Konstantinos Tzoumas

Konstantinos Tzoumas

Born: August 30, 1944
Died: June 25, 2022
in Piraeus, Greece
Konstantinos Tzoumas (Piraeus, August 30, 1944 – Athens, June 25, 2022) was a Greek actor, radio producer and writer.

He was born in Piraeus and grew up in Pasalimani and Athens. He studied acting in Athens and dance in New York. In cinema he appeared in the films: Sweet Gang, The Rags Still Sing, Eleftherios Venizelos 1910 - 1927, Akropol, Oi Apenanti, The Steamers a.k.a. Another one for... Korydallos!, Rebetiko, Happy Day and The Dracula of Exarchia. In the theater he has starred in works such as Waiting for Gondo, My Friend Lefterakis, "I don't..." and K.P. Cavafy Autobiography. On television, he had made guest appearances in the series: The Unacceptable, The Three Graces, Men and Women and Two Strangers. In recent years, he was a radio producer on a daily show called Café Society on the station "En Lefko". He published three autobiographical books[8] with the titles As a Miracle (2008), Complete Unknown (2009) and Panoletriambos (2010).

He passed away on June 25, 2022 at the age of 78.

Movies for Konstantinos Tzoumas...

Title: The Other Me
Character: Theodoris Zervos
Released: June 22, 2019
Type: TV
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
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Women Who Passed My Way
Title: Women Who Passed My Way
Character: Vasilis
Released: December 13, 2018
Type: Movie
The acclaimed Greek director returns with a bittersweet story about the need for human contact. Two men are hired to keep watch on a home in Athens, where a room is illegally built. They will meet many passers-by, some of whom are in fact building inspectors attempting to catch them in the act.
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Directing Hell
Title: Directing Hell
Released: May 27, 2011
Type: Movie
A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but also providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
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Netrino
Title: Netrino
Character: Presvis
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
When Alkis is released from prison, he accidentally meets a girl and falls in love with her. She will return to her rich friend and Alkis finds his old collaborators, with whom he organizes another robbery. But when they enter the bank ...
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Acropol
Title: Acropol
Character: Antonis
Released: January 12, 1996
Type: Movie
1950s Athens. Prince, a self-made impresario and the owner of the "Acropole" review theater, fires one of his leading ladies when she shows up drunk on opening night. In order to replace her, he turns to Lakis Loizos, an expert at comic female roles and an ex-wonder-child of movies, who now runs an agency for extras. At first, Lakis is surprised by the prince's proposal, but finally decides to try his luck on the stage of the legendary theater.
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Title: Τα Μπακούρια
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: TV
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Φάκελος Πολκ στον αέρα
Title: Φάκελος Πολκ στον αέρα
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Invincible Lovers
Title: Invincible Lovers
Released: April 12, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Ο Σόλων Έτσι και το διαμάντι του Μήλου
Title: Ο Σόλων Έτσι και το διαμάντι του Μήλου
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Pretty Smart
Title: Pretty Smart
Character: Mr. Twill
Released: March 13, 1987
Type: Movie
In this adolescent-oriented drama, a young woman is forced to attend a posh finishing school in the Mediterranean. She vents her anger by rebelling against the cruel and sicko headmaster. When she discovers that he has been secretly photographing them naked and profiting from the pictures, she rallies the other girls and gets revenge.
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Made in Greece
Title: Made in Greece
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Giannis Giannakis, released from psychiatric hospital after many years, decides to return home to his parents. On his way back he slowly discovers that the outside world is crazier than he thought - and starts to question whether he'd be better off back in the psychiatric ward.
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Telecannibals
Title: Telecannibals
Character: Angelos Farmakidis
Released: November 6, 1986
Type: Movie
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About Vassilis
Title: About Vassilis
Released: May 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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Such a Long Absence
Title: Such a Long Absence
Character: Man at Bar
Released: October 31, 1985
Type: Movie
After the death of her father a young woman who was a student in Germany suffers a nervous breakdown and withdraws inside herself. Her younger sisterʼs attempt to stop the family from having her locked up in a mental hospital fails and brings about her own mental decline. The film marked Stavros Tsiolis re-emergence after a 14-year absence but was also the film debut of actress Pemi Zouni.
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Rembetiko
Title: Rembetiko
Character: Giannis
Released: May 10, 1985
Type: Movie
The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
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Sweet Bunch
Title: Sweet Bunch
Character: Kostantinos
Released: October 8, 1983
Type: Movie
The diary of the life and death of a group of "amoral" young people, who have reached the point of no return and seek something to believe in and to die for. Their behavior brings them to the attention of the State. A discreet surveillance begins. A vigilante group monitors their house, headed by a nameless blonde man.
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Bitter Movie
Title: Bitter Movie
Released: September 14, 1983
Type: Movie
An unconventional director gets through a critical time in his life. His best friend dies in a car accident and he ignores his girlfriend. The last straw is when he is told to make a movie about his life.
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Dracula of Exarcheia
Title: Dracula of Exarcheia
Character: Victor Papadopoulos
Released: May 17, 1983
Type: Movie
A mad scientist creates the band Music Brigades from body parts of dead musicians.
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What a Mess
Title: What a Mess
Character: Marxist
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Three short stories satirizing the Greece of “Change” in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the “fustanella (Greek kilt)” films as well.
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A Foolish Love
Title: A Foolish Love
Released: November 2, 1981
Type: Movie
The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter, but after a few days he finds himself in love with the mother...
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On the Cosy Side
Title: On the Cosy Side
Released: October 8, 1981
Type: Movie
At the beginning of the 60s in Athens, Nikos and Takis, two young poets, lead the life of bohemian artists of older times. At their heyday, all of a sudden, they withdraw, and mysterious rumors are spread about them.
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Title: Peter and Paul
Character: Titus
Released: April 12, 1981
Type: TV
Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Christ and their own personal conflicts.
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Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Title: Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Character: Performer
Released: March 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizelos after the Goudi movement, his dispute with the King over Greece's stance in the First World War, the temporary his withdrawal from politics after his defeat in the 1920 elections and the Asia Minor disaster. A biography of the former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the recreation of his acts and the political and social climate in Greece from 1910 to 1927.
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Corpus
Title: Corpus
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 6, 1979
Type: Movie
An experimental film using a mixture of techniques to portray the different views of the human body. It consists of seven parts, each one presenting an ideotype of the human body, from the beginning of civilization up to the present time. The body as a concept or dogma is simply the embodied reflection of every civilization, upon which man himself is established. The anthropomorphism that characterizes the sum total of perception, in a clear or latent state, comes from the fact that the human body, as reality, idea and expression, comprises the ultimate reference.
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The Wretches Are Still Singing
Title: The Wretches Are Still Singing
Character: Konstantinos
Released: October 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence. One shows up from jail, where he has been entering and exiting for years, the other comes from a series of "accidental" murders, another leaves his wife and kids, the fourth one is a wonderer, and the last one, the girl of the gang, comes from a lunatic asylum where she has been hiding for years... All of them are outcasts, tortured from barren love affairs, wounded from the deaths of their beloved friends and betrayed by the politics of their times. They hopelessly try to reconstruct the gang of their puberty, but the revolution is lost... Now, each in his own way, will progress into a journey of death, thus opening a new chapter in the history of their generation.
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Happy Day
Title: Happy Day
Released: September 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled political prisoners. The everyday life of the prisoners consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments. One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead.