
Acting
Hristos Valavanidis
Born 1944-05-21 · Athens, Greece
Christos Valavanidis (Greek: Χρήστος Βαλαβανίδης; 21 May 1944 – 6 March 2026) was a Greek actor and poet. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1979.
Acting credits
7.6A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.
Loafing and Camouflage
1984
A comic tragedy about an obscure but uncompromising journalist, a specialist in ancient Greek sayings, who tries to keep his apartment and lead a decent life, without giving up on his principles, without losing his integrity.
Receptions
2025
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Οι μυαλοφυγόδικοι
1988
6.0A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.
Opa!
2005
When Helen is bored, horrible things happen around her.
Eleni
2011
NRA retiring man in rioting Athens faces ghosts and memories from the past to make choices about the present.
Beatitudes
2012
6.7A paranoid state organises bank robberies to save its crumbling economy.
Patris, listeia, oikogeneia
1987
7.5Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, reunite after years of silence: one arrives from jail, where he has been entering and exiting for years; the other comes from a series of 'accidental' murders; another leaves his wife and kids; the fourth is a wonderer; and the last, the sole female, emerges from a lunatic asylum where she's been hiding for years... These outcasts—tortured from barren love affairs, wounded from the deaths of their beloved and betrayed by the politics of their times—hopelessly try to reconstruct the gang of their puberty, but the revolution is lost... Now, each in their own way, will progress into a journey of death, thus opening a new chapter in the history of their generation.
The Wretches Are Still Singing
1979
5.2Fed up with her unbearable and good-for-nothing husband, a proud Pontian-Greek woman from Kilkis decides to try her luck in the bustling city of Athens in search of a better future. But, can she make it big all alone?
I gynaikara ap' to Kilkis
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Τα ντερέκια
1987
5.8Giannis Giannakis, released from psychiatric hospital after many years, decides to return home to his parents. On his way back he slowly discovers that the outside world is crazier than he thought - and starts to question whether he'd be better off back in the psychiatric ward.
Made in Greece
1987
9.0An unconventional director gets through a critical time in his life. His best friend dies in a car accident and he ignores his girlfriend. The last straw is when he is told to make a movie about his life.
Bitter Movie
1983
5.5A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but also providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
Directing Hell
2011
6.9This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
Crying... Silicon Tears
2001
NRLakis is desperately in love with Lilika. However, her mother, Mrs. Erasmia, does not even want to look at him because he is a poor student. Mrs. Erasmia is a harsh woman, an "iron lady" who runs a boarding house. As a result, Lakis, in his despair, attempts suicide. But his mother remains unmoved, and as for Lilika, she is a weak-willed, beautiful creature who does whatever her mother tells her to do. Finally, after much ado, a mysterious bag of African diamonds solves the lovers' problem and Mom's greed...
Lakis o 1os
1987
6.7A young Greek man goes to Paris seeking help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a woman that he finds on the pavement. A misunderstanding regarding the photograph sets off a series of dramatic misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.
The Photograph
1987
NR"Everything is futile in this world," says Papa-Turbo, "but let's have something on the side." And Papa-Turbo and his company do have something on the side. But as soon as the Mayor tells them that he must take their property, who saw God and did not fear him? Papa-Turbo calls out to the other priests, who with a heavy heart leave their bouzoukis and zeibekis to protect their massa...
Papa-Turbo: They even took our... clothes!
1987
5.8This comedy takes place during a hot summer at a Greek island. We meet Stathis and his company and we watch as they try to get the attention of all kinds of beautiful foreign girls.
Gigolos
1981
5.7Poor Tasos and was so young! But also very jealous. A defect that ultimately cost him his own life as during his last jealousy crisis for of his beautiful girlfriend Alice, he will fall victim of a traffic accident. Archangels will sympathize with him, granting him another five invisible, on land, minutes, where he will have the opportunity to touch his favorite - and not - persons and to intervene in their lives.
Extended Play
2006
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Καρδιακός Φίλος
2005
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Αλλού παπάς αλλού τα ράσα του
1987
6.3Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish?
The Very Poor, Inc.
2000
6.2The feelings of a young lady for a Pontian Greek, whom his fellow countrymen call "the disgrace of Pontus", is obvious to everyone. Kostikas, however, doesn't notice her feelings because his mind is elsewhere. He is trying to become the president of the football team of New Pontus, in order to take the place of Giorikas, who happens to be in love with the lady in question.
I Loved a Pontian
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο νταβατζής με τα ριγέ σώβρακα
1985