Stavros Paravas
Also Known As: Σταύρος Παράβας, Σταυρος Παραβας
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
Birthday: April 15, 1935
Deathday: September 15, 2008
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Acropol
Overview: 1950s Athens. Prince, a self-made impresario and the owner of the "Acropole" review theater, fires one of his leading ladies when she shows up drunk on opening night. In order to replace her, he turns to Lakis Loizos, an expert at comic female roles and an ex-wonder-child of movies, who now runs an agency for extras. At first, Lakis is surprised by the prince's proposal, but finally decides to try his luck on the stage of the legendary theater.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1996-01-12
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Dimos from Trikala
Overview: Claiming that he and his brother, Dimos, are like two peas in a pod, a womanising husband puts the blame on him when his wife discovers a compromising photograph. Now, he has a lot of explaining to do. Is he or Dimos the man in the photo?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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10 Days in Paris
Overview: Two men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-06-05
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Young and old in action...
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1963-11-25
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Κόσμος και Κοσμάκης
Overview: Yearning to make a fast buck, a suave swindler and his statuesque fiancée approach a factory owner and his wife who thirsts to break into the high-end social circles, unbeknownst to them that he is on to them. Will he get rid of them?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-04-24
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Another One for the Million
Overview: The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1964-10-20
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Taste from Greece
Overview: Anthology film with a number of sketches that satirize modern Greece.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Tough Guy With the Tricycle
Overview: Tonia, the director of an advertising company will visit along with the employee, Kostas tavern. There will fall on the cross, the dude in the region and will be surprised by their rude ways. Then Tonia would wager that can transform him into a man of high society in a few days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1972-10-09
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Το Κοροϊδάκι Της Πριγκηπέσσας
Overview: Stavros has a cafe with his brother years and are the only ones in the family who care to get by. He is in love with Mary, which, however, not turning to look at him. Mary comes from an ...
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1972-01-24
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The Saucy Guy
Overview: Although a gas station employee, a young man has a great idea about himself and chases brides with a great dowry, ignoring his neighbor who loves him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-11-17
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Alice in the Navy
Overview: Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-02-20
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Ο Παλιάτσος
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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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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Το Καρπουζάκι
Overview: Bursting with excitement before meeting a blonde hottie and her equally good-looking companion, a lascivious merchant lures his gullible old friend into a splendid afternoon by the sea behind his wife's back. But, will he get away with it?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Penelope's Suitors
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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And All 14 Were Wonderful!
Overview: Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-03-11
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Fifis the Unbeatable
Overview: A tough sailor, Fotis, returns to Greece to marry his beloved and to settle certain inheritance issues with his twin brother Fifis, who is an effeminate artist. Their striking resemblance will upset the lives of both of them equally.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The child of the square
Overview: An unemployed man (Kostas Chatzichristos), prone to endless amusements, economically sucks his uncle (Periklis Christoforidis) in order to satisfy his desires. His despair, when his uncle decides to stop the economic benefits, will lead him to sell some furniture of the house. He sells four armchairs and then he learns that in one of them were hidden precious jewels of the aunt. He looks desperately to find and to get them back, but he only discovers three of them, and in these there is no trace of jewelry. To find the fourth and lucky one, whose traces are completely ignored, he accepts partnered with a friend (Takis Christoforidis). He is transformed into an organized, consistent and good working man, and falls in love with his sister's partner (Stella Stratigou) and discovers that the fourth chair was held by his uncle, who set up this whole story to motivate him and make him active.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Ο Μιχαλιός του 14ου Συντάγματος
Overview: A guileless peasant with a heart of gold enlists in the prestigious Hellenic Special Forces and finds himself neck-deep in trouble when his superior entrusts him to keep an eye on his beloved only daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-03-20
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Descended from Heaven
Overview: The late Pericles gets permission from God to return to earth and help his family, who has gone astray after his death. Invisible to all but present everywhere, he is able to eavesdrop on what's going on: his youngest daughter lives it up with some Teddy boys, his eldest do not intend to marry her fiancé, his son has become a crook, and his wife a gambler.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-03-01
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The Tough Guy
Overview: Iraklis (Hercules) Leontopoulos is a low-paid employee with a heart of gold, who inherits a building together with its tenants. His easy disposition is his biggest problem because he can not collect any rents. In addition, he can not make any evictions nor can he demand any increase in the rents. Everything is about to change when his lawyer Aleka Palli makes him play the tough guy in order to collect the unpaid rents. The consequences of this transformation will be hilarious.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-10-30
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Ο Γαμπρός Μου, Ο Δικηγόρος!
Overview: A barber wants to marry his daughter to a scientist. He believes that he has found the proper candidate in the face of a trainee lawyer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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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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Είσαι Στην ΕΟΚ, Μάθε Για Την ΕΟΚ
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Εδώ είναι Βαλκάνια
Overview: A forgotten satirical (and occasionally dark) comedy about sex life in the Greek countryside.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1984-10-06
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Μπετόβεν και Μπουζούκι
Overview: A dedicated classical music tutor who keeps burning bridges with everyone in the name of art is unwilling to reconcile with his successful bouzouki player neighbour. But, can those two bury the hatchet for their children's sake?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1965-08-30
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Eftyhos... trellathika!
Overview: Charilaos Maraziotis owns a store and owes so much money both to his lenders and to the state, that he is in danger of going to jail. He decides to pretend to be a psychopath and is sent to an asylum. His lenders, upon hearing the news about his mental health, change their attitude towards him and release him from his debts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1961-10-23
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When the Cat is Missing!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-30
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Η Χαρτορίχτρα
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-10-17
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O thymios tahei 400
Overview: A brief altercation in a railroad car will lead to a golden opportunity, as the famous actor, Kostas Chatzis (Kostas Hatzihristos), and the cheerful countryman, Thimios, are like two peas in a pod. Will the popular actor learn his lesson?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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The firecracker
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Women want beat
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Η Κλεοπάτρα ήταν Αντώνης
Overview: An unemployed man poses as a housekeeper to stay afloat; but, his fiancée starts to suspect something, the gardener wants more of "her", and his employer's scheming cousins want everything for themselves. Can he get out of the tight spot?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Ο παιχνιδιάρης
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Αύριο θα ξέρουμε
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1997-11-20
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Για μια τρύπια δραχμή
Overview: To convince his wealthy uncle to keep sending his monthly cheques, a poor man lies about his marital status. But, when the relative returns to Greece, he talks his partner into posing as his wife. Will they get away with fraud so easily?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Ο Σταύρος είναι πονηρός
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The tailor
Overview: The relationship between a doctor and his wife gets broken after he came home late last night. Meanwhile, he has to pretend to be a dressmaker because of a misunderstanding between him and the furious fiancé of an old girlfriend he met.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Sidewalk
Overview: Angelina is a prostitute. Her only friends are her colleague Nana and coachman Minas. George suddenly enters her life and confesses his love to her. Angelina begins to believe that her life can change, not suspecting that George has approached her on behalf of the drug dealer Nino.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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