Kostas Karagiorgis

Acting

Kostas Karagiorgis

Born — Died

1938-03-12 — 1989-05-13

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Kostas Karagiorgis (Athens or Andros, 12 March 1938 – 13 May 1989) was a Greek film, theatre and television actor. A graduate of Panteion, he was also a graduate of the Drama School of the National Conservatory, while he also studied piano. In 1960, he made his first appearance on the stage. He took part in many theatrical performances and films, as well as in well-known television series (En tuto nika, Kokoromyali, Dekato trite anakiritiko Office, To kanala ton paranomon). Previously, he had distinguished himself by playing the role of Greek army captain Hector Psachos in Nikos Foskolos' popular TV series Agnostos polēmos. He was married to Stella Livaniou, a dancer. He died suddenly and pr…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 42 titles

Το κάμπινγκ του έρωτα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το κάμπινγκ του έρωτα

1986

Come... Kiss... Finished! poster
4.4

An incorrigible but penniless philanderer decides to go on a Mediterranean cruise on borrowed money; however, pretty soon, love will come knocking on his door.

Come... Kiss... Finished!

1986

Η φάπα της χρονιάς poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η φάπα της χρονιάς

1987

Φρόσω Φροσάρα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Φρόσω Φροσάρα

1988

Θέλω να σου πω poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Θέλω να σου πω

1989

The Jerks poster
6.0

Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, however, is crowned by complete failure. Actually, Babis used Leonidas to create a diversion in order to rob a jeweler's shop. Leonidas flies into a rage and swears to take revenge on the "teacher". The scuffle that follows results in all of them ending up in hospital.

The Jerks

1987

Ο κερατοκυνηγός poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο κερατοκυνηγός

1987

Η Μαντόνα από τα Πετράλωνα poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η Μαντόνα από τα Πετράλωνα

1986

Το κοροϊδάκι της Ελένης poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το κοροϊδάκι της Ελένης

1986

Η Κόμπρα απ' τα Γιάννενα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η Κόμπρα απ' τα Γιάννενα

1986

Έλα κάτσε στο παπί μου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Έλα κάτσε στο παπί μου

1987

Σας έπιασα στα πράσα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Σας έπιασα στα πράσα

1987

Η Κόμπρα απ' τα Γιάννενα poster
8.0

Cobras is a small-time con artist who gets by with choppers. One day, however, the "godfather" appears in front of him, who puts him in a big multi-million trick. But entering the trick, he discovers that in the middle there is another cabal with more money and so he decides to act for himself from now on...

Η Κόμπρα απ' τα Γιάννενα

1985

Gymna skandala poster
4.0

One lie requires two to cover it up, and two require four. Even Kosmas cannot escape this inviolable rule, who, in order to regularly escape his marital obligations, has created a fictional representative for his business in Rhodes. When he needs to introduce this representative, his only solution is to turn to an old friend with questionable tastes, Lele, who shows up completely unexpectedly to ask for his help. The second lie will create tragicomic situations because the imaginary person also takes on flesh and blood, claiming his own rights, resulting in a chain of misunderstandings that, for Kosmas, is a dead end...

Gymna skandala

1985

Ο Τελευταίος... Μπάτσος poster
10.0

A police officer is called, along with his team, to investigate a kidnapping case of a young son of a businessman.

Ο Τελευταίος... Μπάτσος

1987

The cop chief Natasa poster
NR

Greek police comedy. The chief constable Natasha also has a passion for cleanliness, and thus in the department she serves, various hilarious episodes are created due to her whims. She does very well at her job because with her intelligence she reconciles most of the cases that arise. However, she also has her problems because she loves her Commander, who is indifferent, while he is not moved by the love of a simple constable and a greengrocer. However, the problems grow when Natasha is chasing a gang of antique smugglers, who use a lookalike of her to deceive. She learns this, however, somewhat late when she is kidnapped and finds herself tied up on a sloop...

The cop chief Natasa

1987

Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent poster
5.1

A peaceful little man who suffers all kinds of abuse from his mother-in-law, struggles desperately to have a child. And what doesn't he do to become fertile: he swallows mandrakes and drinks infusions with strange herbs, he prays to God to give him a child, and he jumps over fires to drive away the demons. But when all this fails, the great conflict with the "cursed snake," his evil mother-in-law, ensues.

Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent

1982

The Pontians poster
6.4

Giorikas and Kostikas, Pontian immigrants, return to Greece from Germany. Their goal is to understand why jokes are told about Pontians and who spreads them. They learn that some Pontians are responsible. Kostikas stops the circulation of the jokes until he realizes how sad life is without them, so he allows them to be circulated again.

The Pontians

1986

Στιγμές αγάπης poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Στιγμές αγάπης

1987

Ο μπαμπάς μου ο ανάρχας poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο μπαμπάς μου ο ανάρχας

1987

Me... and My Bird poster
5.6

A photo reporter, shortly before leaving for a job in Cyprus, becomes unwittingly the recipient of a golden owl, who stole a gang from the archaeological museum, who are following him in order to take the owl back.

Me... and My Bird

1982

Madona gia panta poster
NR

Kaiti is a secretary at a record company. Kostas, the director of the record company, watches a video and discovers the talent of an up-and-coming singer. He immediately begins searching for her, but another company enters the fray and a race ensues between them. However, everything takes a turn when Kaiti, who is in love with him, enters the game as well...

Madona gia panta

1986

Δημόσιος κίνδυνος Νο:1... ...και κάτι! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δημόσιος κίνδυνος Νο:1... ...και κάτι!

1985

Ο Σαλονικιός poster
10.0

Salonikios spent most of his life in a prison because he wanted to be free.

Ο Σαλονικιός

1987

Ένας τίμιος απατεώνας poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ένας τίμιος απατεώνας

1989

Antzela, o peirasmos poster
2.0

Two high-end jewelry designers in a deadly feud. A wealthy shipowner who wants to secure his social status. A suspicious anarchist whose motives no one knows. A private detective who tries in vain to imitate James Bond, and three eccentric photographers with their own peculiarities. These are the people who bring Angela's life to a dead end. Angela, a sought-after photo model whose ambitions are aimed at the glittering world of show business and singing, will at some point find herself deeply entangled in an extravagant adventure of great interests and unrestrained erotic passions, with no one able to predict what will happen next...

Antzela, o peirasmos

1988

Για μια χούφτα εκατομμύρια poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Για μια χούφτα εκατομμύρια

1987

I sexouala poster
NR

A midwife returns from America, Barbara, and stays at her younger daughter, Rena. There he strengthens the climate with his feminist views and endangers the happiness of the couple.

I sexouala

1986

An Upset in My Bed poster
5.0

A newlywed couple arrive at their hotel only to be held captive by a criminal who's bombed the parking garage and has another ticking time bomb in this Greek shot-on-video comedy.

An Upset in My Bed

1987

Remember September poster
NR

Kostas and Stella, a couple in love, who are like cats and dogs, break the bonds of marriage. However, the two now become four, since Kostas finds Christina and Stella finds Nontas. As if that were not enough, another couple is added, Christina's mother, a wealthy hotel owner, and a Mr. Politis, with a suspicious past and a cunning present. Thus we find ourselves faced with love conflicts

Remember September

1985

Αλεξιπτωτιστής για Κλάματα poster
NR

Stamatis Tzelepis starring in this film. He is ranked in the parachutist school and the gossip begins ... and the parade.

Αλεξιπτωτιστής για Κλάματα

1989

O nonos poster
NR

Haris Acharos is a poor family man, a tax collector by profession, very honest and unwilling to compromise his conscience in any way. His financial problems are great and the temptations to take bribes are many, but Haris Acharos is unshakeable. As a result, his family is deprived and he argues with his wife on a daily basis. His only hope is that his godfather will come from Chicago to bail him out financially. The godfather arrives and solves all his problems, but gets him into other kinds of trouble because he is a mafioso...

O nonos

1987

Politsmana's Balcony poster
4.3

A housewife slips into her cousin's police uniform to check on her husband who is dazzled by a seductive industrial spy, and in the meantime, gives wrongdoers what they deserve. But, can a law-enforcement uniform save her marriage?

Politsmana's Balcony

1981

The Saint of Preveza poster
4.5

It concerns the sinful life and scandals of Metropolitan of Preveza, who was involved in various suspicious cases. His activity is described in the darker colors and the subject gets political dimensions, in relation to the prevailing situation within the Greek Church.

The Saint of Preveza

1982

Anyone Else for Heaven? poster
6.3

The honorable Ieremias Ayioklimas has a car accident and is driven to Heaven, where he asks God to allow him a temporary return to Earth in order to pay his debts to the bank. God agrees and sends him back, together with another dead man named Machos and the Archangel Ezekel.

Anyone Else for Heaven?

1983

I Really Play the Man poster
5.3

Zinon is a successful fashion designer but he has family problems. His wife, his children and his parents-in law are too abusive and uncaring. Everything changes when the police starts looking for a serial killer who is identical to Zinon.

I Really Play the Man

1983

Τα λιγούρια poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Τα λιγούρια

1986

Oi batsoi poulane tin iroini poster
6.5

Sergeant Georgios of the narcotics squad is transferred to Athens, where the leader of a drug ring, who wants to take revenge on him for dismantling his network in Evros, uses a 16-year-old drug addict to trap him...

Oi batsoi poulane tin iroini

1989

Erastis horis gynaika poster
6.0

Tolis, an avid lottery ticket buyer, wins the first prize, but while celebrating his success in the streets, he is killed by a passing car. However, he returns to his wife as a ghost, having been granted permission by the Almighty, with the aim of restoring her...

Erastis horis gynaika

1986

A Short Man Will Save Us poster
4.6

The Fontas Tsakiris is a truck driver and avid viewer. His dream is to have his taxi, but loses his job and is forced to seek employment elsewhere. Recourse to a TV production company, which is run by Flora, the dynamic daughter delicate Spyros Apostolou. There, the director of the big successes Belokas Harry discovers his talent and his Fontas accepts to star in the new TV series, with the condition to keep secret his marriage to Martha, which is forced to represent his sister, Christina.

A Short Man Will Save Us

1981

I vasilissa tis rengas poster
NR

Rena inherits a company that imports herring. She tries to enter high society by pretending to be an aristocrat. But in doing so, she repeatedly falls victim to prospective suitors who want to get their hands on her fortune. When Rena realizes what is happening, the fun begins...

I vasilissa tis rengas

1987

Babysitter for older girls poster
1.0

A personal security guard takes on the protection of a newly wealthy family: the mother, father, two mischievous twins, and their eldest daughter. Who should he watch out for and protect most from would-be kidnappers?

Babysitter for older girls

1988

1970s · 11 titles

Dangerous Cargo poster
5.1

A pirate takes over a munitions ship, killing the captain, and when the crew mutinies and abandons ship, is left aboard with the captain's widow.

Dangerous Cargo

1977

The Devil's Men poster
4.1

A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax kidnaps three young people and Father Roche & Milo must save them from the hands of this evil.

The Devil's Men

1976

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

Operation Kraipe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Operation Kraipe

1971

The sun-born poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The sun-born

1971

Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh poster
3.5

A female hotel manager and her male accomplice, murder a German gangster to steal his diamonds. Soon, other members of the gang arrive to find out what went on.

Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh

1972

The years of rage poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

The years of rage

1973

Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλια poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλια

1976

Το κρυφό σπίτι της Αγγέλας poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το κρυφό σπίτι της Αγγέλας

1972

Order: Kill Makarios poster
9.0

A Greek journalist, Thomas Giannidis, learns that there will be an assassination attempt against Archbishop Makarios on July 15, 1974. After making several unsuccessful attempts to publish the information in the newspaper where he works, he decides to go to Cyprus. There he meets a Cypriot girl, Mary, whose brother serves in Makarios' presidential guard, and they put him in touch with Makarios himself. Makarios assures him that there have been many attempts in the past and is not impressed by his information. After an attempt to kill the journalist, the presidential guard decides to find evidence in the illegal organization's hideout. Then the coup takes place on the 15th and the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974.

Order: Kill Makarios

1975

Girl of Passion poster
3.7

Niovi is an unhappily married girl daydreaming constantly in her erotic fantasies. Her sister sets her up with a gigolo so she could black mail her and her husband but things go wrong.

Girl of Passion

1974

1960s · 5 titles

The Death of Alexandros poster
8.0

Alexander is a young man who dies of leukemia at the age of twenty-six. At the hospital, his mother, his wife, and his friends stand by his side. Trying to react to the grim idea of his impending death, he asks his wife to make love to him. His memories take him back to his early adolescence and his first sexual encounter in a brothel.

The Death of Alexandros

1966

The Man From Mykonos poster
6.5

In Belgium, Silvio Donati, a young painter, meets Dorothée Yanakov, a rich woman, older than him. Tempted by her money, Silvio marries her. After a time, while in Mykonos for business, Silvio comes across Pascale, his former mistress. Soon, their flame is rekindled and Dorothée instantly becomes a disturbance. The only way out for Silvio is to get rid of his wife...

The Man From Mykonos

1966

On High Treason poster
10.0

In a small village, Michalis, who suffers from amnesia, does not remember that he and three of his fellow villagers were surrounded by the enemy. Specifically, on their way back to their village after the collapse of the Albanian front and the German invasion, somewhere in the Larissa area, the men were supposed to meet up with resistance fighters. However, Michalis does not remember the trap they fell into, where his two companions were killed and he himself was wounded, while the fourth was absent. Yannis had disappeared but suddenly returns to his home, and his presence upsets Michalis. Yannis' father quickly understands why: his son, in order to save his own skin, had betrayed his friends to the Germans. An honest man and a fiery patriot, he tries his son on charges of high treason, finds him guilty, and executes him.

On High Treason

1968

Glory Sky poster
7.1

During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

Glory Sky

1962

Excursion poster
7.5

1941 and the war culminates. The wife of a lieutenant and a sergeant fall madly in love. Times and circumstances -military service, marriage, friendship between the two men- forbid this love, but do not negate it. When the lieutenant is injured and taken to hospital, the two lovers, against all odds, dare the only possible way out: he defects, she leaves her husband, and they begin a journey without return towards the border.

Excursion

1966