Grigoris Bithikotsis
Also Known As: Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, Γρηγορης Μπιθικωτσης
Biography: Grigoris Bithikotsis (Greek Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, December 11, 1922 – April 7, 2005) was a Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one of the most important figures in Greek popular music. Bithikotsis was born in Peristeri, Athens, in 1922 to a poor family. He became interested in music at an early age, and acquired a bouzouki as soon as he was able. At first, he had to hide the instrument at a friend's house and practice in secret, as his father disapproved of the new rembetiko style that had captured his son's interest. He met composer Mikis Theodorakis in 1959 and the two collaborated producing folk songs. Bithikotsis composed over 80 songs, including: Stu Belami to ouzeri and Tou Votanikou o magas. He possessed a rich singing voice with which he performed his own compositions and those of Theodorakis, who frequently chose his friend Grigoris to perform his masterpieces. The two contributed greatly to the then-emerging laika style of Greek music. A leftist, he was exiled to the island of Makronisos in the 1950s during the reign of King Paul. Throughout his life, Bithikotsis performed frequent concerts at numerous venues, including one in Athens upon the occasion of his eightieth birthday. He died in Athens, in 2005, following three months of hospitalization. His funeral was attended by thousands, including representatives of all the Greek political parties.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Peristeri, Athens Prefecture, Greece
Birthday: December 11, 1922
Deathday: April 07, 2005
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The steps of life
Overview: At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams of a life different from the one his father has already planned for him. But, can a man renounce his origins to follow his passion?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-10-21
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Folk Bards - Moments of their lives and ours
Overview: The late Panos Geramanis talks to the forgotten heroes of the Greek Folk Song and retrieves moments from their lives, trying to record and revive images and values of an era, forever lost. Through his daily radio show, the legendary "Folk Bards", he presents the greatest, often forgotten, heroes of Greek Folk Song.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2023-09-30
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The Dressmaker
Overview: The son of a shipowner is in love with a poor seamstress. When his father reacts to their love, he abandons his wealth and becomes a composer of a folk song, in order to live together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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The False
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Tired life
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-09-10
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Athens by Night
Overview: Wandering Athens by night. A grand parade with actors, singers, composers, orchestras, attractions and generally performing artists of the night, in a series of great figures who made significant humorist. Sung by Gregory Bithikotsis Jenny Vanou, Mary Linda, Giannis Vogiatzis George Zambetas Laura Tony brushes etc. Displays orchestras Mouzaki George, Gerasimos Lavranos, Von-Von, Apostolatou and Mikis Theodorakis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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The Harbor Bum
Overview: Accused of stabbing his nightclub singer mistress to death, unscrupulous dockhand Christos is on the run. But he swears he's innocent. Could the harbour bum be telling the truth?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-09-05
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Modern Cinderella
Overview: Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-03-08
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I stole my wife
Overview: A self-assured and extremely rich business entrepreneur who is convinced that money is everything has a chance encounter with a feisty young lawyer who couldn't care less about his financial status. In the end, can money buy love?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Angels Without Wings
Overview: The tragic story of a woman who divorces her rich husband after the intrigues of her mother-in-law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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We without money
Overview: A poor young man leaves the city that lives and works to go to Athens. On the way he will meet one mad, who falls in love with him , and a young women falling in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Sometimes even the strong cry
Overview: A poor young man, working hard, manages and becomes a captain on a ship of the shipowner, in whose home his mother worked older as a shipwreck. But he resigns when he discovers that the ship is dangerous.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Stupid Face
Overview: Two persons try to become rich using an... armchair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Those who forgot God
Overview: The son of a ruthless moneylender loves a girl whose mother was his father's first love. When he refuses to accept her as his daughter, his son leaves home and takes a job in a car repair shop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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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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Liar Wanted
Overview: A sharp altercation will pave the way for a brilliant career when a shameless liar meets his future employer: a resourceful parliamentarian. But, what happens when he tells one lie too many? Is his flair for fiction always beneficial?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-04-17
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Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Overview: A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-03-21
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Rolled in the mud
Overview: An impecunious young woman is lured into prostitution, trying to survive and provide for her ailing, bedridden mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Οι χαραμοφάηδες
Overview: Exarhos is persuaded by his two lazy brothers to sell their shipyard, and they buy a factory in which nothing works normally.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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The Red Lanterns
Overview: The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-12-02
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Grooms Wanted with Dowry
Overview: Zizi is a poor young woman who wants to get married to a wealthy man. When she finds out that her former lover has inherited a fortune from his uncle in Australia she decides to pay him a visit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Official sweetheart
Overview: An unexpected secret dating back to WWII unites a beautiful woman with two men who vie for her affection. But love always finds a way. Who knows what tomorrow holds for the star-crossed lovers?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Devastated
Overview: The honest laborer falls into disfavour and is undermined by his factory's son because they both love the daughter of the factory owner without suspecting the secret that unites them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The man who returned from pain
Overview: Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Atonement
Overview: The son of a rich industrialist is in love with a poor girl, but his father wants to marry him to the daughter of a childhood friend and partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Play my sweety bouzouki
Overview: Two bosom buddies who've won the lottery have a chance encounter with two beautiful but equally poor women who pose as rich. The two couples indulge in pleasures they couldn't afford up until now; but, what happens when the money runs out?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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I leave with Bitterness in Foreign Countries
Overview: After years abroad, a naval officer reunites with his mother, who has planned an arranged marriage to a beautiful and affluent heiress. But, he is madly in love with another woman. They say love is blind. Can he have the love of his life?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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It is a great pity
Overview: Mr. Anastasis, an elderly bouzoukis who suffers from his heart, forbids Liza's daughter to become a singer. When she learns that she has violated her commandments, she leaves the house because she does not want to be her weight and begins to beg. Meanwhile, Lisa knows Michalis, a motorbike acrobat, who makes the "round of death" in an amusement park, and they fall in love with each other. One night, at the center where she sings, she meets a rich thirty-five, who then turns out to be her brother who was lost during the German Occupation. Together they will seek their elder father, find him, and return all together to their home. Near them is Michalis, the old man of the brisk Liza.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-01-30
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