Yannis Zouganelis
Also Known As: Γιάννης Ζουγανέλης, Giannis Zouganelis
Biography: Yannis Zouganelis was born in Athens on February 3, 1956 and comes from Mykonos and Naxos. He is married to Isidora Sideris and together they have a daughter, Eleonora Zouganelis. The fact that both his parents were deaf had a great influence on his later course. He began his musical studies at preschool age in Agios Nikolaos Acharnon with the cantor professor Th. Theodorakopoulos in Byzantine music. At the Hellenic Conservatory he studied guitar with professors X. Ekmektsoglou and Costas Triandos and theory with Antiochos Evaggelatos. He continued at the National Conservatory of Athens with harmony, advanced theory and piano under the teaching of Patrikidis and Vokos. Composer Nikos Mamagakis played a decisive role in the development of his musical studies, who taught him orchestration and rhythm. In 1975, with a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture (for his work "Ten Byzantine Essays" small symphonic ensemble and mixed choir), he studied composition, orchestration and opera at the Munich Academy of Arts, from which he graduated with honors.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Patisia, Athens, Greece
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Handset Type
Overview: Early 1982. The spelling of the Greek language changes from polytonic to monotonic. New technology replaces the old handset type. The conflict of these two worlds pushes certain people to overcome themselves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-09-19
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Κουφώματα Λαδώματα
Overview: Two idiotic unemployed friends start answering job listings advertised on newspapers, with hilarious results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Other Half
Overview: Phaidon and Vicky are successful therapists and a happy married couple, until they meet a couple different from all others! For the first time they see how their 'successful' marriage is far away for a marriage truly fitting. This film includes everything. Humor, emotion, hyperbole, a murder and a rich cast of popular Greek actors. Focus on the original sin of Adam and Eve, this movie is 'trying' to make a commentary especially on the problematic marriage, but also on bad relationships. Does not succeed, precisely because it does not actually saying anything new. However, while remaining on the surface, there is a sincere disposition towards the situations presented.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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4 Black Suits
Overview: Four undertakers in financial trouble latch onto a one-off opportunity to change their lives and bid farewell to a profession they entered for a while, but got stuck in for good. On the promise of a large fee, they fulfill the dying wish of a rich Greek who lived his life abroad: he wants them to take his body from Athens to a village in Boeotia for burial...on foot. Deciding to grant his bizarre request, they embark on an odyssey, which soon becomes an unexpected voyage of discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2010-03-25
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Let the Women Wait!
Overview: In the course of the summer three brothers-in-law at a crucial age become involved in ephemeral romantic adventures in the area of Lake Volvi while their families vacation on the island of Thassos and… can wait.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1998-09-14
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Βασίλισσα μαϊμού
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2001-04-20
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Mia fora kai ena moro
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-03-17
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Medea, Louder Than My Thoughts
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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Τα Νεοκλασικά - Η Κόμισσα Της Φάμπρικας
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2022-05-14
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The Heart of the Beast
Overview: His advanced studies in philosophy have caused Stephanos to view all people as his inferiors. When he is discharged from the -obligatory in Greece- army service, he thinks the world belongs to him. In reality all that does belong to him are debts left by his mother who has just died and rejection by his formerly devoted girlfriend. Nikos, an old high school classmate, reappears in his life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2005-11-30
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The King
Overview: A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more. Amidst a haze of suspicion and scorn by villagers who treat him an intruder, his past catches up to him in the form of his girlfriend from Athens. Conflict is inescapable
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2002-11-09
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Crying... Silicon Tears
Overview: This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2001-10-26
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Μαφιόζοι στο Αιγαίο
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2006-11-23
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Larisa Confidential
Overview: Η ζωή στην Πεζούλα και τη Βρυσούλα κυλούσε αρμονικά. Βοηθάει βέβαια το ότι υπήρχε ένας τοίχος ανάμεσα στα δύο χωριά, χτισμένος από άκρη σε άκρη, κι έτσι κανείς δεν ανακατευόταν στη δουλειά του άλλου. Όταν όμως έρχεται ο Καλλικράτης να ενώσει τα δυο χωριά, έρχονται τα πάνω-κάτω! Ένας μεγαλοδημοσιογράφος πεθαίνει, το εργοστάσιο βιολογικού καθαρισμού διχάζει, ο υπουργός λαδώνεται, οι μίζες πάνε κι έρχονται, το ΣΔΟΕ ανακατεύεται, οι άνθρωποι της νύχτας ενοχλούνται, ατομικά και τοπικά συμφέροντα μπλέκονται, ενώ οι εκπλήξεις και οι ξεκαρδιστικές καταστάσεις διαδέχονται η μία την άλλη...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2012-01-03
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Finders 2: Pharaoh's Ring
Overview: Friendship, courage and ingenuity are put to the test once again as Pertsa, Kilu and Pirkko embark on an epic adventure to solve the mystery of an old map. Twin girls Vappu and Kerttu also join the flight, and the suspense is increased when the cunning criminal Annabella Pehko jumps on board as a stowaway.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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Up, Down and Sideways
Overview: A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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Out of the blue
Overview: Babis' life will be turned upside down after his chance meeting with the beautiful and dynamic Athena. The two will embark on a journey full of surprises, including a piano that hides a great treasure, a woman who has run away from her home, an estate that is looking for an heir, an unfaithful fiancée, a suspicious monastery and finally love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Fate
Overview: On a small island, a saint is about to be canonized by the church. His icon has no face. According to local lore, one night the saint stepped out of the icon, visited the fair and scandalized the believers. He was ashamed of his behavior and never returned. After a disastrous weekend, a writer discovers that a painter had actually been commissioned to paint the portrait of a saint, but that his dissolute way of living led the locals to attribute to the saint the painter’s acts. The islanders resorted to crime, filling in the blanks of the icon. While seeking the truth, the writer dies in a dramatic way. A while later, his corpse is found. It has suffered abuse. A reporter undertakes to cover the story, but is faced with a closed society that refuses to speak.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2015-11-06
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A Hero... in Rome
Overview: A Hero... in Rome is a road movie about a man who dares to make his dream to reality. He goes to Rome to see his idol in the world of opera. Instead of joy, he falls victim to a theft that changes and upsets everything in his life. A series of tragicomic situations follow. The bittersweet experience of a journey. Loneliness and the quest. Nostalgia for tender innocence. An extreme event mars his return to Greece and so he becomes the hero of the day for the media. But deep inside his soul, what was this trip for him?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2006-06-27
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The Bachelor
Overview: A mistake made by the bride rejoins 4 old friends of disaster and a father in law! 5 guys go to Thassaloniki to tear everything down. A father in law gets in a hearse in order to kill a love in the making. An ex-girlfriend dances tango with her memories as a partner. A cancelled wedding and a relationship that starts with the brides vail floating at the wind of independence.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2016-12-01
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Morally and Kicking
Overview: A group of men that their friendship starts from the army, meet after years in the funeral of a friend. This bad time reunites them, as for many years the family life and obligations, had absorbed a strong friendship.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2006-04-17
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Minore
Overview: When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Action Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2024-03-21
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Here We Are!
Overview: The night club "the River" situated in the small Greek city Livadeia is looking for a music group to perform there for a few nights. Many different musicians come from all over Greece and many funny incidents take place among them.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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Patris, listeia, oikogeneia
Overview: A paranoid state organises bank robberies to save its crumbling economy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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Λύσσα Κακιά
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2015-06-18
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Σαπουνόπετρα: Το Χρήμα στο Λαιμό σας
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Halvai 5-0
Overview: A halva maker is found murdered in his manor. 5 suspects, 0 evidence. Intrigues, passion, hatred, schemes and every day new evidence comes to light that make the case even more complicated. Will officer Mpekras manage to find the killer?
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2020-01-30
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Ο Σόλων Έτσι και το διαμάντι του Μήλου
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Και Όπου Μας Βγάλει
Overview: Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer Zoe Papadopoulos travels to her grandparents' village in Greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international
Genres: Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2004-12-03
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Καρδιακός Φίλος
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Βαρέα Ανθυγιεινά
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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The Island of Secrets
Overview: It was supposed to be just an ordinary holiday on sunny Kos, but Toni has to rescue a beautiful local girl, a talented free-diver, from the clutches of kidnappers. When it appears that nobody else can be trusted, Toni must reluctantly rely on his step-brothers' assistance.
Genres: Family Adventure Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-10-31
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Kiss Of Life
Overview: Before his marriage in Milos an Aegean island, 30-year old Paschalis ends up accidentally in Sifnos, where he meets a mysterious photographer.Will he finally reach the church? And what is the relationship of the photographer with the couple hosting him in Sifnos?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2007-11-08
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I apagogi
Overview: In Athens in 2013, a taxi driver is unwittingly involved in a kidnapping by those who oppress him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1986-04-07
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I Have Something to Say
Overview: The comedy of a thinking man who wants his philosophical views to be taken seriously when he is nothing but a failed filmmaker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2025-03-27
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