Directing

Manousos Manousakis

Born January 14, 1950 · Athens, Greece

Died November 20, 2024 · aged 74

Manousos Manousakis (Greek: Μανούσος Μανουσάκης; 14 January 1950 – 20 November 2024) was a Greek director, producer and writer. His paternal family is from Avdou Heraklion. He studied at the London Film School. He was married to Maria, and together they had two children. He was a nephew of Irene Papas and first cousin of Aias Manthopoulos. Manousos Manousakis died in Athens on 20 November 2024, at…

Known For

The Enchantress

The Enchantress · 1985

The Enchantress

MovieFantasyRomance

Combining Greek popular tradition and magic realist irrationalism, it tells the story of a 17-year-old youth who runs away from his village to find The Enchantress, a beautiful fairy feared by all. Travelling through an enchanted world of ghosts, spirits, imps and fairies, he leans what true love and passion really are.

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley · 1978

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.

Reverse course

Reverse course · 1987

MovieDramaRomance

As a coincidental event unites a publisher and a hospital manager, sinister revelations entangle the couple with the aspiration of an editor-in-chief. Will he unearth the truth? After all, almost everybody has a skeleton in the closet.

Power

MovieComedyDrama

An abstract tale of a society that exploits everyone and everything. A closed societal system is run by a class of rulers composed of priests, elders, politicians, bankers, and military men. All these people prostitute themselves in order to exercise power with the same ease that they drink their coffee.

Bartolomeo

Bartolomeo · 1973

MovieComedyDrama

A surreal, anarchic and plotless movie about a man who tries to take up his dead father's business, taking aim against contemporary Greek reality. Banned by the Greek dictatorship.

Ouzeri Tsitsanis

Ouzeri Tsitsanis · 2015

Ouzeri Tsitsanis

MovieDramaMusic

During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.

Παράξενη συνάντηση

Παράξενη συνάντηση · 1986

Παράξενη συνάντηση

MovieDramaCrime

The Song Of Return

The Song Of Return · 1983

The Song Of Return

Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Sweden. After 14 years of exile, the return to Greece is painful. His girlfriend has been married, while his friends have completely changed.

Movies

The Enchantress

The Enchantress · 1985

The Enchantress

MovieFantasyRomance

Combining Greek popular tradition and magic realist irrationalism, it tells the story of a 17-year-old youth who runs away from his village to find The Enchantress, a beautiful fairy feared by all. Travelling through an enchanted world of ghosts, spirits, imps and fairies, he leans what true love and passion really are.

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley · 1978

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.

Reverse course

Reverse course · 1987

MovieDramaRomance

As a coincidental event unites a publisher and a hospital manager, sinister revelations entangle the couple with the aspiration of an editor-in-chief. Will he unearth the truth? After all, almost everybody has a skeleton in the closet.

Power

MovieComedyDrama

An abstract tale of a society that exploits everyone and everything. A closed societal system is run by a class of rulers composed of priests, elders, politicians, bankers, and military men. All these people prostitute themselves in order to exercise power with the same ease that they drink their coffee.

Bartolomeo

Bartolomeo · 1973

MovieComedyDrama

A surreal, anarchic and plotless movie about a man who tries to take up his dead father's business, taking aim against contemporary Greek reality. Banned by the Greek dictatorship.

Ouzeri Tsitsanis

Ouzeri Tsitsanis · 2015

Ouzeri Tsitsanis

MovieDramaMusic

During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.

Παράξενη συνάντηση

Παράξενη συνάντηση · 1986

Παράξενη συνάντηση

MovieDramaCrime

The Song Of Return

The Song Of Return · 1983

The Song Of Return

Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Sweden. After 14 years of exile, the return to Greece is painful. His girlfriend has been married, while his friends have completely changed.

TV Shows

The Red River

The Red River · 2019

May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.

Psithiroi Kardias

Psithiroi Kardias · 1997

Psithiroi Kardias

Who can forget the sore look of the gypsy. The mismatched love of a young architect with great ambitions and a beautiful gypsy just under twenty. A love that from birth carries, almost insurmountable obstacles, as it comes in complete contrast both with the "properly" environment of Antonis and with the marginal, but tightly closed to its own rules, world of Erato.

Άγγιγμα ψυχής

Άγγιγμα ψυχής · 1998

Άγγιγμα ψυχής

Σύνορα Αγάπης

Σύνορα Αγάπης · 1999

Σύνορα Αγάπης

Αθώος ή ένοχος

Αθώος ή ένοχος · 2000

Αθώος ή ένοχος

Η Αγάπη Ήρθε από Μακριά

Η Αγάπη Ήρθε από Μακριά · 2002

Η Αγάπη Ήρθε από Μακριά

Για την Άννα

Για την Άννα · 2006

Για την Άννα

Οι δρόμοι της πόλης

Οι δρόμοι της πόλης · 1995

Οι δρόμοι της πόλης

Μη Μου Λες Αντίο

Μη Μου Λες Αντίο · 2004

Μη Μου Λες Αντίο

Έρωτας Κλέφτης

Έρωτας Κλέφτης · 2000

Έρωτας Κλέφτης

Κρυφά Μονοπάτια

Κρυφά Μονοπάτια · 2005

Κρυφά Μονοπάτια

Το Παιχνίδι της Συγνώμης

Το Παιχνίδι της Συγνώμης · 2003

Το Παιχνίδι της Συγνώμης

Gia mia ginaika kai ena aytokinito

Gia mia ginaika kai ena aytokinito · 2001

Gia mia ginaika kai ena aytokinito

Palirroia

Palirroia · 1996

The Net

The Net · 2024

SeriesCrimeDrama

A crime drama with six independent stories. A selected group of General Police officers undertakes the resolution of important cases of special interest, addressing problems that concern today's Greek society. The main characters often move in between “black" and "white" and fall prey to their passions, in a complex situation where victims and perpetrators face circumstances above their limits.

Krisimes stigmes

Krisimes stigmes · 2021

Krisimes stigmes

The life of 2 young villagers in the era of the german trubs,changes dramatically.

Vardianos Sta Sporka

Vardianos Sta Sporka · 2021

Vardianos Sta Sporka

The story tells the story of 50-year-old Skeva. When she learns that her son, who has barricaded himself in order to raise money to propose to his beloved Rinio, is ill, Skevo disguises himself as a man and becomes a guard in the sports (ships that were in quarantine due to cholera) in order to save him.

Ποίος Ήτον ο Φονεύς του Αδελφού μου

Ποίος Ήτον ο Φονεύς του Αδελφού μου · 2021

Ποίος Ήτον ο Φονεύς του Αδελφού μου