Aleka Paizi
Also Known As: Αλέκα Παΐζη, Αλεκα Παιζη
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Heraklio, Greece
Birthday: January 01, 1919
Deathday: February 04, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Overview: Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
Genres: Horror Mystery Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-03-29
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Dawn on the Third Day
Overview: The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance to the oppressor. Faced with reprisals, they decide that every hour a man will cross the bridge that is the population's only supply route. The action, which results in the death of all those taking part, continues until dawn on the third day.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-26
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Mimikos and Mary
Overview: The tragic story of a couple that upset Athenian society at the end of the 19th century. Michail Mimikos (Andreas Barkoulis) is a doctor in the Greek army, and Mary Weber (Aliki Vougiouklaki) is an upper-class girl. The two want to get married, but Mary’s parents want her to marry a rich man. When Mimikos leaves abruptly for Nauplion for professional reasons, he writes her a letter which she never gets, leading to tragic consequences...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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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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My Daughter Belongs to Me
Overview: A Greek father, estranged from his German wife, kidnaps his daughter from her busy career mother in Berlin, and brings her home to live with his family. An international custody battle follows.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-05-28
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Roza
Overview: Greek drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
Overview: After many years of living abroad, a troubled young man returns home due to the death of his father (who he suspects was actually murdered). He attempts to untangle that mystery while still carrying an unhealthy obsession toward his mother, who committed suicide ten years ago. This obsession then draws in his attractive cousin and takes a sexual turn.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-02-02
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Dirty Weekend
Overview: A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.
Genres: Thriller Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-08
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Μπάρμπα Γιάννης ο Κανατάς
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1957-03-14
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Erotic Stories
Overview: A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1959-03-09
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Honeymoon
Overview: Taxidi Tou Melitos is about the fear that most elderly people experience: approaching death. Leon (Stavros Xenides) and Zaharoula (Betty Livanou) are heading out for their annual vacation at a summer resort. Instead of their usual carefree anticipation, their mood is subdued because their daughter has just married and is off on her honeymoon. Life is lonely without her and the couple cannot avoid the realization that death is not that far away for them. Once at the resort, Leon tries to overcome this nagging fear by taking a wild plunge in the ocean, naked, as he and Zaharoula are out walking on the beach. Taken up in the spirit of the moment, she joins him among the waves. The results, however, are not what they expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Γάμος Στο Περιθώριο
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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The Child of the Street
Overview: A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Overview: Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-16
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Πόθοι στα Στάχυα
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-10-31
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Melodrama?
Overview: A 30-year-old man (Lefteris Vogiatzis) returns from America suffering an existential crisis. He goes to Corfu to see his sick mother and tries to find happiness through a desperate love ...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1980-07-05
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The Butterfly's Dream
Overview: This European existential drama utilizes complex symbols inspired by abstract psychological theories to explore the effects and reasons behind a young classical actor's decision to stop talking. No one knows why Massimo has vowed to stop talking. Other than speaking dialog from classical plays, Massimo refuses to say a single word. His father, a classic-literature professor believes it reflects to a disappointing love affair. His new girlfriend thinks Massimo is rebelling against his mother, a poet. A director learns of Massimo and commissions his mother to write a play about him. Though Massimo plays himself in the play, and does speak, he returns to silence when the play is finished.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-03-24
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Sweet Memory
Overview: Irina returns to Athens after long absence to find her step-brother. Her brother's friends, an American musician, a young Russian, a heritage-suitcase of her father and a series of odd events drift her into an inner journey...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-22
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Quiet Days in August
Overview: The stories of three lonely people surviving a sweltering summertime in Athens are interwoven in this gentle romantic drama. Nikos used to be a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe to exotic places and testing his wits and his mettle in different situations. Now he is retired, living in Athens with his wife whom he no longer loves. While at the train station, he encounters a woman who faints more or less into his arms. From her, he learns that this day has already been special to her for two reasons: her husband just died, and it is her birthday. Curiously, this meeting sparks new life in him. Another man suffering through the hot Athens summer is a bank employee who gets calls every day at four p.m. from a woman who seeks to arouse him. What she succeeds in doing is rousing his curiosity, which he is likely to regret giving in to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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