Joly Garbi

Ο τσιφούτης (1986)

What a Mess (1982)

Three short stories satirizing the Greece of "Change" in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the "fustanella (Greek kilt)" films as well. ...

A House in the Clouds (1978)

As the accomplished and independent flight attendant for the Olympic Airways, Elli Makri, returns to Athens after a long-stay visit in London, her mind is consumed by brief but uncomfortable flashbacks. Sooner or later, Elli will strike up an acquaintance ...

A Mother Is Accused (1972)

During the dark years of the German Occupation of Greece, Anna is separated from her only son, Dimitris, after the untimely death of her wealthy husband. As a result, her mother-in-law takes the boy with her to raise him. However, the elder Dimitris, the l ...

I Neraida Kai to Palikari (1969)

Fourtounakis' daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return of Manousos Vrontakis from Athens and his flirtation with the girl leads to a great romance, without them knowing that they belong to families who ...

Slum, my love (1969)

A poor bookstore decides to appear to the widow of a professor's friend as their lost grandson when she learns she is about to die. ...

Why Did You Betray Me? (1969)

A nice but poor medical student, Petros, lives in a poor courtyard with a down-and-out musician, Antonis. His fellow student Eleni is in love with Petros, but he has no eyes for anyone but Aliki, a girl from an upper-class family, whom her parents wish to ...

The Lady and the Tramp (1968)

Rena's father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn't even want to hear about it, so she runs away and disguises herself as a boy named Pipis. As such, she meets a poor fisherman, Lefteris, and helps him on his way to ...

Our love (1968)

An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the le ...

Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα (1968)

Welcome Dollar (1967)

Philip (Giorgos Constantinou), a shy and dignified accountant and English teacher, lives with his mother (Zoli Garbi) and his two siblings in the same house. His and his mother's meager income, just enough to support them all. His younger brother (Alekos T ...

Thanos and Despina (1967)

Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina's father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings. ...

The Big Fool (1967)

Businessman Telis Birkas (Periklis Hristoforidis) decides to marry his daughter Antzela (Sasa Kastoura) with a nice guy, his accountant Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). Antzela though does not want to hear a word about it. Telis, decides to train Dinos in order f ...

For the heart of beautiful Helen (1967)

Louisa's father does not approve her young painter lover because he is poor. ...

The Smart Aleck (1966)

A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman, whose daughter he is in love with. By pretending to be stupid, he manages to save the businessman from making major mistakes, winning his sympa ...

Cleopatra was Antonis (1966)

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? ...

Storm in a child's heart (1965)

A young man, Spiros, abandons his beloved without knowing that she is pregnant. The girl remarries, while the boy who is born is tormented by his stepfather. As the years pass, Spiros returns from abroad, searching for traces of his son, who has run away f ...

The Woman Driver (1964)

Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary's friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn't find about her new affair. The case of the car ...

Throbs at the Desk (1963)

Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call the doctor to examine her. He realizes her lies but he covers her. Soon, they fall in love and eventually get married. However, after the honeymoo ...

Innocent or Guilty (1963)

Petros, one of Greece's best athletes, decides to end his life with the help of his beloved wife Anna in order to escape his incurable illness and the terrible pain that accompanies it. Anna is then brought to justice on charges of premeditated murder. The ...

That Something... Else! (1963)

An unorganized and spoiled guy, Telis Partalis, who is only cut off for his amusement, is squandering all of his father's possessions in feasts and cartogangers. His sister, Ellie, a tasty girl and a serious lawyer, as well as Julie's rich aunt, do their u ...

Someone like It Cold... (1963)

Lakis (Dinos Iliopoulos) has to make sure that his three sisters are married before he can marry his beloved Lela (Martha Karagianni). While at the beach, Eva (Zoe Laskari) and Maria (Hloi Liaskou) will meet Kleopas (Costas Voutsas) and Giorgos (Vagelis Vo ...

A Patented Stupid Man (1963)

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 fello ...

10 Days in Paris (1962)

Two men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives. ...

The Wise Guy (1962)

Alekos (Dinos Iliopoulos) is in love with Voula (Maria Voulgari) whose brother threatens to kill him if he doesn't marry her soon. Alekos' father (Pantelis Zervos) on the other hand insists that Alekos' sister (Zoe Laskari) has to get married before him. H ...

Gold and Tin (1962)

A super market owner opposes the affair of his daughter with a new employee at his business. ...

Lisa and the Other Woman (1961)

A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father offers a reward in order to find her and an other girl that looks exactly like her is brought to him. ...

The Tough Guy (1961)

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 ...

Eftyhos... trellathika! (1961)

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 hea ...

Lost dreams (1961)

Two ambitious junior employees from different social backgrounds, an aspiring author and the elegant daughter of a failed industrialist, see their youthful optimism turn into utter defeat. But what is the cost of a lost dream? ...

Goodbye Zoe (1960)

A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and tries to ensure their happiness after her death, without learning anything about the truth… ...

The Underdog (1960)

A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her. ...

The Young Lady's Fool (1960)

Julia, the daughter of Telis, general manager of the steel company, is a rich girl who likes the good living. Grigoris, a poor employee in the company who is in love with Julia, after a series of misunderstandings will lose his job and be fired ... ...

Makrykostas and Kontogiorgis (1960)

Stelios Kondogiorgis (Dinos Iliopoulos) and Thomas Makrykostas (Costas Hajihristos) are two quiet men that come from the same Peloponnese village yet do not know each other. Their families however are involved in a bloody feud that started 80 years ago. St ...

The Papadopoulou Family (1960)

Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. There, he will meet and fall in love with a secretary, Varvara Papadopoulos. ...

Father-in-Law With a Heart of Gold (1959)

A few hours after the arrival of Aristeidis (Dinos Iliopoulos), Mary's (Kakia Analyti) soon to be fiance, her father Andreas (Vasilis Diamantopoulos), an upstanding citizen, lies about having a meeting with the Bishop and instead goes to meet his neighbor ...

Ο Γιάννος κι η Παγώνα (1959)

Pagona loves Yiannos, her father's sheeper, who wants to marry her with Dimos, the son of other sheeper of the nearby village. However, Crystalo loves Yiannos too. ...

We Have Only One Life (1958)

A bank teller discovers an accounting error, becomes rich and lives his life like he's never lived it. ...

An Italian in Greece (1958)

Charming, affluent--with his father's money--and self-assured, a frivolous son who can have any woman he desires falls head over heels for a beautiful Italian student; however, she is a hard nut to crack. Will he manage to impress her? ...

Fanouris and His Kin (1957)

A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help? ...

The Acacia Road (1954)

An honest and sensitive girl who lives with her grandmother, Lena Petri, believes that the man she loved has deceived her in a despicable way. Disappointed, she throws herself in front of a car. Seriously injured, she is taken to the hospital, but is saved ...

Thanasakis, the Politician (1954)

The young daughter (Anna Synodinou) of a well-off family comes back from Switzerland after completing her studies, married to a young scientist, Thanasakis (Byron Pallis), who comes back to Greece determined to serve his country as a politician. With the f ...

Forgotten Faces (1946)

A marginal guy, Tony, returns from America and, in a nightclub, he meets his old love, who has become a prostitute for his sake, abandoning her husband and child. Tony tries to take advantage of his friend's daughter, who is about to get married to a rich ...

Social Decay (1932)

A poor university student, Ntinos Vristhenis, has abandoned his studies due to financial difficulties and is searching for a job. He is hired as an actor in a troupe, where he meets and falls in love with the leading actress. When she yields to a businessm ...