Stavros Tsiolis

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Stavros Tsiolis

Born October 6, 1937 · Tripoli, Greece

Died July 23, 2019 · aged 81

Stavros Tsiolis (Tripoli 6 October 1937 - Athens 23 July 2019) was a director and screenwriter of the new Greek cinema. Stavros Tsiolis studied cinema at the L. Stavrakou Television Film School in Athens and from 1958 he worked as an assistant director on 54 films, many of them by Finos Film. His first own film, which was based on his own screenplay, was The Little Fugitive for Finos Film in 1968…

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Invincible LoversInvincible Lovers · 1988
Invincible Lovers
★ 5.71988
MovieDrama
Twelve-year-old Vasilis escapes the orphanage, wanders a while in the capital and then takes the train for his hometown, Tripolis. As he wanders through the mountains of Arcadia, he meets a girl whose car has broken down. They become friends and spend the summer together, until Vasilis returns to his grandmother's house, which he finds abandoned and in ruin. The girl disappears, and Vasilis, deserted and alone, takes the road to Tripolis, where, in order to make ends meet, he performs odd jobs. On the day celebrating his patron saint, however, he abandons the city and takes the road back to his village.
Crime in KolonakiCrime in Kolonaki · 1960
Crime in Kolonaki
★ 6.11960
MovieMysteryCrime
When the painter Nasos Karnezis is found dead and the police arrests Floras, the stockbroker Dimitris, his son from his first marriage, decides to find out who the real murderer is. Along with a tow of his friends, reporter Makris and the politician Delios research the case and they suspect Myrto, daughter of captain Kapsis who was executed by the Germans during the years of Occupation, after Karnezis had turned him in. Dimitris and Myrto, whose innocent has become clear in the meantime, fall in love with each other.
World Gone MadWorld Gone Mad · 1963
World Gone Mad
★ 8.31963
MovieComedy
This classic Greek comedy revolves around the constant fights between Zikos who works as a clerk at a small grocer's shop and the shop's owner. Zikos just can't keep his mouth shut every time his boss behaves as being an aristocrat. Things go even worse when Zikos finds out that his boss, by taking advantage of his wealth and with the help of the local match-maker, is planning to marry a young poor girl living in the same neighborhood.
Teddy Boy My LoveTeddy Boy My Love · 1965
Teddy Boy My Love
★ 5.31965
MovieComedy
The son of a merchant is trying to convince his father to sell his shop so he can buy the car he wants. But he will find his master in the face of a girl who has decided to help his father live a better life.
Love Under the Date-TreeLove Under the Date-Tree · 1990
Love 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.
StefaniaStefania · 1966
Stefania
★ 4.71966
MovieDrama
18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is actually a prison, and one of the worst and most squalid of its kind. It's a real hell. Two dozens of ragged girls are crammed into a dormitory, locked by a thick iron door, two in each bed. Meals and work is carried out in other sections of the building, separated by iron bars. A young doctor shall investigate the newcomer. When they meet, they immediately recognize each other. It is Giorgos, the doctor that treated Stefania's mother a couple of years ago, and then had a little flirt with Stefania. He has been thinking of her ever since. He immediately falls in love with her, and wants to help her. Stefania is thinking about any possibility to get out from the prison. She flirts with the ugly yard guard Armandos, and with the truck driver coming with foodstuff, but in vain...
About VassilisAbout Vassilis · 1986
About 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.
Let the Women Wait!Let the Women Wait! · 1998
Let the Women Wait!
★ 7.21998
MovieComedy
In the course of the summer three brothers-in-law at a crucial age become involved in ephemeral romantic adventures in the area of Lake Volvi while their families vacation on the island of Thassos and… can wait.

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StefaniaStefania · 1966
Stefania
★ 4.71966
MovieDrama
18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is actually a prison, and one of the worst and most squalid of its kind. It's a real hell. Two dozens of ragged girls are crammed into a dormitory, locked by a thick iron door, two in each bed. Meals and work is carried out in other sections of the building, separated by iron bars. A young doctor shall investigate the newcomer. When they meet, they immediately recognize each other. It is Giorgos, the doctor that treated Stefania's mother a couple of years ago, and then had a little flirt with Stefania. He has been thinking of her ever since. He immediately falls in love with her, and wants to help her. Stefania is thinking about any possibility to get out from the prison. She flirts with the ugly yard guard Armandos, and with the truck driver coming with foodstuff, but in vain...

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