
Acting
George Dialegmenos
Athens, Greece
Giorgos Dialegmenos (born Athens, 1940 - ) is a Greek playwright, one of the most important contemporary writers. He has written, among others, the plays "We Lost the Goddess Stop" (1975), "I Kiss You on the Face" (1985) and "Bella Venezia" (2005), which have become great theatrical successes. A graduate of the Karolos Koun Art Theater (1962), he has worked as an actor, and has also directed some of his own plays. He is considered groundbreaking and unconventional as a person and as an artist.
Acting credits
6.4Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store, and doesn't approve Stella's quest for fame. When she decides to leave Athens for a singing job offered to her somewhere in north Greece, Andreas sets off on a quest to find her again and convince her to come back to him
Edge of Night
2000
6.4A mysterious disappearance takes place during the shooting of a commercial on the beach in the early morning hours. An unknown man suddenly comes into the shot, then walks into the sea holding an umbrella and seizes to exist, before the bewildered eyes of the whole crew. After the police are notified, a confusing array of red tape manoeuvers begins, revealing the close affiliations of the Authorities with the advertising company manager and the whole mechanism of Mass Media, all of which are trying not to investigate the event but to conceal or even exploit it in their own interest. Only the musician involved in that commercial is trying to figure out what really happened.
The Colors of Iris
1974
6.0This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Oedipus the King
1968
7.5A man trying to get in touch with his past is confronted with the realities of his nation's future in this drama. Andreas (Giorgos Dialegmenos) is an elderly man who finds himself caught in a wave of nostalgia about the home where he grew up with his mother. Andreas decides to travel to the Greek island where he and his mother lived in hopes of visiting his boyhood home, but he soon discovers that things have changed a great deal over the years; many familiar landmarks are gone, and no one on the island is terribly interested in helping him find his way. After much searching, Andreas thinks he's found the place where he grew up, only to discover the house is gone, and a group of refugees have set up camp on what used to be the family's property. Efimeri Poli was the first dramatic feature from director Giorgos Zafiris after helming a series of well-respected documentaries.
Ephemeral Town
2000
6.3A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
1978
7.1Katina, 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.
Thanos and Despina
1967
7.0A documentary about cinema censorship during the dictatorship in Greece (1967- 1974), based on never-before-seen state archives. The film includes clips of films which were either censored or banned, newsreels of that era, interviews with famous directors and also secret documents from the reports of the Censorship Committee that are made public for the first time, portraying a revealing picture of the system’s control mechanisms and providing a fresco of that time.
Affection to the People
2013
8.0O businessman Michael Syrianos, convicted for economic crimes, is released suddenly. He maintains that he is innocent. He proposes to the prosecutor Dimitriou who recommended his conviction, to reopen the case in exchange for leading him to SECRET NOVEMBER, organization assassinated predecessor prosecutor. The prosecutor is obliged to cooperate with the interweaving and interlocking. But as the investigation proceeds the more annoying it is for some. Where it does not pay the bribe, terrorism act. The Syrianos while raising economic demands by the group VOX, where he was CEO. The cycle opens.
Secret November
2002
7.0(Aka 'Pandora') Vissilis wanders around in the dilapidated house, where he was raised by his uncle Kostis. His mind is floded with memories of a time long-gone.
Pandora
2006
