Andreas Filippides

Acting

Andreas Filippides

Born — Died

1919-01-06 — 1989-01-08

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Andreas Filippidis (6 January 1919 – 8 January 1989) was a Greek actor. He was born in Athens in 1919, the son of musical theatre actor Manos Filippidis. He was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre and a final year student of the Law School of the University of Athens. He made his stage debut in 1943 with Mrs. Katerina's troupe in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Intermezzo, playing the role of Gordon. He played alongside Vasso Manolidou, Mary Aroni, Georgios Pappas and Dimitris Horn. He worked at the National Theatre (in leading roles from 1946 to 1957), at the State Theatre of Northern Greece and at the Free Theatre, while for some years he served as a troupe leader. He directed …

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 8 titles

Summer Lovers poster
5.4

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.

Summer Lovers

1982

Loafing and Camouflage poster
7.4

A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.

Loafing and Camouflage

1984

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

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 poster
6.4

A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizelos after the Goudi movement, his dispute with the King over Greece's stance in the First World War, the temporary his withdrawal from politics after his defeat in the 1920 elections and the Asia Minor disaster. A biography of the former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the recreation of his acts and the political and social climate in Greece from 1910 to 1927.

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927

1980

No artwork available
9.0

An Iraqi secret service agent is murdered. The only witness is a woman, but she disappeared without a trace. The journalist Piet Maas actually tracks down Lucia, the murdered man's lover, and does a sensational interview with her. Piet should stick to the matter. He has the feeling that Lucia is hiding the important thing. His suspicions are confirmed. She is in possession of the murdered man's valuable records, which she wants to sell. Piet offers himself to Lucia as a broker...

Eine Art von Zorn

1984

Thilyko thiriotrofeio poster
4.8

In a girls' school, the students compete with each other in scandalous behavior. Sassy and experienced, they decide to seduce one of their serious teachers, the young gym teacher Dimitris, who performs his duties as an educator with great conscientiousness but refuses to see them as women.

Thilyko thiriotrofeio

1984

A Bachelor's Pad For Ten poster
6.2

To make some easy money, Stamatis rents Chroni's house to his womanizer boss Soultanoglou but also to his other boss's wife, Dora, who decided to cheat on her husband ... So, Chroni's house turns into a double love nest for cheating couples, without him having any clue.

A Bachelor's Pad For Ten

1981

Τα φώτα σβήσαν στις οκτώ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Τα φώτα σβήσαν στις οκτώ

1985

1970s · 19 titles

The Crazy Fifty poster
6.4

Andreas Tependris, the director of a mannequin school, meets again with an old friend who has returned from America. He proposes to get him a partner in his business, provided that he has grown up and changed his way of life. So, a new life begins for him by pretending the big businessman. But when he meet a wealthy American woman, he loses his mind and even renounces his fiancé. She, with the help of her daughter and his friends, sets him up for a trap to convince him...

The Crazy Fifty

1971

A Dream of Passion poster
6.2

Maya is a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda, a Bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.

A Dream of Passion

1978

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

The Teacher was One Hell of a Man poster
6.5

The teacher of a primary school in a mountainous village, arrives in Athens to force a rich businessman to keep his promise and to build a new school in the village.

The Teacher was One Hell of a Man

1970

The Enemy of the People poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Enemy of the People

1972

The Circle of Perversion poster
7.5

Anna decides with her lover Vasilis to devise a plan to kill her husband, Levidis. Their accomplice is the notary Karantinos. However, their adopted daughter discovers what they are planning to do...

The Circle of Perversion

1971

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

Conspiracy in the Mediterranean poster
4.0

The adventures of a secret British agent who undertakes his last mission, with Greece as his destination. His mission will prove extremely dangerous, as foreign double agents, the Greek police, and ruthless killers become involved in a relentless chase that takes us to various parts of Greece, such as Meteora, Athens, and Nafplio.

Conspiracy in the Mediterranean

1975

Erotic Symphony poster
6.2

The Peace and Betty are twins and look like as two drops of water but their characters are completely different. Betty is open and jovial man while peace is closed off and timid. Their music professor Roda visitors to their island home and proposes to the Peace who are virtuoso piano to follow a series of concerts in Paris. Initially HESITATES but when Betty will announce that he will marry with Petro, with which peace is also in love, will change their minds and accept the proposal of Roda.

Erotic Symphony

1972

Lieutenant Natassa poster
6.6

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

Lieutenant Natassa

1970

Holidays in Vietnam poster
6.3

Returning from a 3 year captivity in Vietnam, a kind chemist finds his wife married to his boss who has become rich due to his invention.

Holidays in Vietnam

1971

Love forever poster
7.5

A spoiled rich girl falls in love with a poor, good-looking but also talented pianist, rejecting a wealthy suitor from her own class. However, a combination of her parents' pressure and a misunderstanding with her beloved leads her to accept the proposal of a wealthy businessman. At the same time, an accident obliges the young pianist to abandon his piano for quite a long time. And although the young girl stands by him in his time of need, she leaves him the moment he recovers. However, on the night of his first concert, she returns to his side, determined to spend their life together.

Love forever

1970

Souliotes poster
7.0

Souliotes learn that Ali pasha is planning to attack. Photos Tzavellas and his men are ready to defend their freedom. They repel repeatedly Ali's army but after a prolonged siege the decide that they are not to be taken alive. All women go to Zaloggo where they fall off the cliffs dancing, while the men decide to die exploding a convent at Kougi mountain.

Souliotes

1972

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων

1971

The Revolutionary poster
4.3

Set in the 1880's, a rich young man from the middle class falls in love with the daughter of a local count and sets in motion a series of conflicts with the aristocrats of Zante.

The Revolutionary

1971

Groom Urgently Wanted poster
5.1

A mature woman, a widow with a daughter of marrying age, is trying to rebuild her life, but all the men she approaches are interested in her daughter and not herself. After several failed attempts, she eventually manages to find a man of her age.

Groom Urgently Wanted

1971

Love and Betrayal poster
3.3

Agents of German espionage approach the wife of the Greek officer Alexis Mourouzis, and with various tricks they convince her to cooperate with them. She begins to systematically betray her homeland and convey vital information to the enemy, without fully understanding what exactly she is doing. One night, Lieutenant Colonel Mourouzis catches her photographing some secret documents and delivers her to the judge. The truth is revealed, and against her will, the traitor agrees to help her countrymen capture the German spies.

Love and Betrayal

1972

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

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 · 16 titles

Atlas poster
3.4

Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.

Atlas

1961

Phaedra poster
5.7

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

Phaedra

1962

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο

1967

Lolitas of Athens poster
5.0

What lies hidden in a nymphet’s soul? Lust for sex? Self-preservation? Childhood trauma? Father quest? Who can really see? A Police Officer who wants to bring Rosie back onto the right track does - but Rosie is too busy flirting with middle-aged men, destroying virtuous families and scheming her way up the social ladder, while also wallowing in seedy night clubs of the ’60ies wrestling Frida, the naked dancer hiding a rod, for Jim’s eyes only. Jim is not 100% sure which one of the two blondes he wants to kill so he might just make a serious mistake and kill Rosie. But is it really easy for a nymphet to be killed?

Lolitas of Athens

1965

No artwork available
8.0

Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.

Act of Reprisal

1964

Η απολύτρωση poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η απολύτρωση

1961

You Came Too Late poster
7.0

The bond between a young painter and a girl who accidentally encounters a beach finds obstacles because of the information that her father learns about her past, who visits her and persuades her to give up. Based on the story of The Lady with the Camellias.

You Came Too Late

1962

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday poster
6.0

A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con woman, falls in love with her. Against all logic, he refuses to turn her in to the police. Is there a future between them?

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

1962

Loustrakos poster
6.2

The small loustrakos Vasilis Maras alongside the school of fine on the streets of Athens to make money. The mother finds injustice in prison for the murder of Demetrias. With the persistence of the king, however, and the help of a lawyer, the Karelia, the mother of leaving prison.

Loustrakos

1962

The third way poster
8.0

A woman (Tasso Kavvadia), the scion of a wealthy family, returns to Greece after many years and claims her son (George Marinos) from her ex-husband (Dimitris Myrat). She wants to make her son a director in her companies and marry him to a girl (Elli Fotiou), whom she has chosen herself.

The third way

1963

Abduction poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Abduction

1964

The Punk Of Fokionos Negri poster
6.0

A ruthless young man puts on eye the estate of a girl and after he is presented as in love with her, he is trying to convince her to give him all the money she has

The Punk Of Fokionos Negri

1965

You have to live my love poster
8.0

A professional wrestler coming from the wrong side of the tracks aspires to wear the prestigious championship belt. Instead, he finds love and a life-threatening injury. Will he find the courage to face the greatest challenge in his life?

You have to live my love

1965

To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya poster
9.0

A young actress who is about to star in a play by the writer Palla stays at the home of Pavlos, an actress who was left paralysed shortly before performing in Palla's play "The Red Cloak." The young actress is found murdered, and a police officer conducts a thorough investigation to find the culprit.

To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya

1960

Storm poster
8.0

A love story about a young composer and a famous singer who lost her memory.

Storm

1965

The Poor Demons poster
7.0

Two pickpockets get involved in a bank robbery organized by an American, at the urging of a colleague. Dissatisfied with the division of the loot, they confess their crime to the priest and the police officer. In the end, the perpetrators are arrested and the poor devils have a chance to earn their bread honestly.

The Poor Demons

1964

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