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Yorgos Tzavellas
Born August 10, 1916 · Athens, Greece
Died October 18, 1976 · aged 60
Yorgos Tzavellas (Greek: Γιώργος Τζαβέλλας, 1916 - 1976) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particularly influential, with critic Georges Sadoul considering him "one of the three major postwar Greek directors.
Known For
The lover of the shepherdess · 1955The lover of the shepherdess
★ 6.01955
MovieDramaRomance
Antigone · 1961Antigone
★ 7.61961
MovieHistoryDrama
In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
The Counterfeit Coin · 1955The Counterfeit Coin
★ 7.61955
MovieComedyRomance
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband · 1965And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
★ 7.41965
MovieDramaComedy
When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..
Experts on the Football Field · 1956Experts on the Football Field
★ 5.51956
MovieComedyDrama
The everyday lives of some international football players before and after a big game.
We Have Only One Life · 1958We Have Only One Life
★ 7.91958
MovieComedyDrama
A bank teller discovers an accounting error, becomes rich and lives his life like he's never lived it.
Applause · 1944Applause
★ 7.21944
MovieDramaMusic
Alfa (Attik) runs an itinerant theatrical troupe and can see that a young woman, Nora (Zinet Lakaz), is very talented. Indeed, Nora turns into a great actress. However, when she does not reciprocate his love, he turns her away. After this, Alfa falls on hard times, while Nora achieves great popular success.
The Constellation of Virgin · 1973The Constellation of Virgin
★ 4.21973
MovieDrama
3 different story's that a prostitute says to her patrons whe she is asked about her story life
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