Giannis Argyris

Acting

Giannis Argyris

Born — Died

1918-01-01 — 1993-07-22

Place of birth

Schimatari, Viotia, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Yannis Argyris (Greek: Γιάννης Αργύρης, Schimatari, Boeotia, 1918 − 23 July 1993) was a Greek actor with a fifty-year career, one of the best known of his generation. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre and made his first appearance with the Carousos troupe in 1937, in William Shakespeare's Othello, at the age of just 19. Since then, he has performed hundreds of roles, both in theatre and cinema, and on television. He was the father of conductor Spyros Argyris. (Source: Wikipedia)

Known for

Loxandra poster
6.5

Loxandra is a Greek mother and wife living the ordinary life of a well to-do Greek family in Constantinoupolis of the late 1800s-early 1900s, a world gone forever. Historical events intrude in the background -revolutions, palace coups, massacres, and the great upheavals of WW1 in which Greeks saw their wildest hopes fulfilled, then dashed: for a brief time Constantinoupolis itself was regained, then lost along with all Asia Minor. Through troubles great and small, Loxandra's simple optimism, belief in her Virgin Mary, and love of life carries her family past every difficulty - be it a sumptuous dinner for Easter or secretly giving away her savings to help persecuted Armenians. A representation of a time and place where all neighbors were friends, where they could cook in each other's kitchens or take shelter in each other's cellars.

Loxandra

1980

O Hristos xanastavronetai poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Hristos xanastavronetai

1975

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

The Ogre of Athens poster
7.1

On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.

The Ogre of Athens

1956

Η μάνα της φόνισσας poster
NR

Fanny, young daskalitsa, is in love with Lambros, student of Chemistry. Transferred to the Greek school in Munich and accepts the transfer, to raise money to set up their home, despite the objections of Lambros mother. But fate sets a bad game. When Fanny returned from Munich finds Lambros married with plousiokori Rena, his fellow student. Dreams of collapse and not having anyone in the world to build on going ...

Η μάνα της φόνισσας

1988

Provocation poster
4.2

Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.

Provocation

1971

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

Η μάνα της φόνισσας poster
NR

Fanny, young daskalitsa, is in love with Lambros, student of Chemistry. Transferred to the Greek school in Munich and accepts the transfer, to raise money to set up their home, despite the objections of Lambros mother. But fate sets a bad game. When Fanny returned from Munich finds Lambros married with plousiokori Rena, his fellow student. Dreams of collapse and not having anyone in the world to build on going ...

Η μάνα της φόνισσας

1988

Triantafyllo ki agathi poster
NR

A dramatic story, as true as life itself, as shocking as the harshest fate and as inhuman as the worst nightmare.

Triantafyllo ki agathi

1988

Rose and Thorn: Part II poster
NR

A dramatic story, as true as life itself, as shocking as the harshest fate and as inhuman as the worst nightmare.

Rose and Thorn: Part II

1988

Ο γυρολόγος poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο γυρολόγος

1980

O orkos tou misous poster
NR

Maria Valfi is the daughter of wealthy merchant Valfi, who is unjustly accused in a trial for some uncovered checks. The plaintiff's lawyer in the trial is Dimitris Alexiadis, who is an arrogant lawyer. Valfis commits suicide in court and Maria believes that the lawyer is responsible for her father's death. At her father's grave, Maria swears an oath of hatred against the young lawyer. Her revenge begins seven years later, when she gets a job at his office as a trainee lawyer under the name "Maria Valfopoulou." She then manages to marry him. After the wedding, she reveals her secret and her real name to him. From then on, her oath of hatred turns into an oath of love...

O orkos tou misous

1988

Αστέρι στη λάσπη poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Αστέρι στη λάσπη

1988

1970s · 10 titles

Provocation poster
4.2

Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.

Provocation

1971

Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη

1971

Love on a Horse poster
4.4

A son and his stepmother, without noticing their father/husband peeping at them, make love on a horse. The father, while being a painter, gets inspired and begins a new painting that creates tension between them.

Love on a Horse

1973

Pavlos Melas poster
9.0

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. Pavlos Melas is the symbol of the struggle for the independence of Macedonia in Greece.

Pavlos Melas

1973

Astrapogiannos poster
5.3

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

Astrapogiannos

1970

Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου

1970

The Constellation of Virgin poster
4.2

3 different story's that a prostitute says to her patrons whe she is asked about her story life

The Constellation of Virgin

1973

Η ανταρσία των 10 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ανταρσία των 10

1970

In the name of the law poster
5.8

A traumatised Korean War veteran is accused of arson and murder. Now, the deceased's criminal attorney daughter is determined to send him in prison, even though he claims he's innocent. Will she destroy a man in the name of the law?

In the name of the law

1970

Abuse of authority poster
6.1

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 though they allow him to continue his investigations. When the gang discovers that he is a police officer, he makes him a drug addict, but he manages to detoxify and eventually capture the gang's brain.

Abuse of authority

1971

1960s · 29 titles

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο

1967

Antigone poster
7.6

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 Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...

Antigone

1961

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού

1969

Thanos and Despina poster
7.1

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.

Thanos and Despina

1967

Love and Blood poster
6.0

The abysmal hatred which exists between two landowners is transferred to their natural environment as well. Whatever crosses the river separating the two families, be it man or beast, dies. The film is yet another rendering of the Romeo and Juliet tale, with intense emotions, dominated by the extreme behavior of the heroes. The film tries to imitate the style, atmosphere and action of westerns.

Love and Blood

1968

I Neraida Kai to Palikari poster
5.9

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 are longstanding enemies.

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

1969

Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει

1964

Bloody earth poster
9.0

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.

Bloody earth

1967

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou poster
6.0

A poor violinist gets involved in a bizarre adventure, when a drunken customer at the night club where is working, asks to help him to go home and sleep at the living room.

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou

1963

I am innocent poster
7.0

At first there was the theatrical adaptation, by Manolis Skouloudis, of the legendary Dreyfus Affair (an adaptation based on the novel by Emile Zola). It was then transferred to the cinema. The subject: the early 20th century and the military establishment, with the help of a money-loving and womanizing junior officer (Alekos Alexandrakis), accuses Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Dimitris Myrat) of treason, because he allegedly handed over secrets to the Germans. After a mock trial, where expediency prevailed, Dreyfus was convicted and imprisoned. However, Emile Zola firmly believes in his innocence and, through the press, fights a brave and effective battle, which will lead to the uncovering of the conspiracy and the restoration of the honor of the unjustly slandered captain.

I am innocent

1960

Ματωμένα στέφανα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ματωμένα στέφανα

1961

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου

1968

The Dressmaker poster
10.0

The son of a shipowner is in love with a poor seamstress. When his father reacts to their love, he abandons his wealth and becomes a composer of a folk song, in order to live together.

The Dressmaker

1964

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos poster
6.4

Thanasis, the waiter of country tavern "The seven brothers", is preparing to marry the Anthoula. Shortly before going to church but has an accident and suffers amnesia. While Anthoula, siblings and friends are waiting for him in the church, he wanders the streets unnecessarily.

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos

1967

Το σπίτι των ανέμων poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το σπίτι των ανέμων

1966

The fate of the innocent poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

The fate of the innocent

1965

Το κορίτσι του "17" poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το κορίτσι του "17"

1969

For the Love of my Child poster
10.0

Antonis is a tough and heartless guy who, after several years in prison, is released and returns home, causing great turmoil in the previously peaceful life of the village. Everyone fears him and avoids any kind of conflict with him for any reason. Tassos, however, who has recently returned from abroad and has a heightened sense of justice, does not hesitate to confront him in order to win Vasso's heart and save her child (from her first marriage), who has been kidnapped by Antonis in order to blackmail her.

For the Love of my Child

1963

The Harbor Bum poster
8.0

Accused of stabbing his nightclub singer mistress to death, unscrupulous dockhand Christos is on the run. But he swears he's innocent. Could the harbour bum be telling the truth?

The Harbor Bum

1961

Μας ενώνει ο πόνος poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Μας ενώνει ο πόνος

1964

Δέσπω poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Δέσπω

1962

Those who forgot God poster
10.0

The son of a ruthless moneylender loves a girl whose mother was his father's first love. When he refuses to accept her as his daughter, his son leaves home and takes a job in a car repair shop.

Those who forgot God

1964

Sinful Women of the Night poster
9.0

A poor and uneducated girl is forced into prostitution by a corrupt individual.

Sinful Women of the Night

1966

To Our Teacher, with Love poster
5.0

A young teacher arrives in a village that has been almost completely deserted by emigration and tries to educate the children and bridge the differences between the residents, which stem from the machinations of a powerful landowner.

To Our Teacher, with Love

1969

Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως

1962

Poverty poster
7.0

Kaiti's father decides to end Nikos' family and evicts them. Nikos and his mother rent a room in Anna's family's house. Together with Giovanna's band, in which he is a pianist, he will find himself in Thessaloniki where they have gone for various performances with his beloved, Lisa. Lisa will receive a message and will return hurriedly to Athens. There she will have an accident, will become disabled and will decide to disappear from Nikos' life. Upon returning, Nikos tries in vain to find her...

Poverty

1965

The Drawer of Sin poster
7.7

Greek melodrama about a woman shunned by her family after being raped by her sister's husband.

The Drawer of Sin

1966

Λουίζα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Λουίζα

1966

1950s · 12 titles

The Ogre of Athens poster
7.1

On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.

The Ogre of Athens

1956

Dead City poster
6.8

A young painter returns to his hometown, Mystras, where he falls in love with the daughter of a family with whom his own family has a feud. The girl's father will kill her, thinking she is a man, since she had disguised herself as a man to save her lover.

Dead City

1951

The Child of the Street poster
7.5

A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.

The Child of the Street

1957

Two Grapes poster
5.4

After finding out about the affair between young farmer and his spoiled daughter, the landlord persecutes the former, takes away his family's rented vineyard and wine barrels, de facto dismantling this family. The young man returns on his father's funeral, and meets his old love again.

Two Grapes

1955

As the bride and groom wish poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

As the bride and groom wish

1959

Love In the Sand Dunes poster
4.8

The tragic love of Anna and a prison breaker.

Love In the Sand Dunes

1958

For the love of the shepherdess poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

For the love of the shepherdess

1959

The Big Streets poster
NR

An only child of poor farmers goes to Athens to study medicine. He meets and falls in love with an orphan girl who aspires to become a singer. The young man's father and the girl's aunt, with whom she lives, oppose their relationship. Eventually, the two go to live in a boarding house with their newborn child. They live in poverty and hardship because the young man is an unknown doctor. They quarrel, but they make up and go to live in the doctor's village, now happy.

The Big Streets

1953

Attik's Street Organ poster
5.0

The poor and orphaned Manto tries in every way to care for her sick father. An equally poor musician falls in love with her, but she is in love with Loris, who is of bourgeois origin. Loris falls victim to a plot hatched by a cunning woman. He abandons Manto, who soon gives birth to their child. The poor musician stands by her, but she...

Attik's Street Organ

1955

The She-Wolf poster
8.0

Wanting to have nothing to do with the feud that has decimated not only his own family but also that of his neighbors, an irenic teacher faces his childhood sweetheart who yearns to kill him. Can the feared she-wolf see the error of her ways?

The She-Wolf

1951

Dating Agency poster
4.2

An elderly man, Kosmas, gets involved in a fight and, trying to escape from the police, runs into Maritsa, who is standing in the museum garden waiting for the man of her dreams. He falls in love with her and they decide to get married, but all he knows about her is that she is looking for a husband through the marriage bureau of Pipi and Fifi.

Dating Agency

1956

Joe, the Amazing poster
6.7

Joe, and Gardelis his friend, plan to rob a safe, a Russian émigré, Lavrentis Shack. By opening, however, the safe, -propylcarbamoyl ekplixeos- see, they have stolen all the valuable items, apart from the will of the princess, which defines as heir, poor niece Shack, Nadia maid. Joe will go through a lot: You get into and out of prison, will fall victim to extortion by gangs, ultimately, though, he'll discover the real thief of the safe, which will make the Nadia maid to love ...

Joe, the Amazing

1955

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