Takis Spiridakis
Also Known As: Takis Spyridakis, Τάκης Σπυριδάκης
Biography: He was born in Aegina in 1958. Studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre. He appeared in several Greek films. In 1989 wrote and directed the short film Vera Cruz (20 mins. 35 mm) which won the Best Film Award at the Drama Short Film Festival, the Ministry of Culture State Award and in 1990 the EEC Jury Award of the French National Film Centre.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aigina, Greece
Adult: No
Birthday: February 04, 1958
Age: 67 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 14, 2019
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Fading Light
Overview: Twelve year old Christos Myrisiotis lives with his mother Eleni on a remote picturesque Aegean island. The boy has been doubly singled out by fate. He has a remarkable musical talent but at the same time is condemned to going blind as a result of a rare disease. Now an eccentric loner, Christos finds an outlet in nature and the dream world of a cave where his heightened hearing enables him to collect natural sounds which he then turns to musical compositions for his violin. His only friends are his classmate Angeliki and the old lighthouse keeper Soursoumis who teaches him not only the violin but also about life in general. Everything changes when the new schoolteacher Maria arrives on the island. She develops a great interest in Christos’ exceptional abilities even though he keeps on being indifferent to school. On her own initiative Maria ensures his participation in a music contest. Christos’ traumatic family and personal experiences cause him to mature as an artist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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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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The Garden of God
Overview: It's Christmas time. Shortie, Beanpole, Alekos and Sinoue, everyday people, decide to reinvent themselves because in the garden of god everything seems the same. They play ball, keep notes, lose their friends, strike their enemies, working out in the yard, learning how to dance, reciting poetry. They drink alcohol, paint, set fire to their bodies. And they promised to themselves, this Christmas to "make their way down" to the sea.
Genres: Drama Action Fantasy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1994-11-01
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Morning Patrol
Overview: A deserted city is the setting, where a woman walks alone trying to approach and enter the forbidden zone. Traps and the morning patrol lurk everywhere. Electronic voices summon the (non-existent) people to abandon the city. Can a love affair in this place survive?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1987-10-08
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Boobheads
Overview: In a prison cell two lifers meet, a former truck driver and the other one a "volunteer" who entered the prison because he believes that life as an inmate prisoner is better than outside.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2008-08-29
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Edge of Night
Overview: Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store, and doesn't approve Stella's quest for fame. When she decides to leave Athens for a singing job offered to her somewhere in north Greece, Andreas sets off on a quest to find her again and convince her to come back to him
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2000-01-06
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Pater Familias
Overview: A young writer takes to edit the autobiography of a popular folk singer then, however, falls victim to intrigues and accused of kidnapping her daughter.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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Gagnant
Overview: Two students who work at the horse racing, try to understand each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1984-10-12
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Tonight We Dine at Iokastis
Overview: When one fine morning a peaceful neighborhoods disrupted by the unexpected disappearance of a Latvian manicurist, Iocasti Papadamou joins forces with ingenious, albeit completely naive, neighbor in order to shed light on the bizarre case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Aria
Overview: Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old, Aria working at the local kebab place, is waiting for a driving lesson with her father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2017-09-07
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Sweet Bunch
Overview: The diary of the life and death of a group of "amoral" young people, who have reached the point of no return and seek something to believe in and to die for. Their behavior brings them to the attention of the State. A discreet surveillance begins. A vigilante group monitors their house, headed by a nameless blonde man.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1983-10-08
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The Horsemen of Pylos
Overview: Ο Τηλέμαχος, ηθοποιός με ένδοξο παρελθόν και αβέβαιο μέλλον, εγκαταλείπει στα πενήντα του την Αθήνα για να γλυτώσει από τις τράπεζες. Με την βοήθεια του Μπάμπη του «Φου», βρίσκει καταφύγιο σ'ένα ερημωμένο κάστρο στην καρδιά της Μεσσηνίας. Μοναδικοί κάτοικοι δύο αδέρφια που δε μιλιούνται και μια ανηψιά που τους βαρέθηκε κι έφυγε, η Δημοκρατία. Ο Τηλέμαχος την συναντάει τυχαία και μαγεύεται. Λίγο τα σιρόπια του γιατρού για τα πνευμόνια του που έχουν γίνει ορυχείο, λίγο τα τσίπουρα, λίγο οι «απαγορευμένες ουσίες» του Μπάμπη ... οι θεοί βάζουν το χέρι τους κι η Δημοκρατία επιστρέφει στον τόπο της! Όνειρο, πραγματικότητα, ή και τα δυό? Κρίνετέ το εσείς, κι όποιος το βρει κερδίζει ένα παστέλι Καλαμών.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2011-03-10
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Loafing and Camouflage
Overview: The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Amore Mio
Overview: The extramarital adventures of a female volleyball team coach, a best friend and a buddy who fall in love at the same woman a hopelessly mismatched relationship and a marriage of disaster entangled in the most unpredictable way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2015-03-19
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Sirens in the Aegean
Overview: A group of Greek solders, who serve their military service in Kos, is sent to guard the skerry of Pitta. Everything looked normal until a Turkish boat disembarks 4 castaways on Pitta.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2005-12-08
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The Republic
Overview: A photojournalist and surveillance expert decides to go up against a system of political corruption and corporate intrigue after witnessing the murder of his brother.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2015-09-30
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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
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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Nobody Loses Forever
Overview: In the near future, when Athens is in danger of ecological catastrophe, a mysterious man, a young hacker and a washed out singer become entangled in a dark web of radioactive waste and suspected maritime shipwrecks.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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Utopia
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Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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Cheap Smokes
Overview: As the lights flicker on a warm August night, amidst vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he just met at a phone booth, while strolling around the city's quiet night streets.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2001-01-05
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The Limousine
Overview: Three friends from 60s Paris attempt a road trip to modern-day Greece, looping in and out of fantasy and questioning absolutely everything. A situation comedy and a coming-of-age fairy tale or, according to the director himself, "a film that can be heard". Starring Nikos Kouris, Doukissa Nomikou, Dimitris Katalifos and Pavlos Haikalis. Lifetime Achievement Award to Nikos Panagiotopoulos
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2014-01-30
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Μαύρο Γάλα
Overview: Alekos is a young writer, who faces a creative block, can not find any meaning and redemption in his reality, wasting himself among adventurous romances and dangerous friendships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2000-02-18
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What If...
Overview: Athens - Greece - The age of Economic crisis Demetris is a highly independent man who lives a normal life. A confirmed bachelor at the age of 33! When a moment arrives, his choice at that point in time will change everything. His roommate is a female German Shepherd called Lonesome. One night, after supper, Lonesome wants to be taken out. Demetris tries to change her mind but Lonesome insists Its at this moment that he comes to a decision. This decision will change his entire life. If Demetris goes out he will meet Christina, the love of his life. If he stays in, he will not meet her. Does true love exist? What is the impact of a severe economic crisis on people and how can the crisis destroy a couple? One story shown from two different angles.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2012-11-29
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