Giorgos Kotanidis
Biography: Giorgos Kotanidis (23 May 1945, Drama - 28 January 2020, Athens) was a Greek actor, director and writer. Until the age of twelve, he lived in Drama, the birthplace of his parents who had come as refugees from Pontus. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre, abandoning his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was one of the creators of the Free Theatre in Allos Pagratiou and later during his theatrical career he collaborated with many troupes and directors, playing theatrical roles of all kinds. He also played several roles in Greek and international cinema, as well as on television. Politicized and integrated into the Left, he participated in the student movement. For his action against the dictatorship, he was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 05, 1945
Deathday: January 28, 2020
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Pretty Smart
1987-03-13
Pretty Smart
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-13
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Living Dangerously
1987-10-29
Living Dangerously
Overview: A gifted electrician, Michalis Karamanos works for Greek Telecommunications Organization and it seems that he is the only one who hasn't been completely absorbed by the corrupt and all-devouring system. Acting as a member of the revolutionary organization Constitutional Struggle, which is fighting against the unpopular policy of the government, he connects the computer of the director of OTE to an explosive device. He threatens to destroy the telecommunications of the country if he is not allowed to broadcast on television his revolutionary message during the broadcast of an important football game. The Authorities, thinking that he has gone crazy, try to bring him around using his old friends from the army, whom they pick up one by one as intermediaries. This is a situation comedy with excellent, mature plot development, plenty of suspense as well as masterful criticism of sociopolitical reality.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1987-10-29
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Pater Familias
1997-01-02
Pater Familias
Overview: A young writer takes to edit the autobiography of a popular folk singer then, however, falls victim to intrigues and accused of kidnapping her daughter.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001-04-18
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Overview: When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-18
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Hardbodies 2
1986-09-12
Hardbodies 2
Overview: A film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done they will have to face many unusual situations, along with numerous opportunities for the actresses to take their clothes off.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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Misunderstanding
1983-06-07
Misunderstanding
Overview: Remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Doulos."
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1983-06-07
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The Very Poor, Inc.
2000-11-17
The Very Poor, Inc.
Overview: Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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When the Greeks
1981-04-01
When the Greeks
Overview: At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aiming to extract ransom from his wealthy family. The young man develops a kind of sympathy to the arch-brigand and realizes that the underground life and moral code of his kidnappers actually represent a more genuine expression of “New Hellenism” than his bourgeois well-being.
Genres: War Adventure Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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No Sympathy for the Devil
1997-01-01
No Sympathy for the Devil
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Parangelia!
1980-10-05
Parangelia!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1980-10-05
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The Girl From Mani
1986-01-01
The Girl From Mani
Overview: For Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Which Way to the Septic Tank?
1978-01-01
Which Way to the Septic Tank?
Overview: A conscientious tanker driver, Thanasis Papathanasis, works hard to help his sister Afroditi study medicine. He believes that in this way he will be able to marry her off so that then he can finally marry Eleni, whom he has loved for years. His efforts, however, are all in vain, as he is constantly confronted with a corrupt establishment and political situation that generate all the prevailing misfortunes: personal, social and national.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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One More Dance
2012-09-19
One More Dance
Overview: Mrs. Kaiti prepares a birthday party for Giannis, her husband. Her love for him has always been pure, sincere and true. Nothing has stopped her from considering him the perfect match. Not even now, when Kostas, her son, opposes her view since his dad had never been close to them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2012-09-19
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Electric Angel
1981-10-20
Electric Angel
Overview: A typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the sense of polymorphic eroticism as developed by European and Mediterranean cinematography of the 20th century. Combining the methods of “animation” and “live action”, this intricate work embodies the idea of an “ars combinatoria”. The structure is loose, with neither a central axis nor a point where everything converges, contributing greatly to the open-ended character of the film, where rhythm is the key element.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1981-10-20
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Eviva!
2014-09-17
Eviva!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2014-09-17
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Αθώος ή ένοχος;
1989-10-01
Αθώος ή ένοχος;
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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