The Man Who Ran a LotThe Man Who Ran a Lot · 1973
The Man Who Ran a Lot
6.71973
MovieComedy
Thanasis Zevedaios (Thanasis Vengos) has a shop with watches and running but not enough! Time and the clocks have become obsessed after running nonstop in an effort to nourish their relatives. The 'philosopher' brother dies and leaves another four mouths under his protection. The day is divided between the shop, his sister and his niece to marry, and his beloved, who works in a supermarket, while the economic situation and their obligations do not allow them to marry.
My Aunt the HippieMy Aunt the Hippie · 1970
My Aunt the Hippie
5.41970
MovieComedy
Mama Leni, a poor widow, works as a cleaner in a large hotel, while studying in America the only daughter Catherine. The daughter of ignoring their financial situation and believes that her mother is a hotel guest. Suddenly Mama Leni gets a letter from her daughter, she says coming to Athens for vacation with his fiancé Johnny and his father in law of Pete.
Stone YearsStone Years · 1985
Stone Years
6.11985
MovieDrama
The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of dictatorship in 1974.

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Seven Years of MarriageSeven Years of Marriage · 1972
Seven Years of Marriage
5.11972
MovieComedy
Having been married for seven years, a tourist office director and his well-known television presenter wife, Alekos and Efi Fotiou go through a crucial phase. Dedicated to their careers, they rarely meet, and when thy actually achieve it they always end up quarreling. The only family they have, their uncles, suggest they have a baby. She finds it a good idea, but Alekos thinks that they won't be able to raise a baby properly. This dispute brings them one step closer to divorce, which now seems the only solution, especially when Efi starts to believe that Alekos is flirting with Tzouli, and Alekos suspects that his wife is having an affair with Dimitris. When it is finally proved that none of this is true, and, actually, Tzouli is planning to marry Dimitris and Efi's aunt Dimitris' uncle, they all get reasonable, the couple gets over its crisis and they live happily ever after, together with their newborn child.

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