Yannis Bostantzoglou

Yannis Bostantzoglou

Born: September 12, 1951
in Athens, Greece

Movies for Yannis Bostantzoglou...

Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema
Title: Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema
Character: Himself (Archive Footage)
Released: May 26, 2024
Type: Movie
The documentary Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema explores the role of the producer in the creative process of Greek cinema, highlighting the complexity and unseen creative role that distinguishes this special profession.
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Title: Στα Σύνορα
Character: Meletis Barlas
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: TV
In a rural village on the border with Albania, Ahuria, lives a lovable grandmother, Giannoula (Yro Mane), with her family. Her great granddaughter, Ioanna (Lila Baklesi), returns to her paternal home after a ten-year absence due to studies. At the same time, a police officer from Athens, Heraklis (Nikos Poursanidis), gets an unfavorable transfer to the village Police Department.
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Jackpot
Title: Jackpot
Character: General
Released: October 10, 2021
Type: Movie
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Journey from Greece
Title: Journey from Greece
Character: Le père
Released: August 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees. Djam, generous, cheeky, unpredictable, and free-spirited, takes Avril under her wing on the way to Mytilene. A journey filled with encounters, music, sharing, and hope.
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Title: Παραμύθι... Αλλιώς
Character: βασιλιάς Ιάκωβος
Released: May 5, 2017
Type: TV
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The Manaviko
Title: The Manaviko
Character: Errikos
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
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Fate
Title: Fate
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
On a small island, a saint is about to be canonized by the church. His icon has no face. According to local lore, one night the saint stepped out of the icon, visited the fair and scandalized the believers. He was ashamed of his behavior and never returned. After a disastrous weekend, a writer discovers that a painter had actually been commissioned to paint the portrait of a saint, but that his dissolute way of living led the locals to attribute to the saint the painter’s acts. The islanders resorted to crime, filling in the blanks of the icon. While seeking the truth, the writer dies in a dramatic way. A while later, his corpse is found. It has suffered abuse. A reporter undertakes to cover the story, but is faced with a closed society that refuses to speak.
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Tonight We Dine at Iokastis
Title: Tonight We Dine at Iokastis
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
When one fine morning a peaceful neighborhoods disrupted by the unexpected disappearance of a Latvian manicurist, Iocasti Papadamou joins forces with ingenious, albeit completely naive, neighbor in order to shed light on the bizarre case.
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Title: Πρώτη Σταγόνα
Released: October 27, 2014
Type: TV
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Three Eggholders, Almost Four
Title: Three Eggholders, Almost Four
Released: September 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Haralabos is at his late forties and he has just lost his dog. He decides to fill his empty space and time with a collection: on a whim, he chooses to collect egg holders. Until one day he meets Dimitra, an avid collector and also a loner. Their relationship will share the joy of discovery and the grounds of sharing. But everything will change after a trip in the country, where the couple will face an unknown temptation: the egg holder that could be the most beautiful piece in their collection. If they don’t own it, how can they go on?
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The Final Payoff
Title: The Final Payoff
Character: Coatch
Released: September 11, 2014
Type: Movie
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Norway
Title: Norway
Character: Jimmy
Released: July 7, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1984, photophobic Zano arrives in Athens and quickly gets devoured by the dark underbelly of the capital city.
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Bird of Cyprus
Title: Bird of Cyprus
Released: March 28, 2014
Type: Movie
The gangster kidnapping of a popular Greek actress in Athens, the adventurous wandering in the Mediterranean, the unexpected capture by the Turks and the venture to realize a bold dream.
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Poker Face
Title: Poker Face
Character: Tzimis
Released: May 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Niki when she was still a child she had a gift. A stuffed parrot that brought her luck. Thanks to that her father and his friends were able to win in gambling in order to make a living. One day though a friend of her's steals the parrot and as a result her father goes bankrupt and ends in prison. Niki as an adult she has to fight back her old friend in a poker tournament. Things get tough thou when she falls in love with him.
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L
Title: L
Character: The Boss
Released: February 23, 2012
Type: Movie
The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.
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Free All Around
Title: Free All Around
Released: December 31, 2011
Type: Movie
Sissy tries to cope despite lots of problems. Her brother Harry asks her for financial support to produce his feature film about the first Greek rocket in space. Harry describes the plot of his film to Sissy so vividly that we also see his film on screen. Sissy's and Harry's stories meet at a certain point and they both help one another to find freedom.
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Without Borders
Title: Without Borders
Character: Sotos
Released: October 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Thanasis, a cotton candy vendor from Athens, has been caring for little Melissa since she was a baby when her mother, an immigrant prostitute, thought it best to leave the girl behind while seeking fortune in America. Her unexpected appearance five years later has traumatic consequences when she takes her child away from Thanasis and leaves. Thanasis decides to travel to America in the hope of seeing her again.
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Hostage
Title: Hostage
Released: March 4, 2005
Type: Movie
Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.
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Ποιος Γελάει Τελευταίος
Title: Ποιος Γελάει Τελευταίος
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Tasos dies in a car accident, but he is given five more minutes of life
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Πάμε Στοίχημα
Title: Πάμε Στοίχημα
Released: November 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Takis goes on holiday with his sexy girlfriend, but they break up. Takis stays at the hotel and there he knows the beautiful Isabell but he claims it and another tourist Roulis ...
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Quo Vadis?
Title: Quo Vadis?
Released: November 24, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: Solo Καριέρα
Character: Μίλτος
Released: September 28, 2004
Type: TV
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The Fridge
Title: The Fridge
Character: Man in the Alleyway
Released: May 3, 2004
Type: Movie
When George finds an old abandoned icebox in the hallway, he decides that he can keep the money that his room mate has given him for a refrigerator...
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Μετεωρίτες
Title: Μετεωρίτες
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Djam, a Greek girl, is sent to Istanbul on a mission to find a motor-boat part of her uncle
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The Bubble
Title: The Bubble
Character: Vangelis Manolas
Released: January 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Makis , a man with difficulties in the stock market, falls for Roula , who is the mistress of a big tycoon , which Makis has invested in. Makis becomes witness to an assassination gone wrong. The police are after him thinking he is the shooter but the real assassin is after Makis to recruit him to his terrorist beliefs. The only comfort Makis can find is Roula who follows him on his deadly adventure.
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My Best Friend
Title: My Best Friend
Character: Hristos
Released: March 2, 2001
Type: Movie
My Best Friend is the outrageous story of two men, friends since childhood, who have spent their lives tormenting one another. It is only when Constantinos discovers Alekos in bed with his wife that their friendship and their respective marriages finally collapse into a death spiral of sex, deceit and irrepressible humor. As events unfold another deception, one concealed by both men's wives, opens the door to incredible erotic intrigue.
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Full Pink Ahead
Title: Full Pink Ahead
Released: February 15, 2001
Type: Movie
A muck raker journalist tries to trap the Education Minister, why is rumored to be gay, but he perceived as gay. Dismissed from his job, but becomes the idol of all sexually oppressed. Forced to represent the gay, he decides to establish "alternative" party with the former minister, who represents his lover for electioneering purposes.
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What Kind of Soul Will You Deliver To God Bitch?
Title: What Kind of Soul Will You Deliver To God Bitch?
Character: Makis
Released: November 20, 2000
Type: Movie
What Kind of Soul Will You Deliver To God Bitch? is a Greek black comedy mini-series created by Alexandros Rigas and Dimitris Apostolou which aired on Mega Channel on 2000 and lasted only 6 episodes. The series focuses on the lives of four women who want to take revenge from the man who sexually abused them when they were little girls. Despite the fact that Ti Psychi Tha Paradoseis Mori? draw extremely high ratings from its beginning, the shootings were abruptly interrupted during the production of the 7th episode, which was never completed, leading to the series cancellation.
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Title: Θα Σε Δω Στο Πλοίο
Character: Alekos Apostolou
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: TV
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Η Ληστεία
Title: Η Ληστεία
Character: Giannis Mavromatis
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Eglimata
Character: Ηλίας Λιάκουρας
Released: October 6, 1998
Type: TV
Achilleas' wife, Flora, is disappointed by her marriage and remembers nostalgia for her childhood love, Alekos. Fate brings them so they eventually reunite illegally. Alekos's wife, however, Soso understands the illegal relationship and tries to avenge her husband for his infidelity. A series of incredible "crimes" unfolds with our heroes victims.
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No Sympathy for the Devil
Title: No Sympathy for the Devil
Character: Scania
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice. A romance in extremes set at a dystopian future by the acclaimed Greek director Dimitri Athanitis. Provocative, already a cult film. After being released from prison, Eurydice gets a job as a waitress but also as a naked model for a mysterious photographer who blackmails her. Orpheus, a cashier at a super market meets her by chance and falls for her at once. When he loses her, he shall travel all the way to hell, to get her back. Dimitri Athanitis's take on the "Orpheus and Eurydice" myth is stylish and sexy. Lena Kitsipoulou is totally magnetic for her fellow characters and the viewer.
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No Budget Story
Title: No Budget Story
Character: Tolis
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
In order to secure money for the production of his first film, a young man asks help from a film producer. The producer, however, was involved with pornographic films, and now his main business is drug dealing. The young director will have to become a drug runner in order to get the money he needs for his film
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Άδης
Title: Άδης
Character: Village President
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Ρακοσυλλέκτες
Released: October 10, 1994
Type: TV
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The lifer
Title: The lifer
Character: Prison's chef/Executioner (voice)
Released: March 16, 1992
Type: Movie
A prisoner sentenced to 622 years in prison is imprisoned in a Greek prison in which the laws of the Junta are still in force. Isovitis (Lifer) and all prisoners are supported by a mouse living in prison, Montechristo, behaving very arrogantly.
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Ανδρέα ας πρόσεχες
Title: Ανδρέα ας πρόσεχες
Released: October 20, 1988
Type: Movie
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Έμπλεξα τα... αγόρια μου!
Title: Έμπλεξα τα... αγόρια μου!
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Good Evening to You
Title: Good Evening to You
Character: Kyriakos
Released: October 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Stathis is a teenager who owns a pirate radio station that broadcasts at the same frequency used by another pirate radio station, owned by Stamatis and his friends. This leads to many conflicts between them, and as if this wasn't enough, Stathis is also desperately in love with Koula and has to face her huge boyfriend Kyriakos...
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Parangelia!
Title: Parangelia!
Character: Club's security
Released: October 5, 1980
Type: Movie
The true story of Nikos Koemtzis, a man who stabbed three men to death in 1973 Athens for disrespecting his brother Demos' zeibekiko, a traditional Greek dance.
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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.