Thanasis Valtinos

Writing

Thanasis Valtinos

Born December 16, 1932 · Karatoulas, Arcadias, Greece

Died October 30, 2024 · aged 91

Thanasis Valtinos (December 16, 1932) is a Greek prose writer, short story writer, screenwriter and former president of the Academy of Athens. He also dealt with playwriting and translation - partner of the Art Theater of Karolos Koon -, as well as with the film script. The translations of Euripides' tragedy Troaditisses and Aeschylus' Oresteia were presented by the "Karolos Koun" Art Theater in …

Known For

The Night with SilenaThe Night with Silena · 1986
The 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.
Landscape in the MistLandscape in the Mist · 1988
Landscape in the Mist
7.61988
MovieDrama
Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.
Voyage to CytheraVoyage to Cythera · 1984
Voyage to Cythera
7.11984
MovieDrama
An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.
The Suspended Step of the StorkThe Suspended Step of the Stork · 1991
The Suspended Step of the Stork
6.91991
MovieDrama
A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.
NightwalksNightwalks · 1964
Nightwalks
10.01964
MovieDocumentaryComedy
Documentary about the nightlife in Athens. The nightclubs, the musical acts, the striptease shows, but also some dramatized acts with well-known actors...
The Flight of the SwanThe Flight of the Swan · 2011
The Flight of the Swan
7.62011
MovieDrama
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and everything he loves: even his children and his soul mate Maria. Alexis is jolted back to reality when the unbridled greed of the multinational conglomerate his company is involved in causes an unprecedented ecological catastrophe costing many human lives. The multinational's Golden Boy suddenly realizes that he is nothing more than a cog in the machine he had fought so passionately against in his youth. He is determined to rediscover himself, to reclaim his soul, to rebuild the dream with Maria - but he is completely trapped. He is caught in a web of intrigue that tightens like a vice driving him to an inevitably lethal conflict with the conglomerate.
Days of '36Days of '36 · 1972
Days of '36
6.41972
MovieDramaHistory
The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage, throwing the government into a state of disarray.
The Descent of the NineThe Descent of the Nine · 1984
The Descent of the Nine
5.81984
MovieWarAdventure
Summer 1949: end of the civil war in Greece. The last band of guerrillas of the Democratic Army is forced to abandon Mount Taygetus and to head for the sea. Everything behind them has collapsed and they can count on help from no one. In this long, desperate and aimless march, the group will end up by being annihilated by the National Army and the armed villagers.

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The Flight of the SwanThe Flight of the Swan · 2011
The Flight of the Swan
7.62011
MovieDrama
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and everything he loves: even his children and his soul mate Maria. Alexis is jolted back to reality when the unbridled greed of the multinational conglomerate his company is involved in causes an unprecedented ecological catastrophe costing many human lives. The multinational's Golden Boy suddenly realizes that he is nothing more than a cog in the machine he had fought so passionately against in his youth. He is determined to rediscover himself, to reclaim his soul, to rebuild the dream with Maria - but he is completely trapped. He is caught in a web of intrigue that tightens like a vice driving him to an inevitably lethal conflict with the conglomerate.

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