Orestis Makris

A girl different from the others (1968)

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? ...

Ο Πόνος του Μπεκρή (1966)

Trapped in a downward spiral of self-loathing, a once-successful merchant and now an alcohol-dependent loner tries to drown his sorrows, after the disappearance of his only son. Can the mysterious and kind new friend help him find him? ...

With Pain and Tears (1965)

Alekos serves as captain of LOC in the area of Trikala. He loves Maria, which she keeps her relationship hidden from hers. When her father discovers it, he sends her to a monastery. Alekos is looking for her but can not find her. He leaves for the war, whe ...

The despised (1965)

Wronged (1964)

Angelica, a beautiful and talented girl, comes out of the orphanage and finds work in a secular center. The son of the owner, Alkis, urges her to become a singer and, of course, she is not late to become a star. Some day, however, he learns that the orphan ...

Every Sorrow And Tear (1964)

With her father presumed dead during the German occupation in Athens and with an ailing mother, a poor secretary faces incarceration after a treasonous theft at the office. Only a kind friend can help her; however, is she truly guilty? ...

Beggar of Love (1964)

A pop singer with a good heart and a lot of achievements, Manos, tenderly loves an orphan anthopolida, Annoula, which works several years in the center singing Manos, in order to finish high school. When he decides to leave Daisy's mistress and marry Anna, ...

Aristides and his Girls (1964)

Aristides, a widowed professor, lives with his housekeeper Eudokia and his three daughters, whom he has raised with strict principles. But what happens when he discovers that his daughters are planning a party? He takes drastic measures and forbids them fr ...

The Daily Wage of Pain (1964)

A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and find happiness. However, their quest for happiness turns into a harsh struggle for survival. ...

The steps of life (1962)

At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams of a life different from the one his father has already planned for him. But, can a man renounce his origins to follow his passion? ...

Mrs. Midwife (1961)

The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. ...

Our Good Angel (1961)

After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispensable to both the firm and her family. Is he, indeed, their good angel? ...

Thieves out! (1961)

When the general manager who possesses 70% of the shares of a steelworks learns that he is sick and has to go abroad to be cured, he hands his shares to Timoleon Adamantas (Orestis Makris), his brother, a teacher, with whom he hasn't spoken for almost 30 y ...

Snow White and the 7 Old Boys (1960)

Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is studying abroad. Her stepmother treats her cruelly and forces her to escape from home. Alexia finds herself in an isolated area by chance, where she is dis ...

One Drachma Jasmine (1960)

Alexis and Anna-Maria fall in love each other after a car accident. Alexis is rich and Anna-Maria is studying music. Her grandfather, a renowned conductor, now plays music in tavernas to win his bread. A boy who sells jasmine helps the couple stay together ...

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. ...

Maiden's Cheek (1959)

Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls' high school in Athens. His students, daughters of rich Athenian families, are very spoilt making his and the other teachers work difficult. When he starts implementing discipline in his class, the g ...

O Thymios takane thalassa (1959)

The Thimios leaves the village, the Vlachokerasia along with wife and children to come to the capital for a job. In the train station saves from suicide Liza, Brigadier daughter. In begging, however, occur to her father as Dr. Beliris, fiance Lisa. He will ...

Stournara 288 (1959)

Through the narration of a tenant of a block of flats on 288 Stournara street, we watch the everyday stories of people living in the city, their problems, their comic situations and their love affairs. ...

One Street Organ, One Life (1958)

An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and gives it to a family (Lavrentis Dianellos and Nitsa Tsaganea) to raise. The child (Jenny Karezi) is raised co ...

The Island of Silence (1958)

"700 meters far from humans, and million meters far from humanity…" The study of the life of the lepers of Spinalonga with a dedication and affection that brighten the neo-realistic and documentaristic framework and style of the film. Plot: We watch r ...

The Auntie from Chicago (1957)

Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises his four daughters with... military discipline, taking care of their culture, their appearance and their good behavior. Despite all his desire to marry them, ...

Horse and Carriage (1957)

An old chauffeur, after removing his rambling son, decides to live with his orphaned girl while facing the advent of the car that displaces the carts. ...

At Night The Entanglements (1957)

The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman. ...

The Abduction of Persephone (1956)

Two villages are in conflict over the waters of a region, but the love between two young people will restore order. ...

The Counterfeit Coin (1955)

Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, ...

To Fintanaki (1955)

In a small courtyard of an Athenian neighborhood, the tenants become the owner of the cunning landlady who intervenes in their lives. ...

The Girl of the Neighbourhood (1954)

Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are the shoe shiner Tsichlas and the drunkard Barba-Stamos. One day, he decides that the time has come to ask for Pitsa's hand in marriage. The poor neighborho ...

Grousouzis (1952)

Agatocles, a grumpy and gruesome caffector, finds out a baby's out of his cafe and, to the surprise of everyone, decides to adopt it. ...

The Drunkard (1950)

After losing his son in WW2, a poor cobbler has become a drunkard and laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When his daughter falls in love with a rich young man, he tries in vain to hide his passion from the young man's family. ...

The Wizard of Athens (1931)

A musician-magician of noble heritage wins the hearts of women. When his darling leaves him for a rich man, he does everything in his power to win her back. ...