
Acting
Giannis Argyris
Born 1918-01-01 · Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
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)
Acting credits
6.0A 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
1968
4.6Angelos 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
1970
6.4Thanasis, 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Το κορίτσι του "17"
1969
7.3The 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
4.4A 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ματωμένα στέφανα
1961
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Το σπίτι των ανέμων
1966
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Καραγκούνα
1961
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Η ανταρσία των 10
1970
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη
1971
9.0The 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
As the bride and groom wish
1959
9.0The 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Αστέρι στη λάσπη
1988
6.1Fourtounakis’ 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
7.1On 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
7.0At 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
10.0Antonis 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει
1964
NRA dramatic story, as true as life itself, as shocking as the harshest fate and as inhuman as the worst nightmare.
Triantafyllo ki agathi
1988