Acting

Grigoris Vafias

Born December 31, 1918 · Arta, Epirus, Greece

Died August 9, 2007 · aged 88

Grigoris Vafias was born on December 31, 1918 in Arta, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Sharp as a Needle (1961), High Treason (1971) and Rendez-Vous in Venice (1960). He died on August 9, 2007 in Greece.

Known For

BouboulinaBouboulina · 1959
Bouboulina
6.81959
MovieHistoryAdventure
The life and action of Laskarina Bouboulina. Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses and to participate herself, despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property and fighting along with her lads.
The DamThe Dam · 1982
The Dam
6.71982
MovieDrama
An engineer (Nikos Kourkoulos) oversees as a expert the cracks that have suffered a dam. The rumors that want the dam to collapse and drag people, panic the inhabitants of the surrounding area.
Οργισμένη γενιάΟργισμένη γενιά · 1972
Οργισμένη γενιά
1972
MovieDramaRomance
PapaflessasPapaflessas · 1971
Papaflessas
6.91971
MovieDramaHistory
The life and work of the hero of 1821 Papaflessas that during the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the Turks, revolutionizing the elders and the world to declare war!!! Up to the heroic battle Maniaki.... A movie that shows the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks for their homeland and their freedom
The Gigolo of AthensThe Gigolo of Athens · 1982
The Gigolo of Athens
5.21982
MovieDrama
A zigolo falls victim to a well-intentioned plan that aims to incriminate him for killing a foreign agent.
The Street SmartsThe Street Smarts · 1979
The Street Smarts
5.31979
MovieComedy
Babis (Nikos Rizos), after his release, finds it difficult to balance between the groups with the guys and jobber of Piraeus, and the strict surveillance of the police, who closed the once in prison. He will try to sell the alleged Byzantine icons that makes a fellow prisoner, but will be arrested. It will be released as there were images of value, and will be informed that the mother of the same (Mary Metaxa) alerted the police to remove him from the unlawful activity.
Lieutenant NatassaLieutenant Natassa · 1970
Lieutenant Natassa
6.91970
MovieDramaWar
The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.
Εσχάτη Πρ�οδοσίαΕσχάτη Προδοσία · 1971
Εσχάτη Προδοσία
6.51971
MovieDramaWar
An officer in his secret mission to India is injured by foreign agents. He returns to Greece but must be considered dead by his wife for the needs of the service, since he must discover who betrays the state secrets.

Filmography

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Captives of HateCaptives of Hate · 1972
Captives of Hate
6.21972
MovieDrama
Viky, a Greek from Africa, returns in shock to her homeland after the riots in the Congo, where she saw almost all of her family killed before her very eyes. In Athens, the businessman Angelos von Zirach, of German origin, helps her brother avoid financial disaster, but also helps her launch a career as a singer and dancer. Viky falls in love with him and agrees to marry him, inviting the wrath of his secretary and lover Tzina, who, in order to get even with him, reveals to Vicky that Angelos' ships don't transport food, medicine and indispensable articles to Africa, but guns, ammunition and even mercenaries. Viky is shocked. She turns in von Zirach to the police and leaves. After some years, she returns to him with their son Freiderikos, when von Zirach has donated his fortune to the orphans of Biafra.
WeaknessesWeaknesses · 1969
Weaknesses
7.01969
MovieDrama
Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.