Takis Emmanuel
Birthday: Born in 1933-01-04 in
Deathday: 2017-08-26
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Who Pays the Ferryman?
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Who Pays the Ferryman? was a television series produced by the BBC in 1977. The title of the series refers to the ancient religious belief and mythology of Charon the ferryman to Hades. In ancient times it was the custom to place coins in or on the mouth of the deceased before cremation so that the deceased could pay the ferryman to go to Hades. The eight-part series was written by Michael J. Bird....
Levkas Man
Character: Kotiades
Levkas Man is a 1981 mini series about a doctor who goes to the Greek island of Levkas to prove a theory about prehistoric man. It was shot on location in Greece. Paul Gerrard is a man in search of his missing father - a wayward archaeologist who has disappeared from Greece....
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Zorba the Greek
Character: Manolakas
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba....
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Character: Achmed
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map....
Young Aphrodites
Character: Tsakalos
200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh....
Hell Boats
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A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up....
Cannon for Cordoba
Character: Campo
In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them....
Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)
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Caddie
Character: Peter
Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her....
Kostas
Character: Kostas Andropolous
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Electra
Character: Pylades
Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge....
Sky
Character: Giagos
During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls....
Promised Woman
Character: Manolis
Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathizes with Antigone....
N.P.
Character: Leali
A prophetic Film about the fundamental problem of our times, that automatization of the production process ultimately eliminates human labour. In this fact lies the potential for the marxist liberation of the productive forces and the and the industrial genocide....
The barker
Character: Mihalis
A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO....
The River
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This films tells four different stories, all connected by the banks of a river....
Lion of the Desert
Character: Bu-Matari
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives....
Amok
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Ten women hide out on an deserted island in the Ageian after an prison break where seven men, led by an ex-Nazi, arrive on the island to search for a buried treasure and force the women to dig for them, until one strong-willed woman, named Sarah, decides to plot a revolt....
He And She
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The Steps
Character: Hristo
An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present....
Οι εκδικηταί
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The Magus
Character: Kapetan
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman....
Τα δίχτυα της ντροπής
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Ου Κλέψεις
Character: Petrakas
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Play Dirty
Character: Kostos Manov
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot....
Damned love
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Ματωμένη γη
Character: Kostas
The daughter of a powerful husband in a mountainous village in Greece is being forced to marry a wealthy villager while loving a poor lad. Her beloved will leave the village, giving an oath to return and marry her....