Manos Katrakis

Voyage to Cythera (1984)

An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things. ...

The years of the storm (1984)

The years of the storm are Greek historical - dramatic - adventurous film of 1984, directed and directed by Giorgos Tzimas . Starring Michalis Stamatakis Katerina Koutroupida and Menelaos Daflos. Two fighters, cut up in the mountains, after the defeat of t ...

The Man with the Carnation (1980)

The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed. ...

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 (1980)

A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizel ...

A Dream of Passion (1978)

Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spo ...

The sun of death (1978)

The Murderess (1974)

An adaptation of one of the greatest greek novellas ('The Murderess' by Alexandros Papadiamantis). Fragkogiannou (Maria Alkaiou), a hard-done by, deranged woman after a life full of hardship, recalls the past by her newborn girl grandchild's crib. Her mot ...

The Trial of the Judges (1974)

A true story: The trial of judges Polizoidi and Tertseti for disobedience and their triumphant acquittal during the three men regency council, when king Othon of Greece was a minor. The cast of the film was enormous, with almost half of the theatrical peop ...

Οιδίπους τύρρανος (1974)

The Protectors (1973)

Up against his money-grabbing relatives, his compromised superiors, and the state, a firm painter decides to protest by bricking up the windows of his house. Everyone wants to get their hands on his legacy. Will the protectors succeed? ...

Rebels Of The Cities (1972)

A Middle East allied Force commander, Themis, parachutes in occupied Greece to organize a sabotage in the Meteora region but betrays the Germans and falls into ambush. Before retiring, he calls Fotis, a student who had hidden his house, and urges him to go ...

With Fear and Passion (1972)

An incorruptible examiner finds the real culprit of a brutal homicide and tries to release his wrongfully accused ex-lover. Now, he is closer to the solution; but, it takes courage to face the facts. Is he prepared to confront the truth? ...

Aliki the Dictator (1972)

A young woman arrives in Athens with her dog after the death of her father, the head of a bouzouki band that broke up because television took away their work. She settles in the humble home of a friend, who is married to a petty crook, and looks for work. ...

Abuse of authority (1971)

A police officer tries to discover the murderer of his brother, who was a pianist and a morphine. As a member of the Drug Enforcement Department, he tries to identify the head of a drug dealer gang. His unorthodox way of acting upsets his superiors, even t ...

I Love Only You (1970)

A poor and refined water fisherman, Zafeiris Kassis (Nikos Xanthopoulos), who was invited by the barba - Minas pop singer in Athens, maintains his mother and his sister's widow's family. In the center where he sings, Renata, the daughter of the millionaire ...

The Jungle of Cities (1970)

Athens, 1964. A police reporter, Nikos Avgeris, has the journalistic mission to cover a suspected car crash that killed a senior state official. His investigation reveals that the victim was responsible for the financial control of a large building organiz ...

Face to Face with Death (1970)

Seven months after the declaration of the Greco-Italian War, a volunteer nurse and a small group of confidants who take part in the Resistance, face incarceration and horrible tortures, as they refuse to betray their country. ...

Visibility Zero (1970)

Angelos Kreouzis (Nikos Kourkoulos) survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that the disaster was not an accident, but the consequence of the neglect of the ship by those responsible. ...

Hours of love, hours of war (1970)

Towards the end of the war, Eleni meets the rebel Kostas, who is being pursued by the Germans. One night, the rebel arrives wounded at his brother Giannis' house where Eleni works. She'll take care of him, and then they'll say goodbye. When Kostas tries to ...

Refugee Girl on the Run (1969)

After the death of her kind stepfather and Pontian Greek refugee, a young woman arrives in Athens to track down her biological father who is missing since the blood-drenched Pontic genocide in Asia Minor. Will she ever find him? ...

The Seal of God (1969)

After many years of working at sea, Andreas returns to his island in order to clear his dead father's name and settle his debts by taking back his family's boat. Yannis is the powerful man on the island and the one responsible for his father's death. Andre ...

A woman's sacrifice (1969)

A wealthy young man with a bright future, Andreas, finishes the Polytechnic at a time when the lovely Stella, the girl she is in love with, starts her studies at the University. He wants to get married, but his father has other plans in mind: to send him f ...

For Honor and for Love (1969)

Reserve Second Lieutenant Christos Kladis is absent without leave from his unit when he learns that his girlfriend has become engaged to someone else. At the court martial, he refuses to explain himself and is sentenced to dismissal from the army and two y ...

Treason Avenue (1969)

A prisoner of war who escaped from Albania claims to be a major in the Greek army named Alexandros Vergis, causing great confusion within the army, since Vergis had escaped a year ago and now works for Greek counterintelligence. The shock for Vergis' wife ...

The Refugee (1969)

The adoptive son of a lawyer, with the help of a girl who loves him, healed from amnesia, which was caused because of a childhood trauma. He remembers that he has a twin brother. When he discovers, he sees with surprise that his brother has become a succes ...

Bad, Cold, and Cantankerous (1969)

Financially hard-pressed, a good-hearted coffee-shop owner asks his twin brother and famous actor for a loan; but, when he faints and collapses on stage, it's up to him to save the day, and his sibling's reputation. Is he up for the task? ...

Η ώρα της αλήθειας (1969)

The Cannon and the Nightingale (1968)

A quartet of short stories about Greece during the various occupations during World War 2 ...

So Many Dreams on the Streets (1968)

Two ambitious young employees land a job at the small store of an avaricious man, intending to stay there no more than a few months. But, fate has other plans in store for them. How many dreams must one sacrifice to find happiness? ...

The Heart of a Tramp (1968)

Shortly before his father dies, Nikos, as the eldest son, promises to help his twin brother Andreas finish his studies. He sacrifices his dreams and the girl he loves, Anna, and throws himself into the harsh struggle for survival. He sets sail and travels ...

Jane Eyre (1968)

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in f ...

I will turn my heart to stone (1968)

In a mountain village, a dying woman reveals a secret to the priest and entrusts him with her two children, Dimitrakis and Annoula. Growing up, Dimitris leaves for Athens, finds a job, and shortly after, Anna arrives. He falls in love with Betty, while Ste ...

Concert for Machine Guns (1967)

Athens, shortly before the outbreak of World War II and an Army General Staff official, Niki (Jenny Carezis), is charged with channeling confidential documents to an Italian agent. The category is right. The girl was blackmailing herself with the life of h ...

Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός (1967)

The poor daughter of a once-famous musician sees her world turn upside down when she gets fired, and her beau, the son of a wealthy industrialist, finds himself without a place to live. Will his cruel father realise his grave mistake? ...

Lampiris against the outlaws (1967)

Tears for Electra (1966)

Intent on hurting herself, a beautiful but desperate daughter crashes her car on the day of her mother's wedding, unfolding a tragic tale of love, deception, and murder behind the closed doors of a wealthy family. ...

I blame the People (1966)

A new, ambitious prosecutor undertakes a great trial for a murder trial but things get very confused. Instead of the accused, slowly proved that culprit is actually the wife of itself. ...

Thankless (1966)

Αιχμάλωτοι του πεπρωμένου (1966)

The Exodus of Messolongi (1966)

The last days of the historic siege of Messolonghi. The film depicts the whole situation that prevailed in the city after the Turkish siege for many months, and tells the courageous effort of its defenders who are attempting a heroic and desperate exodus. ...

Blood on the Land (1966)

Two rival brothers vie for the same woman against the backdrop of peasant revolts in their Greek homeland. In Thessaly in 1907, a man incites the poor farmers to take over the land they work for the benefit of the landowners. Odysseus (Nikos Kourkoulos), ...

Now that I am leaving life (1966)

Slaves of fate (1966)

With you forever (1966)

A worker, engaged to the owner of the factory where he works, at his mother's request, begins a relationship with a poor girl, who is ill and will soon die. His fiancée discovers his double life and reveals it to the sick girl, who ends up in the hospital ...

The Devastated (1966)

The honest laborer falls into disfavour and is undermined by his factory's son because they both love the daughter of the factory owner without suspecting the secret that unites them. ...

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway) (1966)

Story of a Lifetime (1965)

Targeted for her beauty and pilloried by members of her own village, a poor and orphaned young woman flees from her humble but hostile birthplace to seek refuge in the bosom of the hectic city of Athens. Can love put an end to her ordeals? ...

The Immigrant (1965)

A young man returns to his home after years abroad, despite not becoming wealthy, he has managed to save money for his last years. ...

The Roundup (1965)

A summer night in 1944 in Kokkinia, Kosmas, a black marketeer, is out with his friends before he is arrested by the German patrol. The Germans push him to turn in people from the Resistance, or they will execute him. ...

Heartbreak (1965)

Dimitris Dalikis was the owner of a bank abroad. However, he went bankrupt and returned to Greece with only a few securities left. With the stock market crash, he lost those too, leaving him literally "broke." He was on the verge of suicide when he met Ann ...

Persecution (1964)

We are in 1942, in the middle of the German Occupation, on an island opposite the coast of Asia Minor, where a mature woman, Katerina Rodeli, cares for a wounded resistance fighter named Kanaris. In her memory, there are images of the past, the panic of th ...

Treason (1964)

A Nazi officer arrives in occupied Athens in 1941 and falls in love with a Jewish girl, unaware of her true identity. ...

The Dangerous (1964)

Marinos, Nikos, and Leonidas, along with the tentibossa Sofi, form a small gang that engages in car theft and blackmailing married couples. However, they all fall victim to the notorious Sophie, who lures them into illicit love affairs, where her friends s ...

The Red Lanterns (1963)

The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor. ...

Crazy Blood (1963)

The adventures of a very beautiful young Cretan, who because of the beauty of the suffering of all women who want to conquer. ...

Brother Anna (1963)

Andreas, nephew of the abbot of the Monastery of Dionysios, who died eight years previously, arrives at Agion Oros (Mount Athos) with a team of smugglers of antiquities, with the intention of stealing a gold cross set with precious gems, known as the Cross ...

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 ...

Electra (1962)

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. ...

Triumph (1962)

An unexpected big break changes the life of a young, ambitious actor. ...

Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)

A poor neighborhood of Athens, Asyrmatos, is the center of the world for the people who live there and try in every way to escape from poverty and destitution. A handsome released youth, Ricos (Alekos Alexandrakis), is trying to make money, at the same tim ...

Antigone (1961)

In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteoc ...

The Magic City (1955)

A look at poverty in post-war Athens. Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out. ...

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 ...

Eva (1953)

Young Antinoos is on vacation on an island where he meets a seductive woman, Eva, who is having a miserable time with her middle-aged husband, Alekos. Eva is attracted to Antinoos, who is her missing part, but at the same time, she feels guilty and tries t ...

Marinos Kontaras (1948)

Marinos Kontaras, a pirate in the Aegean, falls in love and abducts beautiful Lemonia. ...

The Raid of the Aegean (1946)

Captain Alexis Komninos manages to escape from the Germans, with the help of the abbot Prudence arrives in Middle East headquarters in Cairo. Assumes office and connected to the beautiful Maria, from which does not hide that he is married. Meanwhile, his w ...

True Love (1932)

It is the third film in a row of the type that much later on was called "fustanella (Greek kilt)", following Gkolfo by Bachatoris (1914) and Astero by Gaziadis (1929). It is based on the successful theatrical play (rhyming pastoral romance) by Dimitrios Ko ...

Έτσι κάνεις, σαν αγαπήσεις (1931)