Acting
Eleni Anousaki
Born April 30, 1944 · Athens, Greece (age 82)
Eleni - Electra Anousaki (Greek: Ελένη Ανουσάκη, Athens, 1 May 1944) is a Greek actress and politician. Her parents are actress Malaina Anousaki and opera tenor and protagonist of the revue genre, Evangelos Anousakis. She first appeared in cinema in 1950 at the age of six. She was the little girl held by Eleni Hatziargyri in the film I Sinned for My Child, in which her father starred. At the age o…
Known For
Zorba the Greek · 1964Zorba the Greek
★ 7.51964
MovieDrama
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Provocation · 1971Provocation
★ 4.61971
MovieDramaRomance
Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
Νατάσα · 1970Νατάσα
★ 7.51970
MovieDrama
A Rich Without Money · 1967A Rich Without Money
★ 4.21967
MovieComedy
A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos · 1967Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
★ 6.01967
MovieComedy
Thanasis, the waiter of country tavern "The seven brothers", is preparing to marry the Anthoula. Shortly before going to church but has an accident and suffers amnesia. While Anthoula, siblings and friends are waiting for him in the church, he wanders the streets unnecessarily.
The Red Lanterns · 1963The Red Lanterns
★ 7.01963
MovieDrama
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Another One for the Million · 1964Another One for the Million
★ 6.51964
MovieComedy
The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.
Conflict of Emotions · 1971Conflict of Emotions
★ 3.21971
MovieCrimeDrama
A drug addict meets an aristocratic woman who married a criminal.
Movies
Zorba the Greek · 1964Zorba the Greek
★ 7.51964
MovieDrama
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Provocation · 1971Provocation
★ 4.61971
MovieDramaRomance
Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
Νατάσα · 1970Νατάσα
★ 7.51970
MovieDrama
A Rich Without Money · 1967A Rich Without Money
★ 4.21967
MovieComedy
A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos · 1967Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
★ 6.01967
MovieComedy
Thanasis, the waiter of country tavern "The seven brothers", is preparing to marry the Anthoula. Shortly before going to church but has an accident and suffers amnesia. While Anthoula, siblings and friends are waiting for him in the church, he wanders the streets unnecessarily.
The Red Lanterns · 1963The Red Lanterns
★ 7.01963
MovieDrama
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Another One for the Million · 1964Another One for the Million
★ 6.51964
MovieComedy
The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.
Conflict of Emotions · 1971Conflict of Emotions
★ 3.21971
MovieCrimeDrama
A drug addict meets an aristocratic woman who married a criminal.
For the heart of beautiful Helen · 1967For the heart of beautiful Helen
★ 6.51967
MovieComedyRomance
Louisa's father does not approve her young painter lover because he is poor.
Η ώρα της οργής · 1968Η ώρα της οργής
★ 10.01968
MovieDrama
Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh · 1972Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh
★ 3.91972
MovieActionCrime
A female hotel manager and her male accomplice, murder a German gangster to steal his diamonds. Soon, other members of the gang arrive to find out what went on.
Punishment · 1965Punishment
★ 10.01965
MovieDramaRomance
A poor teacher, living with her disabled father and lazy brother, falls in love with a doctor. The doctor's mother tries to prevent the romance and helps get the teacher fired from the school. The teacher ends up becoming a singer, but she never forgets her lover...
The barker · 1964The barker
★ 6.31964
MovieDrama
A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO.
Come on People · 1967Come on People
★ 5.81967
MovieComedy
Thanasis tries to reunite with his wife.He is having for obstacle her mother, which did not want him because he helps anyone in need with any way he can.
Anguish · 1969Anguish
★ 7.31969
MovieDramaRomance
Two very poor young people who grow up together, Alexis and Anna, live in two hovels with a common courtyard and seriously love each other, thinking indeed of getting married. One day, Alexis, who has a very good voice and a real talent in popular music, sends a demo cassette to a well-known record company, and suddenly everything changes. From one day to the next, he becomes famous, and, naturally, he is confused by his own success, changing tastes and styles. He is attracted by the glamor of a successful singer and neglects his former love. In the end, however, he will return to her, and everything will turn out fine.
For a Handful of Tourist ladies · 1971For a Handful of Tourist ladies
★ 3.31971
MovieComedy
In search of the perfect location to start a camping business, a lovely investor visits a sun-kissed Greek island, only to get caught in the middle of a long-standing feud between two antagonistic villages. Can they let bygones be bygones?
To nyfopazaro · 1969To nyfopazaro
★ 8.01969
MovieComedyRomance
Three friends, on a cruise in the Ionian Sea, throw erotic messages in bottles into the sea and fantasize about the women in their lives.
Wake up, you sucker... · 1969Wake up, you sucker...
★ 5.41969
MovieComedy
The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.
In the Storm of Passion · 1964In the Storm of Passion
★ 7.01964
MovieDrama
Christos and Maria, a couple living in poverty, hope for a better future. However, their love will be tested by the harsh reality and poverty that plagues them. When Christos loses his job, he abandons Maria for a wealthy woman. His life is filled with riches and comforts, but he soon realizes that his happiness lies with Maria. He searches for her and finds her at the home of Lola, a prostitute who has taken the unfortunate girl in. Their plans to claim their happiness are overturned once and for all when Lola's protectors rape Maria, who dies shortly afterwards in hospital. Christos takes his own life and Lola kills the man responsible for the girl's death.
Captives of Hate · 1972Captives 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.
Passion Fever · 1969Passion Fever
★ 4.21969
MovieDrama
This and The Hot Month of August, both made in Greece, were acquired by DORIS WISHMAN for release in the United States. However, she somehow or other lost the dialogue sheets needed for dubbing the films into English. With the original dialogue a mystery, and not understanding Greek in the first place, the Grand Dame of Sexploitation simply re-invented the entire plot blissfully dubbing it away without any clue as to what was really being said, and then adding some steamy sex scenes with her own anonymous adulterers to liven things up.
Marijuana Stop! · 1971Marijuana Stop!
★ 5.41971
MovieComedyMusic
The old mansion in Plaka, inherited by three cousins, becomes the stone of the scandal, as each of them thinks to use it differently. Achilleas wants to turn it into a nightclub, where he will present his dance program, while Hippocrates lives in it and rents the basement to the girl he loves, Despina. Things are complicated by the arrival from abroad of the third heiress, Kaiti, who will blow their minds.
And All 14 Were Wonderful! · 1965And All 14 Were Wonderful!
★ 5.81965
MovieComedy
Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.
Souliotes · 1972Souliotes
★ 7.41972
MovieWarHistory
Souliotes learn that Ali pasha is planning to attack. Photos Tzavellas and his men are ready to defend their freedom. They repel repeatedly Ali's army but after a prolonged siege the decide that they are not to be taken alive. All women go to Zaloggo where they fall off the cliffs dancing, while the men decide to die exploding a convent at Kougi mountain.
TV Shows
Wonderful Creatures · 2007Wonderful Creatures
★ 5.02007
SeriesComedy
The series follows the lives and loves of three 30-something professionals in modern day Athens. Elli (Faidra Douka) is a junior executive in a record company, having to deal with a highly demanding bitch-of-a-boss. Following the end of a serious relationship, Elli is worried about never having a chance to marry or have kids. Her search for new partners mostly results in the entry of weirdos in her life. Mitsaki (Mirto Alikaki) is a radio producer with a love-hate-relationship with her own boss. A life-long party girl with a tendency towards short-lived relationships and an aversion to taking any short of responsibility, Mitsaki has to come to grips with the idea of growing up. Billy (Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos) is a reporter with a rather unsteady love-life. He is a homosexual, but tends to be turned-off by the quirks of his various partners and has yet to fully commit to a relationship.
7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws · 20047 Deadly Mother-in-Laws
★ 6.42004
SeriesComedy
Vicky Stavropoulou plays the ghost of a woman who, invisible to ordinary mortals, watches, narrates and intervenes for good in various family affairs starring mothers-in-law with many different characters.
Mrs. Doremi · 1983Mrs. Doremi
★ 4.01983
SeriesDrama
The main character of the series is a female teacher who, during the interwar period, leaves her hometown, Paris, to come to Greece, her place of origin. The political and social situation prevailing in Greece surprises her and her emotions alternate, as she encounters various behaviors and mentalities. Her appointment in Rethymno becomes an occasion for her to get to know the conservatism of the province and to risk her career and her reputation. In the first episode of the series, Katerina Makri travels to Crete, observes people and events and recalls in her memory images and incidents that marked the first hours of her return to Greece.