Giorgos Kotanidis

Acting

Giorgos Kotanidis

Born 1945-02-05 · Thessaloniki, Greece

Giorgos Kotanidis (23 May 1945, Drama - 28 January 2020, Athens) was a Greek actor, director and writer. Until the age of twelve, he lived in Drama, the birthplace of his parents who had come as refugees from Pontus. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre, abandoning his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was one of the creators of the Free Theatre in Allos Pagratiou and later during his theatrical career he collaborated with many troupes and directors, playing theatrical roles of all kinds. He also played several roles in Greek and international cinema, as well as on television. Politicized and integrated into the Left, he participated in the student movement. For his action against the dictatorship, he was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured. (Source: Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Captain Corelli's Mandolin poster
5.9

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

When the Greeks poster
6.0

At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aiming to extract ransom from his wealthy family. The young man develops a kind of sympathy to the arch-brigand and realizes that the underground life and moral code of his kidnappers actually represent a more genuine expression of “New Hellenism” than his bourgeois well-being.

When the Greeks

1981

Living Dangerously poster
6.8

On the morning of the World Cup final, Karamanos, an employee of the Greek Telecommunications Organization (TOE), connects his commander's personal computer to a devilishly complex and explosive device. He threatens to blow up the floor and the satellite dishes above if he is not allowed to appear on the national network 10 minutes before the football match to denounce all the wrongs that plague the lives of Greek citizens and make them victims of a partisan and corrupt state.

Living Dangerously

1987

Hardbodies 2 poster
3.3

A film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done they will have to face many unusual situations, along with numerous opportunities for the actresses to take their clothes off.

Hardbodies 2

1986

God Loves Caviar poster
5.4

The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.

God Loves Caviar

2012

Pretty Smart poster
4.8

In this adolescent-oriented drama, a young woman is forced to attend a posh finishing school in the Mediterranean. She vents her anger by rebelling against the cruel and sicko headmaster. When she discovers that he has been secretly photographing them naked and profiting from the pictures, she rallies the other girls and gets revenge.

Pretty Smart

1987

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later poster
NR

An unforgettable evening, a birthday party for a legendary series. Everything is ready for the Reunion of “In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later”. The comedy inspired by Giorgos Kapoutzidis premiered in September 2005 and although it formally completed its cycle two years later, it never stopped being a part of our lives. Viewers, social media users, new and older generations kept “Sto Para Pente” alive all these 20 years, using the lines that made history in their everyday lives. This constant and uninterrupted love of the audience is what made this unique evening imperative. "Sto Para Pente – 20 years later" is exactly that: A party, a multi-thematic television tribute to celebrate this moving birthday together with the fans of the comedy series.

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later

2025

Parangelia! poster
7.5

The true story of Nikos Koemtzis, a man who stabbed three men to death in 1973 Athens for disrespecting his brother Demos' zeibekiko, a traditional Greek dance.

Parangelia!

1980

Αθώος ή ένοχος; poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Αθώος ή ένοχος;

1989

The Girl From Mani poster
5.3

For Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.

The Girl From Mani

1986

Misunderstanding poster
9.0

Dimitris Lembessis gets out of prison, pays his friend Stratos a visit and kills him. With Ilias he organizes a big jewel heist. During the operation they discover that someone has ratted on them. In their attempt to escape, a police officer is killed and Ilias is mortally wounded...

Misunderstanding

1983

Which Way to the Septic Tank? poster
6.1

A conscientious tanker driver, Thanasis Papathanasis, works hard to help his sister Afroditi study medicine. He believes that in this way he will be able to marry her off so that then he can finally marry Eleni, whom he has loved for years. His efforts, however, are all in vain, as he is constantly confronted with a corrupt establishment and political situation that generate all the prevailing misfortunes: personal, social and national.

Which Way to the Septic Tank?

1978

Electric Angel poster
4.9

A typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the sense of polymorphic eroticism as developed by European and Mediterranean cinematography of the 20th century. Combining the methods of “animation” and “live action”, this intricate work embodies the idea of an “ars combinatoria”. The structure is loose, with neither a central axis nor a point where everything converges, contributing greatly to the open-ended character of the film, where rhythm is the key element.

Electric Angel

1981

The Very Poor, Inc. poster
6.3

Odysseus 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

No Sympathy for the Devil poster
6.9

A modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice. A romance in extremes set at a dystopian future by the acclaimed Greek director Dimitri Athanitis. Provocative, already a cult film. After being released from prison, Eurydice gets a job as a waitress but also as a naked model for a mysterious photographer who blackmails her. Orpheus, a cashier at a super market meets her by chance and falls for her at once. When he loses her, he shall travel all the way to hell, to get her back. Dimitri Athanitis's take on the "Orpheus and Eurydice" myth is stylish and sexy. Lena Kitsipoulou is totally magnetic for her fellow characters and the viewer.

No Sympathy for the Devil

1997

One More Dance poster
5.7

Mrs. Kaiti prepares a birthday party for Giannis, her husband. Her love for him has always been pure, sincere and true. Nothing has stopped her from considering him the perfect match. Not even now, when Kostas, her son, opposes her view since his dad had never been close to them.

One More Dance

2012

Eviva! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eviva!

2014

Pater Familias poster
6.3

A young writer takes to edit the autobiography of a popular folk singer then, however, falls victim to intrigues and accused of kidnapping her daughter.

Pater Familias

1997

Behind the camera