Ipolohagos Natassa 1970. The wedding of the wounded Aliki with Dimitris Papamihail is inte
Ipolohagos Natassa 1970. The wedding of the wounded Aliki with Dimitris Papamihail is interrupted by the Nazis.
Spyros Kalogirou is the leader of the Greek freedom fighters and tells the Nazi commander: "In Greece after a wedding we prefer to have a big party rather than kill someone" and he shoots at the Church bell, instead.
This film was the highest grossing film ever, in Greece.
Nikos Foskolos wrote the story and directed, Giorgos Arvanitis steady hand was behind the camera, Kostas Kapnisis composed the great musical score.
A superb dramatic performance by Aliki setting to rest the rumors she was only made for comedies.
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Episode 1 part2of4. The topic is sex. Memorable "andras gia masaz" (escort service for wom
Episode 1 part2of4. The topic is sex. Memorable "andras gia masaz" (escort service for women) skit. Monica wants to spice up her sexual life, with a wild night of sex, with the help of an escort service. Unfortunately, at the motel, she forgot to get an outside line first, so she is talking to the receptionist, rather than the escort service.
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Astrapogiannos 1970. Niki Triantafyllidi, the daughter of a very wealthy landowner, profes
Astrapogiannos 1970. Niki Triantafyllidi, the daughter of a very wealthy landowner, professes her love for a rebel played by the great Nikos Kourkoulos, to her father played by Giannis Argyris, and a tragedy results. Mimis Plessas wrote the memorable music and Kaiti Ampavi is singing "Skotosane ton Stavraeto". Petros Makedon wrote the script and Nikos Tzimas directed.
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Dekapentavgoustos (One Day in August) 2001. A family brings their daughter (she has cancer
Dekapentavgoustos (One Day in August) 2001. A family brings their daughter (she has cancer) to the Panagia Soumela festival (Virgin Mary Soumela pilgrimage), on the 15th of August, hoping for a miracle cure. The daughter is missing having run away from her brother that teases her constantly. Eleni Kastani and Akyllas Karazisis are outstanding as the mom and dad. Giannaris' best film, he directed and wrote the story, with an unforgettable upbeat ending. Proud Pontic Greek music and dances, lends authenticity to a superb scene. It is not a family movie, but kudos to Giannaris for tackling the difficult subject, the power of faith, to such a satisfying conclusion.
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Oratotis miden 1970. Nikos Kourkoulos in the best performance of his career, saves Mairi H
Oratotis miden 1970. Nikos Kourkoulos in the best performance of his career, saves Mairi Hronopoulou from two thugs that attack her, so that he can gain her confidence. Nikos Foskolos wrote the great scenario and also directed. One of the all time classic Greek movies.
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Mia zoi tin exoume aka We only live once 1958.
The immortal Giorgos Tzavellas wrote and d
Mia zoi tin exoume aka We only live once 1958.
The immortal Giorgos Tzavellas wrote and directed this love story / character forming study ("itho-grafia", "ηθο-γραφια"), about a hard working clerk and bank embezzler for Yvonne's sake, played by the great Dimitris Horn and a gold digger, played by the stunning Yvonne Sanson.
At the end and quite unexpectedly, she has a change of heart and dumps the wealthy but slimy Papagiannopoulos, for a life in America with Horn, with the help of warden Vasilis Avlonitis. She turns her back to the local kleptocracy, for a new beginning, across the Atlantic.
Love triumphs over money and a promise of an honest life, even being "the wife of a poor viopalaistis" ("hourly wage earner"), something she despised earlier on in the movie, is preferable to life with a crook. Tzavellas' unwavering optimism about the good nature of man, makes this the best Greek movie of the 50s.
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Aristotle Onassis 1906-1975 was the smartest businessman of Asia Minor and Greece.
The im
Aristotle Onassis 1906-1975 was the smartest businessman of Asia Minor and Greece.
The immigrant from Smyrni, made his first million by his wits alone. Nobody helped him. He was 23.
Flamboyant, tempestuous, raucous, truculent, and belligerent, lavish and generous, loving and cruel, loved wine, women and song, in that order. He collected women.
Onassis was a big spender. He worked hard and played hard. He "sailed in high winds" and made it.
Aristo was a winner. He had big dreams. Big ideas. His projects were big, bigger than anyone else's, and he executed the plans perfectly.
Relentless in the single minded pursuit of his objectives.
Never afraid to speak his mind. His enemies, and he had many, called him "the old Turk", but never to his face.
Self educated, by the shores of Smyrni, no Continental Engineering and London School of Economics degrees, like the current crop of shipowners.
Aristo could recognize political talent when he saw it. He spent $10,000 for a night with Eva Peron:
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Maria, always adored him, wanted desperately to be his wife, spent 9 years of her life with him. Her and another million women, wanting to wed the richest man in the world. Callas was not another woman, Maria was the voice of the twentieth century.
Callas, the American born, Greek soprano, was also the best operatic heroine in the world. Her love affair with Ari, was the stuff Greek tragedies are made of.
He run to her, after Alexandros' death.
Callas' last pilgrimage was to Skorpios and his grave.
Maria, "the divine one" as Aristo called her, stated once: "I would like to be Maria, but there is "La Callas" who demands that I carry myself with her dignity."
Aristo freed the Maria in herself. He opened her up, gently like a rose and make her feel like a woman, for the first time in her life. Callas confided to Franco Zeffirelli(no big fan of Onassis or women): "I felt like a virgin with Aristo."
Onassis met Kings, Presidents, Sheiks and dictators. Dated Princesses, stars, starlets and divas. He had seen it all, and done it all. Maria Callas, the divine one, was the only true love of his life.
Aristo's advice on being successful: "To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in nice restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big."
Aristo said once: "After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."
Aristo, was true to his name, the very best player in the game.
The soundtrack's first Aria is from the Opera Norma, written in 1831, the piece is "Casta Diva" by Vincenzo Bellini, the conductor was Tullio Serafin conducting the Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, an EMI label release, in stereo. The exact part Maria Callas is singing in "Casta diva" with an English translation can be found here:
http://www.aria-database.com/translations/norma04_casta.txt
The second Aria, is from the Opera La Wally, written in 1892 by Alfredo Catalani, the piece is "Ebben" , the conductor was again Tullio Serafin, conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, an EMI label release, a mono recording. DSP chips can do miracles even in mono recordings with Callas' voice.
The heroine in Act I of La Wally, vows to escape an arranged marriage and contemplates the dangers of the long journey away from home. Dangers, Hellenic expatriates, the world over, are very familiar with. The libretto for La Wally can be found here: http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/catalani_wally.html
The exact part Maria Callas is singing in "Ebben," with an English translation, can be found here: http://www.aria-database.com/translations/wally03_ebben.txt
Both excerpts are examples of "Bel Canto" meaning "to sing beautifully," the style Maria Callas "La Voix Du XXeme Siecle" singlehandedly revived. A very difficult and demanding style, only "La Divina" could sing with such perfection.
Euripides in "Alcestis" written in 438BC has set the bar sky high for Hellenes:
Alcestis: "To honor you (Admetus, her husband and one of the Argonauts), and at the cost of my own life, that you may still behold the light, I die." verses 283-284. In ancient Greek: "Ego se presvevousa, k'anti tis emis psyhis katastisasa fos tod' eisoran, thnisko."
Maria Callas having recorded Alcestis on 4.4.1954 knew the story well and wanted her life to imitate her art. Jackie O. regrettably was not too familiar with the story.
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Vitsia gynaikon 2000. Mihalis Iatropoulos is the abusive husband. His long suffering wife
Vitsia gynaikon 2000. Mihalis Iatropoulos is the abusive husband. His long suffering wife is Evaggelia Valsama, she is losing her mind and has to call the abused women support line for help. Her two friends Alina Fotetsou, is the one with the sunglasses she also wrote the story and Maria Georgiadou, is the one holding her shoe, plan to teach him a lesson. Nikos Zervos directed. Sakis Maniatis was the cinematographer.
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Efapax 2001.
Tania Kapsali is the painter.Petros Filippidis is the retired garbageman, th
Efapax 2001.
Tania Kapsali is the painter.Petros Filippidis is the retired garbageman, that has his own ideas of how to spend his one-time payment of 30,000 Euros.
The two pros that chase him are played by Evelina Papoulia and Matthildi Magira. His mother-in-law played by Maria Martika steals the show.
Argyris Theos was the cinematographer, with the perfect angle to Tania and Nikos Zapatinas directed.
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