Alekos Alexandrakis

Alekos Alexandrakis

Born: November 27, 1928
Died: November 8, 2005
in Athens, Greece
Alekos Alexandrakis (Greek: Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης; 27 November 1928 – 8 November 2005) was a famous Greek actor. He was known for his theatrical work as well as work in film and television. He died of lung cancer.

Alexandrakis starred in more than 60 films, including Stella with the late Melina Mercouri in 1955, Laterna ftoheia kai filotimo (1955), Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965) and Oi Kyries tis avlis (1966). He also directed two films in the early 1960s.

Movies for Alekos Alexandrakis...

1821 at the Cinema
Title: 1821 at the Cinema
Character: (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.
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Athens Blues
Title: Athens Blues
Character: Harilaos
Released: June 22, 2001
Type: Movie
A group of men in their sixties that spend the August nights in Athens outside a pharmacy during night shift, an ambulance driver who has an affair with a younger girl, a middle-aged couple who have invented a lie to renew their passion for one another, a child pretending to sleepwalk in the streets of Athens, two younger people who are tied together in an office after a burglar attack, and other amorous encounters during the same night.
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Fading Light
Title: Fading Light
Character: Nikolas Soursoumis
Released: December 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Twelve year old Christos Myrisiotis lives with his mother Eleni on a remote picturesque Aegean island. The boy has been doubly singled out by fate. He has a remarkable musical talent but at the same time is condemned to going blind as a result of a rare disease. Now an eccentric loner, Christos finds an outlet in nature and the dream world of a cave where his heightened hearing enables him to collect natural sounds which he then turns to musical compositions for his violin. His only friends are his classmate Angeliki and the old lighthouse keeper Soursoumis who teaches him not only the violin but also about life in general. Everything changes when the new schoolteacher Maria arrives on the island. She develops a great interest in Christos’ exceptional abilities even though he keeps on being indifferent to school. On her own initiative Maria ensures his participation in a music contest. Christos’ traumatic family and personal experiences cause him to mature as an artist.
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Title: Take Care Of Me
Character: Παππούς
Released: October 5, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: The Throne Room
Character: Μαρίνος Φλέρης
Released: October 6, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Οι Δικηγόροι της Αθήνας
Released: October 7, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Ξενοδοχείο Αμόρε
Character: Titos Roidis
Released: September 17, 1990
Type: TV
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Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
Title: Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
Character: Faethon
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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The Children of the Swallow
Title: The Children of the Swallow
Character: Markianos
Released: June 15, 1987
Type: Movie
A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was separated due to political turmoil. They locate some of its members, who tell their dramatic stories that began with the Civil War. The two men’s search is interrupted when a key person refuses to speak
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Reverse course
Title: Reverse course
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Man with the Carnation
Title: The Man with the Carnation
Character: Georgios Kartalis
Released: November 23, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.
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The Seagull
Title: The Seagull
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Maria in Silence
Title: Maria in Silence
Character: Grigoris
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Maria, the daughter of Barbie Lambrou is dumb village we all laugh. The new village teacher Gregory, just to know is willing to learn the language of the deaf. Her father is impressed that manages and communicates with his daughter and radically changing behavior towards her. One evening Maria would raped by the chairman of the village, but will not say anything to anyone until after three months revealed her pregnancy.
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Hippocrates And Democracy
Title: Hippocrates And Democracy
Character: Periklis
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: Movie
The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict with the medical establishment of the island. Leaving Kos, he goes to Athens, where he is called to face a plague for save the city.
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The Countess of Corfu
Title: The Countess of Corfu
Character: Sotiris Karellis
Released: February 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A businnesman, Sotiris Karelis, is presented to the piano teacher and twice a widow, Antzolina, and asks her to sell her mansion in order to convert it into a hotel. The same time, an Italian music group arrive in Corfu, which has been abandoned by Alinda Ritsi singer. Antzolina is persuaded not only to host her home but also to replace the singer. However, there is a lot of confusion because the singer of the group Alinda Ritsi comes in Corfu with her fiancée, and everyone is starting to look for their real identities.
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Papaflessas
Title: Papaflessas
Character: Kanellos Deligiannis
Released: September 22, 1971
Type: Movie
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
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For a Handful of Tourist ladies
Title: For a Handful of Tourist ladies
Released: July 14, 1971
Type: Movie
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I loved a bum
Title: I loved a bum
Character: Alekos Raisis
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Δεν υπάρχουν λιποτάκτες
Title: Δεν υπάρχουν λιποτάκτες
Character: Iasonas
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
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The last prisoner
Title: The last prisoner
Character: Dinos Kambas
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Beautiful days
Title: Beautiful days
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A mysterious woman arrives on the Greek island Patmos.
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The Trial of an Innocent
Title: The Trial of an Innocent
Released: November 4, 1969
Type: Movie
At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.
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Wake up Vassili
Title: Wake up Vassili
Character: Manos Apostolou
Released: April 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.
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Two Feet in One Shoe
Title: Two Feet in One Shoe
Character: Giorgos Stamatakis (voice)
Released: February 17, 1969
Type: Movie
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In the vertigo of life
Title: In the vertigo of life
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Το Νυφοπάζαρο
Title: Το Νυφοπάζαρο
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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An Italian girl from Kypseli
Title: An Italian girl from Kypseli
Character: Antonis
Released: October 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A young student (Alekos Alexandrakis) comes from Italy and presents to his sister (Katerina Gioulaki) the fiancée (Maro Kondou) as Italian, because the first insisted not to marry a Greek. The couple, however, in cooperation with the afflicted spouse (Giannis Vogiatzis) strict sister, managed to change the opinion.
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Cloudy horizons
Title: Cloudy horizons
Character: Vangelis
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Horafa family
Title: Horafa family
Character: Padelis Chorafas
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The consistency of a family with 13 children tested when a childless couple asks Americans to adopt the 14th located in his mother's belly.
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The one that didn't bend
Title: The one that didn't bend
Character: Alekos
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Tears for Electra
Title: Tears for Electra
Character: Yorgos
Released: November 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Intent on hurting herself, a beautiful but desperate daughter crashes her car on the day of her mother's wedding, unfolding a tragic tale of love, deception, and murder behind the closed doors of a wealthy family.
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Ladies of the Courtyard
Title: Ladies of the Courtyard
Character: Nikos Alexiou
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
The Pippi a genuine artist, painting with touches of everyday life of ordinary people, who live and share the joys and sorrows in the large and vibrant with life yard of a neighborhood of old Athens.
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Artesta
Title: Artesta
Character: Dimitris Karamanis
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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A Crazy Family
Title: A Crazy Family
Character: Andreas
Released: October 25, 1965
Type: Movie
Mika is a young woman living in a crazy ... family. Her mother, Pasta Flora, is alienated, her little sister is uncontrollable, and her father is a good, but cowardly, man. She's engaged to Mikis but the day before their wedding she goes to Venice and marries Andreas, who, after meeting her family, he undertakes to make sense of them.
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The Immigrant
Title: The Immigrant
Character: Thanasos Rigas
Released: September 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man returns to his home after years abroad, despite not becoming wealthy, he has managed to save money for his last years.
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The enemies
Title: The enemies
Character: Alekos
Released: August 19, 1965
Type: Movie
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Dirty city
Title: Dirty city
Character: Alexis Vilias
Released: July 9, 1965
Type: Movie
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Return
Title: Return
Character: Dimitris Valentis
Released: June 4, 1965
Type: Movie
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Miss Manager
Title: Miss Manager
Character: Alekos Samiotakis
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Lila Vasileiou, who has recently graduated as a civil engineer, undertakes an exceptionally serious position, that of managing a technical company. In the beginning, she sees men only as her colleagues, but after some lessons from her cousin Athina, she realizes that she is also a beautiful woman. So, at a party, where she meets Alekos, a plain assistant engineer in the company, whom she likes as a man, she drinks a bit much and does various crazy things so that the young man will notice her. He is, of course, surprised, but it won’t be long before he realizes the desires of his boss and responds in kind.
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The Bait
Title: The Bait
Character: Babis Valeris
Released: November 9, 1964
Type: Movie
Α crook turns a cabaret girl into a fine lady to use her as bait for his victims.
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The Woman Driver
Title: The Woman Driver
Character: Nikos Diamantidis
Released: November 7, 1964
Type: Movie
Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary’s friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn’t find about her new affair. The case of the car crash is brought to court, and Mary is accused. Things get so complicated that not even Lilly’s confession can solve the misunderstanding.
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One Girl For Two Men
Title: One Girl For Two Men
Character: Kimon
Released: October 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Kimon and Aris are brothers, still they are completely different characters. Kimon, the eldest one, is a serious, conceivable, and stubbornly man who refuses to marry. In opposite, Aris is an open-minded, lively and austere man. Their older sister Polyxeni is trying to bring them closer. Aris wants to meet his girlfriend, Myrto to his brother, but he fears that he will reject her because she is a singer so he convinces him to recruit her as his secretary by concealing her real identity.
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Vertigo
Title: Vertigo
Character: Nikos
Released: August 14, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Liar
Title: The Liar
Character: Thanos Sotiriou
Released: April 13, 1963
Type: Movie
Infatuated with a handsome sculptor, an overindulged daddy's girl will make use of every trick in the book--including a cunning but charming impersonation--to reach her goal. But, will the pampered heiress have it her way once more?
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Without Identity
Title: Without Identity
Character: Giannis Donaventis
Released: June 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Giannis (Alekos Alexandrakis) pretends to be the lost son of the Mavroleontos family. The mother (Vaso Metaxa) is happy with the return of her son. Her daughter Liana (Zoe Laskari) is also happy, and Giannis falls in love with her. Liana’s cousin Zanet (Mary Chronopoulou) tries to kill Liana so that she can claim the family fortune, but in the end she injures Giannis.
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Triumph
Title: Triumph
Character: Stefanos Razis
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Synoikia to Oneiro
Title: Synoikia to Oneiro
Character: Rikos
Released: October 15, 1961
Type: Movie
The stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.
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Murder Backstage
Title: Murder Backstage
Character: Journalist Makris
Released: September 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A journalist helps, famed policeman Becca, to solve the murder of a theater actress.
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Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Title: Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Character: Tzortzis Vengelis
Released: March 21, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.
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Date in Corfu
Title: Date in Corfu
Character: Andreas
Released: February 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A womanizing lawyer spends his holidays in mother's hotel in Corfu. What they do not know is that he has set up an entire trap by his mother and Lanitis entrepreneur, to finally learn what true love. The bait is daughter's trader Diana who plays the role of Mirka.
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The Island of the Brave
Title: The Island of the Brave
Character: Manolis
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
An officer in the Greek army arrives in Crete, immediately after the fall in the hands of the Germans. In collaboration with rebels and allies saboteurs involved in sabotage installations of the Germans. The old favorite will ensure some secret documents, which will steal from the German commander, but then betrayal will be revealed and will be led to the firing squad. The young officer would punish will escape in Cairo.
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I am innocent
Title: I am innocent
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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Το Αγοροκόριτσο
Title: Το Αγοροκόριτσο
Character: Dimitris
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Laterna, Poverty and Carnation
Title: Laterna, Poverty and Carnation
Character: Δημήτρης
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Μπάρμπα Γιάννης ο Κανατάς
Title: Μπάρμπα Γιάννης ο Κανατάς
Character: Loukas
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Fairy Tale Girl
Title: The Fairy Tale Girl
Character: Angelos
Released: January 12, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Hurdy-Gurdy
Title: The Hurdy-Gurdy
Character: Dimitris
Released: December 12, 1955
Type: Movie
Two poor portable barrel piano players ramble through Greek countryside and play in fairs. They meet by chance with a rich runaway girl whose father offers a large reward to her finders.They have to choose between getting the reward or helping the girl with her renegade love affair.
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Το Οργανάκι του Αττίκ
Title: Το Οργανάκι του Αττίκ
Released: April 23, 1955
Type: Movie
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Stella
Title: Stella
Character: Alekos
Released: April 4, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young footballer, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice.
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Rolled in the mud
Title: Rolled in the mud
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Red roses
Title: Red roses
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Unknown
Title: The Unknown
Character: Alkis Flerianos
Released: June 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Madame X (Greek title: I Agnostos) is a 1954 Greek drama film directed by Orestis Laskos. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912). Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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Heaven Is Ours
Title: Heaven Is Ours
Character: Τώνης Βαρέντης
Released: December 7, 1953
Type: Movie
A small and poor girl who lives with her sick adoptive grandmother knows and falls in love with a apotakto Air Force. Friend is an Aviation Group Captain. He and his wife have lost their little girl for several years. It turns out that the poor girl was their daughter.
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Eva
Title: Eva
Character: Antinoos
Released: June 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Young Antinoos is on vacation on an island where he meets a seductive woman, Eva, who is having a miserable time with her middle-aged husband, Alekos. Eva is attracted to Antinoos, who is her missing part, but at the same time, she feels guilty and tries to suppress her passion.
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The Godson
Title: The Godson
Character: Petros Harmidis
Released: November 15, 1952
Type: Movie
During the Balkan Wars, Vivika Zaharouli, sick and tired of the goings-on of her womanizer husband, welcomes in Athens her godchild, who comes to live in their house. She doesn't know, however, that this is not her godchild but an impostor, Petros Harmidis, who took the other's place because he is in love with her. One day, she is visited by a classmate of hers from their old girl's school, Kiki, who is Harmidis' wife. Kiki asks her to intervene in the transfer of her husband from the front, but one misunderstanding leads to another...
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Lily of the Harbor
Title: Lily of the Harbor
Character: Andreas
Released: January 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Captain Giakoumis makes the big decision to forsake the sea and live peacefully close to his wife and his adopted son, Andreas, who is about to sit for examinations in order to become a lieutenant. However, a terrible secret burdens his soul. He has a daughter, Agni, whom he had years ago when he had an affair with Maria, a prostitute from Troumpa. Maria, before she died, expressed the wish that Giakoumis recognize their daughter as his child. He, however, refused, since Agni ended up becoming a prostitute. The girl, to take revenge on her father, starts an affair with her half-brother with the intention of dragging him down into the mud. In the end, however, she falls in love with him, and this love blesses everyone and everything.
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One Night in Heaven
Title: One Night in Heaven
Character: Agis Damianos
Released: June 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Ms. Byzantiou is a passionate writer who stays at the hotel “Paradise” together with other eccentric tenants. When the friend of a hotel boy, who is planning to marry a young tenant, arrives at the same time with a couple of newlyweds, Ms. Byzantiou is inspired to write about a dramatic love affair.
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Those Not Allowed to Love
Title: Those Not Allowed to Love
Character: Pavlos
Released: January 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Pavlos, a conservatory student dreaming of becoming a great artist of quality music, lives with his fiancée Kaiti in a small room, hosted by two friends. Due to financial tribulations, he is forced to join his friends' folk band and performs every night at a night club. That's were Mr Giorgos and his lover Liza frequent. Liza, a rich girl, falls in love with Pavlos and tries to seduce him. However, when she realizes how deeply he loves his fiancée, decides to help him get back together with Kaiti.
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Two Worlds
Title: Two Worlds
Released: May 16, 1949
Type: Movie
The murder of an underworld figure, Takis Katridis, puts Martha, a young girl who was in love with him, as well as her father, craftsman Giannis, in the dock. Each one of them, separately, claims to be the guilty one, so that the other won’t go to prison.
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Applause
Title: Applause
Released: December 4, 1944
Type: Movie
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.