Dimitris Papamichael

Dimitris Papamichael

Born: August 29, 1934
Died: August 8, 2004
in Pireaus, Greece
Dimitris Papamichael (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ 1934–2004) was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece. The star couple remained married for a decade, co-starring in several films that marked the "golden era" of Greek cinema.

Movies for Dimitris Papamichael...

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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Towards freedom
Title: Towards freedom
Character: Alkis Zeas
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Ανατολικός Άνεμος
Released: February 13, 1992
Type: TV
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Άγριες κότες
Title: Άγριες κότες
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: Movie
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Second Class Citizens
Title: Second Class Citizens
Character: Markos Vardogiannis
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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A Dream of Passion
Title: A Dream of Passion
Character: Dimitris / Jason
Released: May 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.
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The Dream Lovers
Title: The Dream Lovers
Released: December 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A popular and honest man, Dimitris (Dimitris Papamichael), who works at the Perama yards, sings at a local tavern in the evenings. One day, his revered brother proposes to break a villa, and to prove to him that these things do not need any special capacity, he accepts the challenge. The noise they do, however, awakens the daughter of the owner, Zoitsa (Zoe Laskari). The two invaders are surprise. Zoitsa, who understands that Dimitris is not a villain, asks her not to hand him over to the police and is listening. Shortly thereafter, the girl visits the owner of the shipyards in which Dimitris works. The two young men are reunited.
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Hippocrates And Democracy
Title: Hippocrates And Democracy
Character: Ippokratis
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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Papaflessas
Title: Papaflessas
Character: Grigorios Dikaios Flessas
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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Lieutenant Natassa
Title: Lieutenant Natassa
Character: Orestis
Released: December 12, 1970
Type: Movie
The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.
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I Neraida Kai to Palikari
Title: I Neraida Kai to Palikari
Character: Manousos Vrontakis
Released: December 22, 1969
Type: Movie
Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return of Manousos Vrontakis from Athens and his flirtation with the girl leads to a great romance, without them knowing that they belong to families who are longstanding enemies.
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The Leventopaido
Title: The Leventopaido
Character: Aristos
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio. One night at the shop comes the rich Elena, which hides the truth about her financial situation, he falls in love with her and separates him from Maryio. However, after an accident, the real identity of Elena is revealed, as is the fact that she is betrothed. Elena, seeing the misfortune she has scattered around her, pretends that Aristos was just an adventure for her and lets him return to Maryio.
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The Teacher with the Golden Hair
Title: The Teacher with the Golden Hair
Character: Stefanos Karatasos
Released: October 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Amid blinding prejudice, a vivacious blonde teacher gets married to an honest man, only to see him leave for the Greco-Italian Front, a few hours after their wedding ceremony. Will she cope with her loss, when there's no one to turn to?
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Ο Παραμυθάς
Title: Ο Παραμυθάς
Character: Dimitris Lazarou
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Lady and the Tramp
Title: The Lady and the Tramp
Character: Lefteris
Released: December 30, 1968
Type: Movie
Rena’s father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn’t even want to hear about it, so she runs away and disguises herself as a boy named Pipis. As such, she meets a poor fisherman, Lefteris, and helps him on his way to Ioannina.
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Our love
Title: Our love
Character: Dimitris Razelos
Released: March 25, 1968
Type: Movie
An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.
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The Luna Park Girl
Title: The Luna Park Girl
Character: Alekos
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Brightest Star
Title: The Brightest Star
Character: Andreas Sofianos
Released: November 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A girl from the slums of Athens becomes a famous singer while falling in love with her songwriter.
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Oh, That Woman of Mine!
Title: Oh, That Woman of Mine!
Character: Dimitris
Released: November 6, 1967
Type: Movie
A man finds out that his boss had a quarrel with his wife, so he now tries to present her as his housemaid.
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My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Title: My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Character: Dimitris
Released: October 16, 1967
Type: Movie
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Anamesa se dyo gynaikes
Title: Anamesa se dyo gynaikes
Character: Dimitris
Released: August 4, 1967
Type: Movie
A young lady, Maria, is hired at Mrs Elsa's house to watch her mother-in-law. But she does not realize that her lady has thrown it into nights and gambling. She also understands from the narratives of the mother-in-law of Mrs Elsa and her mother, Demetris, who is the master and has with him on the voyage and his brother Manos, that the two brothers work for a sacred purpose: to raise money and to make money Jail their father. But when Dimitris returns with the intention of staying forever on the land, he finds that Elsa has squandered all their economies on paper. Bitter thought to divorce her but Mary, knowing that Elsa loves him, prevents such a development. Maria itself decides to live with her lawyer, Mr. Pantelis, who has long been in love with her.
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My Daughter, the Socialist
Title: My Daughter, the Socialist
Character: Giorgos Nikolaidis
Released: October 24, 1966
Type: Movie
Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to collide with her father and the sociopolitical status of the time.
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Bouzouki Strumming
Title: Bouzouki Strumming
Character: Grigoris
Released: March 14, 1966
Type: Movie
One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki musicians happen to pass by. They listen, enchanted by his limpid voice, and suggest that he becomes a member of their orchestra. Thus, the newly-wed day laborer gets a second job at Mr. Lefteris’ night club. His wife, Marina, soon joins him at the club, and, before long, she too goes on stage, cuts capers and charms everyone. Her success, however, has a negative impact on the couple’s relationship, since Marina’s admirers as well as those of Grigoris’, turn one away from the other.
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Ο Εξυπνάκιας
Title: Ο Εξυπνάκιας
Character: Miltiadis Miltou
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Modern Cinderella
Title: Modern Cinderella
Character: Alexis Varnezis
Released: March 8, 1965
Type: Movie
Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.
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The Winner
Title: The Winner
Character: Petros Davaris
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Two childhood friends are steered apart by their parents
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Spend the first of the month
Title: Spend the first of the month
Character: Dimitris Stefanou
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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If Luck Favors You
Title: If Luck Favors You
Character: Telis Rinopoulos
Released: January 30, 1964
Type: Movie
A poor but very decent teacher, Telis, who has resigned from his job, finds a winning lottery ticket in the street. Suddenly, his life changes radically. But he then discovers that someone has put it in front of him deliberately.
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The Red Lanterns
Title: The Red Lanterns
Character: Petros
Released: December 2, 1963
Type: Movie
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
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Throbs at the Desk
Title: Throbs at the Desk
Character: Prof. Dimitris Papadopoulos
Released: November 11, 1963
Type: Movie
Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call the doctor to examine her. He realizes her lies but he covers her. Soon, they fall in love and eventually get married. However, after the honeymoon she begins to yearn school and her classmates and she returns to it without saying anything to her husband. Soon, her husband begins to suspect her because of her frequent absences from home and her secret meetings with the professor seem to confirm his suspicions.
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Lazy like a dog
Title: Lazy like a dog
Character: Polydoros Klappas
Released: February 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?
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Company of Miracles
Title: Company of Miracles
Character: Ilarios
Released: November 14, 1962
Type: Movie
A God-fearing young man refuses to sell his, rich in ore, pasture to a mining company. So an agent of this company creates a scam of a so-called miracle in order to convince him.
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Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα
Title: Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα
Character: Pavlos Alexiou
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Title: Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Character: Spyros Vournekis
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con woman, falls in love with her. Against all logic, he refuses to turn her in to the police. Is there a future between them?
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Loustrakos
Title: Loustrakos
Character: Vasilis Maras
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
The small loustrakos Vasilis Maras alongside the school of fine on the streets of Athens to make money. The mother finds injustice in prison for the murder of Demetrias. With the persistence of the king, however, and the help of a lawyer, the Karelia, the mother of leaving prison.
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Mrs. Midwife
Title: Mrs. Midwife
Character: Dimitris Moustakis
Released: September 24, 1961
Type: Movie
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village.
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Death Will Return
Title: Death Will Return
Character: Tilemahos Hristofis
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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Lost dreams
Title: Lost dreams
Character: Kostas Lampiris
Released: March 11, 1961
Type: Movie
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Alice in the Navy
Title: Alice in the Navy
Character: Kostas Degleris
Released: February 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!
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Madalena
Title: Madalena
Character: Labis Giokaris
Released: October 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.
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Sunday's Date
Title: Sunday's Date
Character: Thanos
Released: July 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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Never on Sunday
Title: Never on Sunday
Character: British Seaman
Released: May 24, 1960
Type: Movie
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
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Maiden's Cheek
Title: Maiden's Cheek
Character: Panos Floras
Released: November 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daughters of rich Athenian families, are very spoilt making his and the other teachers work difficult. When he starts implementing discipline in his class, the girls use every means to get rid of him. But the most undisciplined, Lisa Papastavrou, falls in love with him.
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Astero
Title: Astero
Character: Thymios
Released: April 23, 1959
Type: Movie
This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws. The story itself rigidly follows the conventions of its subgenre, although because Greek filmmakers were still churning out foustanellas for decades afterward, it hardly seems more dated than the original. Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love. The other herd owner dies and Astero loses her mind a bit (although she doesn't wig out quite as spectacularly as Aliki Theodoridou in the silent original), but Mitros finally comes to the right decision and allows the children to marry.
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A Matter of Dignity
Title: A Matter of Dignity
Character: Markos
Released: February 10, 1958
Type: Movie
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
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Δυο αγάπες δυο κόσμοι
Title: Δυο αγάπες δυο κόσμοι
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Auntie from Chicago
Title: The Auntie from Chicago
Character: Κωστάκης
Released: December 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises his four daughters with... military discipline, taking care of their culture, their appearance and their good behavior. Despite all his desire to marry them, he does not leave them anywhere alone, as a result of which no man approaches them. His wife, Efterpi (Eleni Zafiriou), as well as his friend and neighbor Xenophon (Pantelis Zervos), make remarkable efforts to convince him to change his tactics, but he insists on his very conservative behavior. But when the conversation reaches the well-to-do sister of Kalliopis (Georgia Vassiliadou) who has been living in Chicago, USA for years, everything turns upside down. She returns to Athens and undertakes to modernize the general's house, as well as help the four girls (and her nieces) to be rehabilitated.
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Ο Αγαπητικός Της Βοσκοπούλας
Title: Ο Αγαπητικός Της Βοσκοπούλας
Released: January 26, 1956
Type: Movie