Nikos Tzogias

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Nikos Tzogias

Born July 8, 1921 · Athens, Greece

Died April 1, 1996 · aged 74

Nikos Tzogias (Greek: Νίκος Τζόγιας, 8 July 1921 – 1 March 1996) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987. He was born in Athens on July 8, 1921 and graduated with honors from the Drama School of the National Theatre. He had also attended courses at the Panteion School of Political Sciences and the School of Fine Arts. He worked mainly at the National Theatre from 194…

Known For

PhaedraPhaedra · 1962
Phaedra
★ 5.71962
MovieDramaRomance
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.
My Child Must LiveMy Child Must Live · 1951
My Child Must Live
★ 8.01951
MovieDrama
Having become a beggar on the streets, Alexis reminisces about his love affair with a wealthy girl, Eva, who gave him the accordion he always wanted. When she became pregnant, Alexis suggested that she not have an abortion, in exchange for disappearing from her life. She married a failed man of aristocratic descent, who soon abandoned her for a cabaret dancer, embezzling a large part of her fortune. Alexis kidnaps his child and ends up in prison. Many years later, he is released from prison and watches his daughter's progress from afar. She learns the truth about her father from a former employee of her mother's business and rushes to find him.
Το μυστικό της κατηγορούμενηςΤο μυστικό της κατηγορούμενης · 1958
Το μυστικό της κατηγορούμενης
★ 9.01958
MovieDrama
AbsencesAbsences · 1987
Absences
★ 5.91987
MovieRomanceDrama
A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.
Hearts in the stormHearts in the storm · 1963
Hearts in the storm
★ 6.01963
MovieDrama
A mother fights tooth and nail to get her child back from an orphanage. She left him there when the man of her life, the child's father, abandoned her, leaving her alone and helpless. But she is not discouraged and continues her struggle.
The Child of the StreetThe Child of the Street · 1957
The Child of the Street
★ 7.51957
MovieDrama
A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.
Ανάμεσα σε δυο αγάπεςΑνάμεσα σε δυο αγάπες · 1963
Ανάμεσα σε δυο αγάπες
★ 8.01963
MovieDramaRomance
A Man for All Jobs...A Man for All Jobs... · 1966
A Man for All Jobs...
★ 5.61966
MovieComedy
A cynical young man, Giorgos, who believes that in this life you need to steer clear of principles and attachments, clashes with his father, captain Manolis and abandons the management of the family’s shipyard. Determined to build his life again, he gets a job as a waiter in a large hotel and believes that he can also get rich by taking advantage of the sorrows and the loneliness of the wealthy.

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Oi 900 tis MarinasOi 900 tis Marinas · 1961
Oi 900 tis Marinas
★ 5.71961
MovieComedy
In a countryside village, a veteran politician, Damalas, and a young attorney, Ntinos, son of the village doctor, are rivals in the upcoming elections. Main controller of the political dispute is the all-powerful president of the village, Spyros Dalengos, who affects 900 of the inhabitants. The power acquired by those 900 people is the only dowry of his daughter Marina, who is in love with Ntinos. He has fallen for her to, but his conscience doesn't allow him to accept the unrighteous deal offered by Dalengios, who, after that, decides to support Damalas. However, Marina secretly changes the ballots handed out by her father's men, granting victory to her beloved, who goes straight to ask her to marry him, certain that he won thanks to his own abilities and effort.

Dinos Dendrakis