Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Born: November 15, 1920
Died: May 5, 1999
in Piraeus, Greece
Vasilis Diamantopoulos (15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play "Him and his pants" of Iakovos Kambanellis in 1966. His most characteristic role was that of the austere professor in Giannis Dalianidis' movie Law 4000 and later in shorts including Ekmek Ice Cream in private TV.

He was born in Piraeus and studied at Athens Law and at the National Theatre's Dramatic schools as well as Coon Art School. He ran together along with Maria Alkeou in 1956 at the New Theatre/Theater and in 1993 at the Different Theatre. He returned to Greece from Paris in 1970 and took part in several different companies, he also took part at the Public Theatre of Northern Greece. He also participated in many film and television productions, oppositely took part at the Dramatic Schools at the National Theatre and at Art School. His last years was a member of a hypocrite art factory for young actors. He died in Athens in 1999 from a heart attack at the Athens General Clinic due to his head fracture at the left femur which triggered from the fall. He is buried at the First Athens Cemetery.

He was married twice, firstly to the actress Tonia Karali with whom he had a daughter and secondly to the actress Marina Georgiou with whom he had a son.

Source: Article "Vasilis Diamantopoulos" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Καλή σου Νύχτα Κυρ-Αλέξανδρε
Title: Καλή σου Νύχτα Κυρ-Αλέξανδρε
Character: Alexandros Papadiamantis
Released: December 3, 2015
Type: Movie
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The Overcoat
Title: The Overcoat
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.
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Title: Η Αγάπη Άργησε Μια Μέρα
Released: November 3, 1997
Type: TV
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Business in Balkan
Title: Business in Balkan
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Alexandros wants to open a bar in a district town so he travels to Romania to find young girls to work for him.The bar has unprecedented success but then something happens.
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Cavafy
Title: Cavafy
Character: Konstantinos Kavafis (old)
Released: June 18, 1996
Type: Movie
An ailing, elderly poet reminisces about his life of unrest and homosexual urges.
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Title: Εκμέκ παγωτό
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: TV
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Ισημερία
Title: Ισημερία
Character: Teacher
Released: September 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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The Children of the Swallow
Title: The Children of the Swallow
Character: Spyros
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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Title: Χατζημανουήλ
Released: January 31, 1984
Type: TV
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Χωρίς μάρτυρες
Title: Χωρίς μάρτυρες
Released: October 7, 1983
Type: Movie
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Title: Οι απόμαχοι
Released: September 18, 1982
Type: TV
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Το Κόκκινο Τρένο
Title: Το Κόκκινο Τρένο
Character: Colonel
Released: March 13, 1982
Type: Movie
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Educate Yourself My Son
Title: Educate Yourself My Son
Character: Periklis Papachristoforos
Released: October 9, 1981
Type: Movie
The most important political, post-military junta satire about the nation, the religion, the education, the family.
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Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Title: Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Character: Apostolos
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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Title: The Notary
Character: σιορ Τάπας, συμβολαιογράφος
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: TV
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The Smile of Pythia
Title: The Smile of Pythia
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Four robbers attempt, between several misfortunes, to steal a famous statue from the museum of Delfi under the orders of a blackmailer.
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The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
Title: The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
Character: Father
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: Movie
In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wants to do much about leaving, and he does in fact cross the front threshold of the house with his lover, who is also the maid. However, before he has gotten very far, he is very tired, and goes to sleep where he stands. One of the sons outdoes them all by sleeping literally all the time. He is not in a coma -- he is just very, very lazy and tired. Some critics have viewed this film as a sharply delineated social satire.
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Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
Title: Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
Character: Porphyre Aristophanopoulos
Released: March 1, 1971
Type: Movie
In a cul-de-sac in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Leon shares two rooms with his sister Marie. In one, he receives his clients: he is a tailor. In the other, Marie receives her own: she is a clairvoyant. Leon was happy until he learned what Marie was hiding from him. She is actually a prostitute, and Maxime, her supposed fiancé, is her pimp. On the same day, Leon also discovers love in the form of Arlette, a provincial young woman picked up by Marie.
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The Confession
Title: The Confession
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
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A Bullet Through the Heart
Title: A Bullet Through the Heart
Character: Rizzardi
Released: February 23, 1966
Type: Movie
A Bullet Through the Heart (French: Une balle au cœur, Greek: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά) is a 1966 Franco-Greek film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet. Francesco, a young Sicilian aristocrat, scars an aging gangster who has set out to take away his property. The gangster vows to obtain vengeance, and Francesco is forced to flee across Greece with his girl friend, pursued by his antagonist's vicious henchmen.
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Loyalty
Title: Loyalty
Released: December 2, 1963
Type: Movie
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Hands Up, Hitler
Title: Hands Up, Hitler
Character: Anestis
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Two friends (Thanasis Vengos and Vasilis Diamantopoulos) meet after many years and recollect the tragi-comic events they went through during the German occupation.
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Nomos 4000
Title: Nomos 4000
Character: Andreas
Released: May 5, 1962
Type: Movie
Maria falls in love with George who is a student of her strict father, Andreas Economou. Dolly, a classmate of Maria spends a night with George and the next morning tells Maria about it. ..
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The Trip
Title: The Trip
Character: Manolis
Released: January 6, 1962
Type: Movie
This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships and what was allowed and what was not allowed at the time (early 60s) in Greece. There are sub-plots also, mainly relating to the life of the poor city dwellers, social injustice and seeming double standards. Aliki Vougiouklaki is a poor young girl dreaming of a better life and the "handsome prince on a white stallion" who will deliver her from her miserable existence. She meets and falls in love with a young man (Nikos Kourkoulos) who also falls in love with her, but things are not as simple as they first seem. His past comes to haunt them with tragic consequences. Vassilis Diamantopoulos is excellent as the half-crazed old captain whose life strangely echoes that of young Aliki.
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Death Will Return
Title: Death Will Return
Character: Inspector Fox
Released: June 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.
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Erotic Stories
Title: Erotic Stories
Character: Vasilis
Released: March 9, 1959
Type: Movie
A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.
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Father-in-Law With a Heart of Gold
Title: Father-in-Law With a Heart of Gold
Character: Andreas Dellis
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A few hours after the arrival of Aristeidis (Dinos Iliopoulos), Mary's (Kakia Analyti) soon to be fiance, her father Andreas (Vasilis Diamantopoulos), an upstanding citizen, lies about having a meeting with the Bishop and instead goes to meet his neighbor Betty (Anna Kyriakou). Aristeidis, on his way to Mary's house as a series of misfortunes and ends up in a fight with Andreas (whom he does not know) while he is with Betty at a studio apartment.
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Horse and Carriage
Title: Horse and Carriage
Released: February 4, 1957
Type: Movie
An old chauffeur, after removing his rambling son, decides to live with his orphaned girl while facing the advent of the car that displaces the carts.
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At Night The Entanglements
Title: At Night The Entanglements
Character: Stelios
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman.
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The Abduction of Persephone
Title: The Abduction of Persephone
Released: October 15, 1956
Type: Movie
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Night Adventure
Title: Night Adventure
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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Last Mission
Title: Last Mission
Character: Colonel Miltiadis Marelis
Released: April 3, 1949
Type: Movie
The Last Mission (Greek: Teleftaia apostoli) is a 1950 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Tsiforos. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.