Giannis Gionakis

Acting

Giannis Gionakis

Born — Died

1922-09-18 — 2002-08-25

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Giannis Gionakis was a Greek actor in film and theater. Gionakis was born in Athens in 1922. He began his studies at the medical school, but was won over by acting and proceeded to study theatre at the Karolos Koun Dramatic School and the Greek Odeon. He became particularly well known for his comedic roles in movies, where he was associated with portrayals of kind but dim-witted people.

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 12 titles

Koroido Romie poster
7.5

Potis and Fotis are partners in a supermarket. One cares about the company, while the other prefers to party with a wasteful lady. But, a beautiful shoplifter offers the opportunity to Fotis to discipline his partner.

Koroido Romie

1981

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

Πως να παντρέψεις την γυναίκα σου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Πως να παντρέψεις την γυναίκα σου

1985

Crazy Holiday poster
NR

Peter, a lively and wacky young, along with the equally crazy friends, erecting tents on a beach next to a luxury hotel, which makes a holiday of the girl, Anna, along with strict parents of, not the allow comes with this company. The sister of Peter drifted into a supposedly Anna erotic rendezvous father to give the opportunity to Anna to see his brother

Crazy Holiday

1985

Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή

1987

Traffic Cop Varvara poster
4.7

Much to his surprise and not a moment too soon, the young long-term unemployed, Achilleas Taleporos, realises that his striking resemblance to his twin sister and traffic officer, Varvara, will finally land him a steady job, provided that he went the extra mile to succeed. Suddenly, his sister's uniform, a pair of black almond-toe pumps, a flaxen wig and a little bit of make-up will open the doors to the Police Academy, where "Varvara", amidst an all-female class, gets a rigorous training. But, now that the new recruit in disguise is finally accepted, what are the chances of finding true love in the most unusual of places?

Traffic Cop Varvara

1981

Ο γύφτος και η Πόντια poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο γύφτος και η Πόντια

1987

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

No synopsis available yet.

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

1985

Γύφτικη Κομπανία poster
6.2

When Tamtakos' house is brought down by the bulldozer a record company makes him a proposition for a new band.

Γύφτικη Κομπανία

1983

Κορόιδο γαμπρός και κερατάς poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Κορόιδο γαμπρός και κερατάς

1986

Ο νίνζα με τη γκλίτσα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο νίνζα με τη γκλίτσα

1986

Wheel Bag and Kopana poster
5.9

A major hit in the Greek cinemas at the time, this comedy by Omiros Efstratiadis is about a bunch of teenagers who make things difficult for their teachers.

Wheel Bag and Kopana

1982

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 36 titles

The yellow gloves poster
6.9

When it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?

The yellow gloves

1960

Το αγρίμι poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Το αγρίμι

1960

A Rich Without Money poster
4.2

A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .

A Rich Without Money

1967

Eva Has Not Sinned poster
4.7

A pretty and chubby woman, Eva, Fontas ex- wife, is now married to the neighborhood’s tavern owner, Menelaos, who gives her a hard time being unbelievably jealous. His jealousy is sparked off by the large number of admirers his wife has, as well as the malicious Fontas.

Eva Has Not Sinned

1965

Alice in the Navy poster
6.5

Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!

Alice in the Navy

1961

Our Good Angel poster
6.1

After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispensable to both the firm and her family. Is he, indeed, their good angel?

Our Good Angel

1961

Aristides and his Girls poster
7.2

Aristides, a widowed professor, lives with his housekeeper Eudokia and his three daughters, whom he has raised with strict principles. But what happens when he discovers that his daughters are planning a party? He takes drastic measures and forbids them from leaving the house. He entrusts Faidon with the task of finding them husbands. The girls' friends, Giorgos and Dimitris, then dress up as young ladies and present themselves at the house as their classmates from the conservatory...

Aristides and his Girls

1964

Another One for the Million poster
6.5

The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.

Another One for the Million

1964

The Mischief-Makers poster
8.0

Two unemployed men are linked by friendship and go through many adventures together.

The Mischief-Makers

1963

My Groom, the Lawyer! poster
6.7

A barber wants to marry his daughter to a scientist. He believes that he has found the proper candidate in the face of a trainee lawyer.

My Groom, the Lawyer!

1962

Athens by Night poster
6.0

Wandering Athens by night. A grand parade with actors, singers, composers, orchestras, attractions and generally performing artists of the night, in a series of great figures who made significant humorist. Sung by Gregory Bithikotsis Jenny Vanou, Mary Linda, Giannis Vogiatzis George Zambetas Laura Tony brushes etc. Displays orchestras Mouzaki George, Gerasimos Lavranos, Von-Von, Apostolatou and Mikis Theodorakis.

Athens by Night

1962

10 Days in Paris poster
5.5

Two men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives.

10 Days in Paris

1962

Runaway Bride poster
6.6

In her delicate bridal gown and bent on finding her beloved, a determined would-be wife flees from a dreadful marriage of convenience and enlists the help of a kind wandering salesman. Can anyone stand in the way of a woman in love?

Runaway Bride

1962

Sucker Groom poster
6.6

Two fanciful friends earn a half-apartment in a lottery and are forced to cohabit, while they like the same girl and want to marry her. So one tries to put obstacles in the other and engage in comic situations.

Sucker Groom

1962

The Greedy poster
7.0

The daughter of a factory owner beats with her car, the unemployed and hungry Chris, and her father from the obligation to recruit staff. Life Christos changing for the better and all you want to complete the happiness is to marry the daughter of his boss.

The Greedy

1967

Agents 005 Against Goldenfoot poster
5.6

Two James Bond fans, Kosmas and Damianos Bouralas, own a wine bar and hold a 5% stake in an industry. Mikes Pararas, who owns 47.5% of the same industry, is a wealthy man who, together with his partner Telis Hatzineftis, exploits and mistreats the employees and steals from the company. The arrival of the owner of the other 47.5%, Rita Pavlidi, will help the two friends take control of the business, after Chrysopodaros' misdeeds are revealed.

Agents 005 Against Goldenfoot

1965

Mini Skirt and Karate poster
8.3

A tenant who wants to write an armed forces officer's biography falls head over heels with his beautiful niece instead. As his friend falls in love with the same girl, they all meet with his sour landlady. But, can one put love on hold?

Mini Skirt and Karate

1967

A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush poster
5.7

The daughter of a miser grocer react to their father's effort to marry with the man he approves. When her uncle from America and her older sister arrive, the situation radically changes, because the new arrivals happen to be open-minded and view things in a different light.

A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush

1965

All Men Are the Same poster
4.8

Polyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the girl, she leaves her husband and goes to live at her parents' house. There, however, by chance, her former maid comes to work as a domestic helper. Polyxeni's father, brother, son-in-law, a naval officer, and two of his sailors fall in love with the maid, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations.

All Men Are the Same

1966

Seven Days of Lying poster
7.0

Lukas and Sotiris hate the work but are forced to make ends meet working as salesman of books. In one visit, Luke would accept a proposal from the hostess, Fofi to represent her husband in the eyes of Julia's aunt, as long as you remain in Greece.

Seven Days of Lying

1963

Κορίτσια της Αθήνας poster
6.5

A romantic saleswoman nurtures the sweet fantasy of marrying a rich lad who will turn her life around, as a low-ranking office clerk has exactly the same aspirations. Can they count on true love, or is it all about the money?

Κορίτσια της Αθήνας

1961

Giannis Messed Up poster
5.6

A retired General sends his nephew, Giannis, to Athens so to settle into a job. One day, Giannis discovers that a stolen suitcase which has given him to guard contains something suspicious. The naïve Giannis decides to hand it over to the police. The rich owner of the suitcase, is looking for a clever husband for his daughter Kathy, and Giannis seems to be the most appropriate person.

Giannis Messed Up

1964

The Father-in-Law poster
5.5

Xristos is married to the rich Rena. In fact the rich is his mother-in-law, who has big business abroad. In Greece the mother-in-law gives the hotel's managment to Xristos but also loads to him all the work. Desperate, he decides to slam the yoke and kill her ...

The Father-in-Law

1968

Unmarried Groom poster
7.0

A kind-hearted teacher saves a girl from suicide and takes her into his home. However, he is newly married and the next day he leaves with his wife for their honeymoon. On the train, he encounters the same girl. The situation quickly becomes complicated, his wife becomes suspicious, and many misunderstandings arise.

Unmarried Groom

1967

Lafina poster
7.0

Giorgis is the only son of the richest tseligas of a mountain village. Although he is considered a sought-after groom, he only has eyes for Droso, who reciprocates his feelings. The obstacle to their love is Giorgis' father. He is a cruel usurer who has confiscated the girl's fields. After a fight between father and son, the former falls dead. However, everyone believes that Droso killed him. Droso runs away from the village and takes refuge in the caves and cliffs, among the lads of the robber Zarvas, who helps to uncover Bournova's murderer. The murder has been committed by Maria, a noblewoman in love with Giorgis, who is subsequently arrested by the gendarmerie. Thus, Droso is now free to marry Giorgis.

Lafina

1962

Koutroulis` Wedding poster
5.0

A tailor mistakenly considered an ambassador of a foreign country, which exploits the future father in law to present him as a groom on frivolous daughter.

Koutroulis` Wedding

1962

Poor Bums poster
6.3

Intent on marrying into money, two antagonists will stop at nothing to seduce a young heiress, renouncing their sweethearts just to get a greater chance at a lucrative love. But, what does the girl have to say about their risky business?

Poor Bums

1961

The Wedding Dance poster
4.1

Isaiah and Anargyros are partners and keep together a wedding bureaux office. Things are not going well lately, and Isaiah's wife, Kallirroi, is in charge of helping the situation. She finds a bridegroom for her daughter, a wealthy family. But the groom is not as rich as he is in fact the son of the groom. The situation is getting even more confused since her daughter is not the daughter of a shipowner as he presented her!

The Wedding Dance

1966

Elsewhere the Cackling poster
7.0

The revolution of an oppressed husband, whose wife locked him in the coop.

Elsewhere the Cackling

1960

The Harefoot poster
9.0

Petros Pelekis is shaken when he receives a letter from America informing him that the feud between his family and the Patakas family continues, and that the last Patakas is coming to Greece to kill him. Petros lives in constant fear that anyone he knows could be his would-be killer. To protect himself, he hires Kostas, his neighbor's wife's lover.

The Harefoot

1964

The Devil and His Tail poster
4.5

A charming woman who feels that her husband has grown tired of her and is no longer as interested in her sexually as he once was tries to rekindle his interest by making him believe she has a lover. He is indeed taken in by the bluff, and jealousy motivates and rekindles a relationship that had noticeably cooled.

The Devil and His Tail

1962

Fortune Hunters poster
3.8

Two friends, street vendors, pretend to be tourists, hoping to find a wealthy bride. They end up, along with another friend, at a posh hotel where, after many twists and turns, they fall in love with the women of their dreams.

Fortune Hunters

1964

The Barber's Beauty poster
5.5

A barber tries to find husbands for his four sisters so that he can marry his fiancee.

The Barber's Beauty

1969

My Wife's Husband poster
4.5

By closing his pharmacy, Panagiotis Panagiotidis falls on a provocative stranger, Lulu, who leads him to a beach for swimming and then drives him home. There, he learns that he is called Jordan Steka, that Lulu is his wife and that he suffers from a personality split. He asks for police assistance, but the policeman is convinced that he is crazy and he asks for a psychiatrist to prove him suffering from a personality split.

My Wife's Husband

1962

World and Kosmakis poster
5.2

Yearning to make a fast buck, a suave swindler and his statuesque fiancée approach a factory owner and his wife who thirsts to break into the high-end social circles, unbeknownst to them that he is on to them. Will he get rid of them?

World and Kosmakis

1964

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

1950s · 7 titles

Poverty can be bearable while living well poster
7.8

Two unfortunate friends are desperately looking for a job to survive and eventually marry their loved ones.

Poverty can be bearable while living well

1958

The Tomboy poster
5.5

Refusing to realise that she has become a lovely sixteen-year-old woman, a gawky tomboy taunts her bookish neighbour. But, the effervescent feelings of first love start to take over. Will she renounce her former self for love's sake?

The Tomboy

1959

Lovers Without a Dime poster
8.5

Three poor men who have lost their jobs decide to swindle a wealthy Greek-American who returns to his homeland in search of his nephew.

Lovers Without a Dime

1958

As Long as There Are Women poster
10.0

Three friends are searching for the woman of their dreams. Three different women approach love, marriage, and their future in different ways.

As Long as There Are Women

1959

Four Brides and a Groom poster
7.4

father of four girls of marriageable age brings home a prospective suitor. One daughter agrees to see him but the rest are trying to persuade the. The three friends of the groom are also trying to prevent the ap`to marriage, but eventually fall in love with the three girls and get married.

Four Brides and a Groom

1958

Marriage Adventures poster
6.8

Helena (Xenia Kalogeropoulou) returns to Greece after studying in Paris and on the ship home she meets Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). An attraction develops between them and after a while Dinos asks for her hand in marriage. Helena though cannot accept his proposal because she is pregnant.

Marriage Adventures

1959

The Child of the Street poster
7.5

A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.

The Child of the Street

1957

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