My Favorite Greek Films
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- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsNikos StavridisMimis FotopoulosMaro KodouWhen it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMary LalopoulouA nice comedy about a miserly man who cheats on his wife one night. A series of misunderstandings make him change his life forever.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsKostas HatzihristosNikos RizosKostas DoukasA well-off grocery store owner and his outspoken right hand, who are head over heels in love with their neighbours, are about to have their ambitious plans crushed when the girls' true sweethearts put in an appearance at a joyous event.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouLabros KonstadarasThe wife of an industrialist who doesn't care about her creates a plot with her cousin to make him jealous.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisMimis FotopoulosIlia LivykouA married couple and their lovers, who end up in the same train station, try to pass themselves off as perfect strangers; nevertheless, who are they kidding? Will they manage to get out of the tight spot?
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMaro KodouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo DiamantidouAn unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsKostas HatzihristosMarika KrevataDionysis PapagiannopoulosThree poor friends, Ilias, Thomás and Vangelis, decide to commit a burglary, but everything, although being planned with detail, goes wrong.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisProud, independent Stella, an unconventional Rebetico singer who cherishes her freedom, finds herself in an intense whirlwind romance. Everything points to a tragic ending, and in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriJules DassinGiorgos FoundasAn American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsDimitris HornMaro KodouSmaro StefanidouIn return for handsome and unclouded youth, a weary old geezer makes a pact with the father of lies to woo his beautiful next-door-neighbour. However, will he admit his mistake, now that things are not working out as planned?
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsJenny KareziAlekos AlexandrakisDionysis PapagiannopoulosA young engineer works in a firm that is managed by a beautiful but rather "stiff" civil engineer woman. When they come face to face, there are sparks flying everywhere...
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis AvlonitisA bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiGiorgos PappasDimitris HornOn a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouNitsa TsaganeaAfter forty years of service, the Nation is about to immortalise an honest Greek Army general who is unaware that an unscrupulous duo is planning to make a profit behind his back. Will the gallant veteran teach them a lesson in respect?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsMimis FotopoulosVasilis AvlonitisJenny KareziInstead of success in the Greek province, two poor portable barrel piano players stumble upon an affluent but desperate runaway girl, intent on escaping a much-despised arranged marriage. Will they forsake their beliefs for money's sake?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene PapasAn uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouSmaro StefanidouA man tries desperately to find a husband for his 39-years old sister who still lives with him. Only if his sister gets married will he be free to take the woman he's been loving for the past years.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouStefanos StratigosA poor man accepts the money someone offers him to marry a foreign woman so that she can stay in Greece.