Elena Nathanail

Acting

Elena Nathanail

Born 1947-01-19 · Athens, Greece

Elena Nathanael (Greek: Έλενα Ναθαναήλ, January 19, 1947 – March 4, 2008) was a Greek film actress. Her impressively good looks got her noticed in the 1960s by producers and directors of the then-flourishing Greek cinema. She first appeared at the cinema, in the movie Kati na kaiei in 1964, directed by Giannis Dalianidis. Her second screen role was in 1965, in the German movie The Blood of the Walsungs, directed by Rolf Thiele and based on a Thomas Mann novel. A few more parts followed in Greek movies of the late sixties and in most of her roles she was featured as a spoilt rich girl. In 1968 she got the "Best Actress Award" in the International Thessaloniki Film Festival for her role in the movie Randevou me mia agnosti. In the early 1970s she established her screen persona as a free-spirited, beautiful young woman and became a fashion icon. The abrupt decline of the Greek commercial cinema during that decade had an unpleasant impact on her career which was something usual for the Greek film stars of the period. After a seven-year absence she made a comeback with a number of straight-to-video movies, usually light comedies. After that she faded away and she made only some special appearances. One of her roles worthy of her beauty and acting abilities was that of "Julia" in the hugely successful soap opera, Aggigma psyhis, in 1998. Her last appearance was the role of "Maya Hoover" in the popular TV series aired on Mega Channel, Gorgones, in 2007, and her return was warmly received by the audience .

Acting credits

Absences poster
5.9

A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.

Absences

1987

Provocation poster
4.6

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

Apollo Goes on Holiday poster
5.8

Prince Jan is spying on beautiful tour guide Elena from his helicopter while touring Greece. He escapes from his entourage and joins the girl's group, posing as a humble visitor. The two fall in love, but Prince Jan, knowing that he has duties and responsibilities to his country, leaves her, never revealing his true identity.

Apollo Goes on Holiday

1968

Ο 13ος poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο 13ος

1967

Web of Deception poster
7.0

An international crime syndicate absconds with over $5 million in precious jewels. Police are baffled. The insurance companies are outraged. When dashing Tony Driscoll-private investigator-is called in, the robbery investigation quickly becomes a murder case. And Driscoll is suspect #1. Dodging cops as well as criminals, Driscoll steps into a subterranean world. A world of beautiful women, exotic ports and sleek fast cars. Where hunter becomes hunted-and romance is heartbeats away from death.

Web of Deception

1971

The Jet Set poster
6.1

Erotica set in Greece's upper class of the 1970s. Elena Chrysou, a rich, beautiful, and idle woman, seeks to meet Thanos Vergis, a wealthy businessman. He mistakes her for a paid model, and she becomes involved in a murder...

The Jet Set

1972

Ο τελευταίος έρωτας poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο τελευταίος έρωτας

1988

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

Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο

1966

Volunteer in Eros poster
6.2

A kind accountant meets the statuesque owner of a boutique who comes up with a double proposal: apart from bookkeeping, he has to help her with her fiancé. As deeper feelings take over, will this brave volunteer of love emerge victorious?

Volunteer in Eros

1971

Τα σημάδια του ήλιου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Τα σημάδια του ήλιου

1990

Wake up Vassili poster
7.0

Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.

Wake up Vassili

1969

A Matter of Fatal Importance poster
6.0

The Antonis Maras, a successful professional, and his wife Olga live a peaceful and happy life until the Antonis discovers the double life of his wife. Instructs s` an employee to monitor and eventually will discover that the husband goes secretly to a remote house. The secret of Olga, however, is that extorted by a coil holding her brother hostage. The brother of escapes and suicides and members of Spiral abduct Olga.

A Matter of Fatal Importance

1973

A Short Man Will Save Us poster
4.3

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

Assignment Skybolt poster
7.0

An American secret service agent goes to Greece to investigate a stolen hydrogen bomb. It's connected to an antique coin that belonged to his brother...another agent. Now he's tasked with taking his brother out!

Assignment Skybolt

1968

Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος

1986

The optimist poster
7.5

A minor fender-bender triggers a string of unexpected events when a young optimist and car sales representative chances upon the incognito daughter of his antagonist. Will this lead to a fresh romance, and the fulfilment of his dreams?

The optimist

1973

That Summer poster
6.2

A couple has been divorced for two years and is on the verge of divorce. Petros arrives from London at the invitation of his wife and their meeting warms up their old love. Peter is ready to start a new life with her, but she herself is doomed to die of cancer. This summer will be the last for both of them and the only thing left for Peter to do is stand by their child's side.

That Summer

1971

The Fear poster
7.2

In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife. Meanwhile, his son the pervert becomes fascinated with the family's maid, a deaf-mute.

The Fear

1966

Black Out p.s. Red Out poster
4.6

After her fighter pilot boyfriend commits suicide by crashing his jet into the ocean, a Greek fashion model reflects on their relationship and how it started, developed, then deteriorated. After a long bout of depression over his death, she learns that he may not be dead after all. Why would he have kept himself hidden from her, and will she ever be able to find him again?

Black Out p.s. Red Out

1998

Παγίδα στην Ελλάδα poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Παγίδα στην Ελλάδα

1982

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway) poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)

1966

You are in the EEC, Learn About the EEC poster
4.0

With Greece about to join the EEC, the folks in a village are split: the right-wing president, Nomass, is an ardent supporter of accession, the left-wing secretary Leonidas is categorically opposed, and the socialist Michalis has some doubts. In addition to their common concerns, they are also preoccupied with the charms of the voluptuous and provocative widow Margarita. However, when they go down to Athens to sell their harvest and try to get decent prices for their oranges, they find that all the authorities are mocking them. The farmers find them sticks.

You are in the EEC, Learn About the EEC

1981

The Leventopaido poster
4.5

Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio. One night at the shop comes the rich Elena, which hides the truth about her financial situation, he falls in love with her and separates him from Maryio. However, after an accident, the real identity of Elena is revealed, as is the fact that she is betrothed. Elena, seeing the misfortune she has scattered around her, pretends that Aristos was just an adventure for her and lets him return to Maryio.

The Leventopaido

1969