Writing
Christos Vakalopoulos
Born January 17, 1956 · Athens, Greece
Died January 29, 1993 · aged 37
Christos Vakalopoulos (Athens, 17 January 1956 - 29 January 1993) was a Greek writer, director and radio producer. He was born in Athens and was the son of Georgios Vakalopoulos, general director of IKA. He grew up in the Kypseli district, which he mentions extensively in his works, and completed his general studies at Leonteio Patision. In 1973 he was admitted to the Higher School of Economics a…
Known For
The Woman Who Dreamed · 1988The Woman Who Dreamed
★ 7.31988
MovieFantasyDrama
Something changes in the relationship of Achilleas and Anna when she starts to dream vividly and insists on relating her dreams to her husband. He is a barrister in the middle of an important murder trial and his temper becomes frayed with Anna's seeming indifference and involvement and preoccupation with her dream world.
About Vassilis · 1986About Vassilis
★ 5.31986
MovieDrama
A sociology professor going through a mid-life crisis resigns from his job, abandons his family and lives isolated in his country house. His only incentive for living is the faded face of an unknown girl in a photograph he had taken in the past and whom he now starts looking for.
Edge of Night · 2000Edge of Night
★ 6.42000
MovieRomanceDrama
Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store, and doesn't approve Stella's quest for fame. When she decides to leave Athens for a singing job offered to her somewhere in north Greece, Andreas sets off on a quest to find her again and convince her to come back to him
The Night with Silena · 1986The Night with Silena
★ 5.81986
MovieDramaRomance
With the youthful remembrance of the mysterious beauty he used to secretly admire from afar still etched in his mind, a young man will unexpectedly spot a dead ringer of her and attempt to appease his long-suppressed feelings.
Please, Ladies, Don't Cry · 1992Please, Ladies, Don't Cry
★ 6.61992
MovieComedyDrama
A village in Arcadia invites a "famous" icon painter and his assistant to restore the worn-out murals in a historic church. One is an amateur astronomer, and the other is involved in various scams.
Love Under the Date-Tree · 1990Love Under the Date-Tree
★ 6.51990
MovieComedyRomance
Shortly after his wife’s funeral, a merchant wanders around the Peloponnese with his friend, a maestro, whom he considers to be his rival in love. The existence of a date-tree will prove, according to a photograph in the hands of the merchant, his deceased wife’s infidelity.
Olga Robards · 1989Olga Robards
★ 6.01989
MovieCrimeDrama
In this highly stylized and enigmatic story, Olga uses her cello case as a weapons cache. When she isn’t using her sharpshooting skills to knock off eminent Arab visitors to Athens, she vamps around lightly clad on the terrace of her penthouse, entertaining one man after another.
The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha · 1996The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha
★ 3.61996
MovieAdventureComedy
On 29 January 1993 eighty prisoners escaped from an Athens prison. Well, in actual fact one convict escaped, a guy named Vassilis, for his beloved in Amalliada, but in his hurry he forgot the prison door open and little by little another seventy-nine got out... The film follows the eleven who made it down to the Peloponnese... with them an old musician who has a map he bought from a Greek in America for $2500 with the lost treasure of General Hursit Pasha.
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