Sapfo Notara
Also Known As: Σαπφω Νοταρα, Σαπφώ Νοταρά, Сапфо Нотара, Сафо Нотара
Biography: Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress. Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located. Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable: "Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success". Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto". She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos). She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Birthday: January 01, 1907
Deathday: June 11, 1985
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Νάτανε το 13 νά 'πεφτε σε μας
Overview: A poor and oppressed employee wins the football bet lottery and decides to live the life he dreamed so many years, wastefully scattering his money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Synoikia to Oneiro
Overview: A poor neighborhood of Athens, Asyrmatos, is the center of the world for the people who live there and try in every way to escape from poverty and destitution. A handsome released youth, Ricos (Alekos Alexandrakis), is trying to make money, at the same time that his lover, Stefi (Aliki Georgoulis), is seeing other men and her father, Nekrophoras (Manos Katrakis), is trying to contribute in family finances. Rico will set up a job, but will spend the money raised before he can put it into action. As a result, one of his "partners" (Alekos Petsos) will commit suicide, leaving his pregnant wife, Eleni (Aleka Paizis), to her fate. Rikos, his beloved and her father, defeated and disappointed because of the expectations that were never fulfilled, will be forced to come to terms with the harsh reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-10-15
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Oh, That Woman of Mine!
Overview: A man finds out that his boss had a quarrel with his wife, so he now tries to present her as his housemaid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-11-06
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Hooray for Madness
Overview: A good-hearted guy, Romeos, who thinks he's a big "Kazanova", comes out of the madhouse. At the suggestion of his cousin Leon Karfis, he goes on holiday to an island where he is continuously under the watchful eye of a nurse of the madhouse, Telemachus.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-08
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If Luck Favors You
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-30
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Five Thousand Lies
Overview: A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-10-17
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The Trip
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-06
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Windfall in Athens
Overview: On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1954-01-11
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The Gambler
Overview: About Aleka who is obsessed with playing cards and the efforts of her husband to make her quit this bad "habit".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-12-28
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Mrs. Midwife
Overview: The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-09-24
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A Patented Stupid Man
Overview: As Pelopidas is going around hungry, trying to find something to eat, a misunderstanding makes him seem like a thief. In order to escape his persecutors, he runs trying to hide. He hitchhikes and gets a ride by a truck, whose driver happens to be his fellow villager who knows the runaway’s past. Pelopidas has been working hard since his childhood, but due to his naivety nobody is serious with him. His return to the village where was born gets him mixed up in more trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Madman
Overview: An avid fan of football and fan of Panathinaikos falls for the daughter a fan of Olympiakos. The effort to reconcile with the father of the girl, and perennial football rival, will be full of misunderstandings and humorous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Το Παιδί Της Μαμάς
Overview: Giannis Vogiatzis is Tilemahos, a young man with a very strict mother. One day he decides to get married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Μίνι Φούστα Και Καράτε
Overview: A tenant who wants to write an armed forces officer's biography falls head over heels with his beautiful niece instead. As his friend falls in love with the same girl, they all meet with his sour landlady. But, can one put love on hold?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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At Night The Entanglements
Overview: The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Madame Mayor
Overview: On the square of a village on a beautiful greek island there are two competing tavernas. One belongs to Aspasia and the other to Anargyros, who is a former Sergeant Major of the Greek Army. Their constant conflict doesn’t affect their children, who love and meet each other in secret. The local elections creates a new battlefield for the two taverna-owners, as they both run for office and promise everything to everyone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-01-30
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My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Overview: An almost irresistible attraction between the rich daughter of a factory owner and a successful popular singer will lead to marriage against her father's will. Is he the good and honest man everybody says? Will money corrupt him, too?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-10-16
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The virgin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Ο διαιτητής
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Love and storm
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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The She-Wolf
Overview: Wanting to have nothing to do with the feud that has decimated not only his own family but also that of his neighbors, an irenic teacher faces his childhood sweetheart who yearns to kill him. Can the feared she-wolf see the error of her ways?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1951-03-26
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Η Θυρωρίνα
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Εξωτικές Βιταμίνες
Overview: A middle-aged womaniser takes in his distant cousin, who has fled from an arranged marriage, and she decides to use a potent love potion to seduce the unattainable object of her desire. Can a dash of exotic vitamins help her succeed?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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A Pitiful Don Juan
Overview: A wealthy man is responsible for his friend’s daughter, who has come to Athens to study. The girl messes up his life and soon falls in love with him. Although he behaves like a father to her, he is tempted and jealous and flirts with her in front of a charming classmate of her, who is also interested in the girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Το ΠΡΟ-ΠΟ και τα μπουζούκια
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Έμπαινε Μανωλιό
Overview: Manolios decides to quit working on a ship and return to Crete so he can marry his beloved one, Lenio.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Στην Πόρτα της Κολάσεως
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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