Olia Lazaridou
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 13, 1954
Deathday: N/A
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Άλκηστη
1986-10-03
Άλκηστη
Overview: A writer goes to his hometown, looking for the girl he was in love,when he was young.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1986-10-03
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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 Wretches Are Still Singing
1979-10-04
The Wretches Are Still Singing
Overview: Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence. One shows up from jail, where he has been entering and exiting for years, the other comes from a series of "accidental" murders, another leaves his wife and kids, the fourth one is a wonderer, and the last one, the girl of the gang, comes from a lunatic asylum where she has been hiding for years... All of them are outcasts, tortured from barren love affairs, wounded from the deaths of their beloved friends and betrayed by the politics of their times. They hopelessly try to reconstruct the gang of their puberty, but the revolution is lost... Now, each in his own way, will progress into a journey of death, thus opening a new chapter in the history of their generation.
Genres: Mystery Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1979-10-04
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Olga Robards
1989-01-01
Olga Robards
Overview: In this highly stylized and enigmatic story, Olga uses her cello case as a weapons cache. When she isn’t using her sharpshooting skills to knock off eminent Arab visitors to Athens, she vamps around lightly clad on the terrace of her penthouse, entertaining one man after another.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Stigma
1982-10-13
Stigma
Overview: A young couple (Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Olia Lazaridou) have a baby affected with the Down Syndrome. In order to avoid the difficulties entailed in bringing a child that will never live a normal life, they decided to put an end to its life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1982-10-13
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Invincible Lovers
1988-04-12
Invincible Lovers
Overview: Twelve-year-old Vasilis escapes the orphanage, wanders a while in the capital and then takes the train for his hometown, Tripolis. As he wanders through the mountains of Arcadia, he meets a girl whose car has broken down. They become friends and spend the summer together, until Vasilis returns to his grandmother's house, which he finds abandoned and in ruin. The girl disappears, and Vasilis, deserted and alone, takes the road to Tripolis, where, in order to make ends meet, he performs odd jobs. On the day celebrating his patron saint, however, he abandons the city and takes the road back to his village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1988-04-12
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1922
1978-04-01
1922
Overview: Based on the book by Ilias Venezis "The Number 31328", the film by Nikos Koundouros unfolds through the personal tragedies of three characters, the Asia Minor Disaster and the agonizing travails of the Asia Minor Greeks who had been arrested and led to death by Kemal's troops and armed groups of Muslims. The wife of a merchant, a teacher and a seventeen-year old boy try to survive, following the column of prisoners into the depths of Asia Minor.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1978-04-01
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Potlatch
1987-10-15
Potlatch
Overview: Arhangelos tou pathous: In anticipation of hearing a single word by midnight on his coming birthday, a self-destructive symphonic composer makes an out of bounds and dangerous bet on himself.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1987-10-15
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Terirem
1987-10-04
Terirem
Overview: The mute wife (Olia Lazaridou) of a shadow-theater player (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) is suffering from cancer. An old woman, guided by her visions, discovers a Byzantine religious icon buried in a field. Her nephew sells the find to a thief, who then murders the old woman, without knowing that she had told the village priest about the holy icon she found. Two priests arrive in the village together with the puppeteer and his ailing wife, and there the wife sees a vision of the icon and where it was located in the field, which leads to the discovery of the bones of a saint. The wife sleeps on the spot where the holy relics were discovered and, upon awaking the following morning, regains her speech.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1987-10-04
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Paradise
2011-11-09
Paradise
Overview: Marianna returns to Greece on a whim to surprise her boyfriend, secretly plotting to stay with him forever, while Nikos is using the carnival as an excuse to confess his love to his unsuspecting boss. Eugenia hesitates to tell her daughter about her secret romance with the much younger carnival crew leader, while Ilias has no qualms about begging his estranged wife to come home. Four couples, each one desperately trying to either rescue or escape their relationship, lose themselves in the intoxicating atmosphere of the carnival before they finally reveal their true colors, hidden behind the masks. In the midst of carnival madness, four duets are staking their claim on their own personal Paradise…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-11-09
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Stubborn Elsa
1991-12-31
Stubborn Elsa
Overview: A housewife putting her husbant's cheese in a mouse trap and a razor blade in her son's food.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1991-12-31
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Before the End of the World
1996-11-01
Before the End of the World
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Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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I'm Tired of Killing Your Lovers
2002-10-25
I'm Tired of Killing Your Lovers
Overview: Theophilus Palios, owns a small traditional publishing house. He man madly falls in love with Sia, that is doing vocals on the show of a known singer. Sia maintains her living by the "generosity" of old fans. In the face of Theophilus, Sia will experience true love, though it continues to accept the offers of numerous admirers. Theophilus mad by jealousy, is lead to huge wastages and ultimately to economic collapse. He ends up entangled in a case of robbery and murder. Sia, in a guilt and self-sacrifice crisis, becomes mistress of the investigating policeman in exchange for his silence. This creates an odd triangle ..
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Directing Hell
2011-05-27
Directing Hell
Overview: A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but also providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-05-27
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Varieté
1985-01-18
Varieté
Overview: An actor's troupe puts up a variety show.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1985-01-18
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The Woman Who Missed Home
2005-04-01
The Woman Who Missed Home
Overview: Anna, married to a husband much older than she, longs to see her island, which is right across the island she lives. She has never visited it again since her marriage. Thus, she persuades Mathio, a young shepherd to take her there with a 'borrowed' boat. He accepts, hoping for a romantic adventure. However, all she wants is to see her island. Her husband follows her ...
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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