Vasilis Avlonitis

Acting

Vasilis Avlonitis

Born — Died

1904-03-01 — 1970-03-10

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Vasilis Avlonitis (Greek: Βασίλης Αυλωνίτης; 1 January 1904 – 10 March 1970) was one of the most famous old-school Greek comedians. He performed in numerous films and stage productions in the mid to late 20th century. Vasilis Avlonitis is best known for his collaboration in films with Georgia Vasiliadou; he usually played her husband, brother or neighbour. Together they would cause laugh since he portrays the fat guy and she would be the ugly funny lady having problems with him. They would get calm at the end of the film, by resolving their arguments and/or marrying each other. Avlonitis has also carried demanding drama roles, such as the leading character in the film Tis nyhtas ta kamomat…

Known for

The Treasure of the Beatitude poster
7.6

Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.

The Treasure of the Beatitude

1959

Το αγρίμι poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Το αγρίμι

1960

The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia poster
6.2

The film focuses on the Tarniatis brothers, with the brother trying to marry his sister (Georgia Vasileiadou), who refuses to follow the fashion of the time and become a lustful woman, so that he too can marry, having been engaged for eight years. The last groom that Vangelis shows Eftychia is Kleomenis, who after their trip to Hydra falls in love with the family's niece. However, Koulis also wants to marry Eftychia, who thinks he is inheriting 120,000 pounds.

The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia

1962

So Many Dreams on the Streets poster
8.0

Two ambitious young employees land a job at the small store of an avaricious man, intending to stay there no more than a few months. But, fate has other plans in store for them. How many dreams must one sacrifice to find happiness?

So Many Dreams on the Streets

1968

Klearhos, Marina and the short one poster
6.9

The Clearchos order to escape the unbearable and domineering wife Marina and found a lively geitonisa of Iro, will invoke the alleged suspicions that the Mahos groom, husband of their daughter Rhea has a mistress and will follow up the Fthiotida, where do you go to spas for a sore arm ...

Klearhos, Marina and the short one

1961

The Coffee Reader poster
7.9

In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.

The Coffee Reader

1956

Film credits

1960s · 38 titles

Το αγρίμι poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Το αγρίμι

1960

The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia poster
6.2

The film focuses on the Tarniatis brothers, with the brother trying to marry his sister (Georgia Vasileiadou), who refuses to follow the fashion of the time and become a lustful woman, so that he too can marry, having been engaged for eight years. The last groom that Vangelis shows Eftychia is Kleomenis, who after their trip to Hydra falls in love with the family's niece. However, Koulis also wants to marry Eftychia, who thinks he is inheriting 120,000 pounds.

The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia

1962

So Many Dreams on the Streets poster
8.0

Two ambitious young employees land a job at the small store of an avaricious man, intending to stay there no more than a few months. But, fate has other plans in store for them. How many dreams must one sacrifice to find happiness?

So Many Dreams on the Streets

1968

Klearhos, Marina and the short one poster
6.9

The Clearchos order to escape the unbearable and domineering wife Marina and found a lively geitonisa of Iro, will invoke the alleged suspicions that the Mahos groom, husband of their daughter Rhea has a mistress and will follow up the Fthiotida, where do you go to spas for a sore arm ...

Klearhos, Marina and the short one

1961

Fifis the Unbeatable poster
7.0

A tough sailor, Fotis, returns to Greece to marry his beloved and to settle certain inheritance issues with his twin brother Fifis, who is an effeminate artist. Their striking resemblance will upset the lives of both of them equally.

Fifis the Unbeatable

1966

Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο

1964

Meletis of the Flying Squad poster
4.8

The life of the kind-hearted policeman Study, and endless unexpected incidents faced

Meletis of the Flying Squad

1966

The Woman Driver poster
5.8

Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary’s friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn’t find about her new affair. The case of the car crash is brought to court, and Mary is accused. Things get so complicated that not even Lilly’s confession can solve the misunderstanding.

The Woman Driver

1964

Lazy like a dog poster
5.6

A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?

Lazy like a dog

1963

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού

1969

Paras and Foukaras poster
6.8

Cosmas (Kostas Hadjichristos) learns that his mother needs to be immediately subjected to surgery. He asks the help of a relative (Nikos Fermas) to cover the expenses. He finds it difficult to overcome them, as he tries to raise money to marry his eminent heart (Martha Vourtsi). His relative agrees to pay, but asks Kosma to marry the Spanish singer (Martha Karayiannis) of the cabaret she runs, so that she can stay legally in Greece. Marriage becomes a secular event and is publicized, creating in Kosmas many problems and misunderstandings with his fiancé. Ultimately, a series of happy times will cancel the fake marriage, mother's surgery, and leave Kosmas the money to marry and start married life with greater financial comfort.

Paras and Foukaras

1964

Snow White and the 7 Old Boys poster
7.4

Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is studying abroad. Her stepmother treats her cruelly and forces her to escape from home. Alexia finds herself in an isolated area by chance, where she is discovered by seven brothers who live together in a nearby house. The seven bachelors put her up and treat her like a member of their own family.

Snow White and the 7 Old Boys

1960

Bouzouki Strumming poster
7.3

One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki musicians happen to pass by. They listen, enchanted by his limpid voice, and suggest that he becomes a member of their orchestra. Thus, the newly-wed day laborer gets a second job at Mr. Lefteris’ night club. His wife, Marina, soon joins him at the club, and, before long, she too goes on stage, cuts capers and charms everyone. Her success, however, has a negative impact on the couple’s relationship, since Marina’s admirers as well as those of Grigoris’, turn one away from the other.

Bouzouki Strumming

1966

Michalios of the 14th Regiment poster
6.0

A guileless peasant with a heart of gold enlists in the prestigious Hellenic Special Forces and finds himself neck-deep in trouble when his superior entrusts him to keep an eye on his beloved only daughter.

Michalios of the 14th Regiment

1962

Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last poster
6.0

For too long, a nephew has been lying to his rich uncle about his marital status, to get his monthly cheques. But, when he pays a sudden visit, only a young architect can save him. Will she be able to pass herself off as his loving wife?

Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last

1969

When the Cat is Missing! poster
6.8

A wealthy family is on a cruise. A rich young man falls in love with the family's maid and mistakes her for the businessman's daughter. A singer falls in love with the real daughter, and when he arrives with the rich young man at the businessman's house to ask for the rich daughter's hand in marriage, a misunderstanding arises with funny twists and turns.

When the Cat is Missing!

1962

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

Sidewalk poster
7.0

Angelina is a prostitute. Her only friends are her colleague Nana and coachman Minas. George suddenly enters her life and confesses his love to her. Angelina begins to believe that her life can change, not suspecting that George has approached her on behalf of the drug dealer Nino.

Sidewalk

1962

Thymios in the Land of Striptease poster
9.0

Staple of music-dance with acrobatics and theatrical skits mainly foreign artists metaklithikan in Greece by Kostas CHATZICHRISTOU, in line with the business of theatrical activities

Thymios in the Land of Striptease

1963

Tuesday the 13th poster
7.0

A chain of bizarrely perfect and utterly extraordinary coincidences will convince a superstitious civil engineer that his impoverished long-lost friend is indeed a bearer of good fortune; however, is he truly an invaluable mascot?

Tuesday the 13th

1963

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

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 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

Πονηρός πράκτωρ Καραγκιόζης poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Πονηρός πράκτωρ Καραγκιόζης

1966

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

My Nephew Manolis poster
6.3

Aristides Papakatsikas welcomes two nephews to his home, the wealthy Manolis from America and the poor Manolis from Amaliada, whom he has never met in person. The two nephews, following a suggestion from Manolis in America, agree to switch roles so that the wealthy Manolis can understand the sincerity of his uncle's intentions.

My Nephew Manolis

1963

Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα

1962

Young and old in action... poster
5.6

Antonis and Marianna are in love and, although they are no longer young, they plan to get married. The only problem is how to break the news to their children, Elina and Giorgos, who are studying abroad. Elina sends a telegram saying that she will soon be returning to Greece, and Antonis and Marianna think they will make her like Marianna so that they can gradually tell her the truth. However, they do not know that she is returning with George...

Young and old in action...

1963

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι poster
10.0

In mid-1960s Perama, a popular singer plans to marry a sweet woman, not because he loves her, but because he hates her boyfriend who truly loves her.

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι

1965

The Clever Bird poster
6.2

A poor but hardworking and proud young woman falls in love with her boss and manages to save him from many problems troubling his business.

The Clever Bird

1961

Yannis is afraid of the Beast... poster
8.5

Pericles, a barber, leaves his homeland and goes to Africa to hunt wild animals. Someday he decides to return and his adventure is about to begin...

Yannis is afraid of the Beast...

1969

The End of the Two-Cent Coin poster
10.0

Agisilaos is in need of some money because he's facing an eviction.

The End of the Two-Cent Coin

1962

My Sister Deserves a Beating poster
6.5

A mad man, Spyros, wants to marry Marianna, his lively sister. He wants to give her a dowry apartment, but his money is not enough for that. So he has to ask for a loan from his boss. The boss refuses to serve him but as soon as he knows Marianna, he changes his mind. Spyros tries to think of Marianna, who is smirked for his boss's mistress, but he only manages to lose his job. He wants to marry her with the poor and honest electrician Manolis, who is in love with her.

My Sister Deserves a Beating

1966

A Very Clever Guy poster
6.2

Two naughty men, Iordanis and Potis, are partners in a drug- industry. Potis is a great womanizer, given that, even though he is married to the main financier of the business, Amalia, he doesn’t hesitate to cheat on her. One day, Tilemachos runs in a hurry into his office, looking for a job. Clever as he is, he suspects at once the ongoing situation and threatens to reveal everything to Amalia.

A Very Clever Guy

1965

A Patented Stupid Man poster
6.7

As Pelopidas is going around hungry, trying to find something to eat, a misunderstanding makes him seem like a thief. In order to escape his persecutors, he runs trying to hide. He hitchhikes and gets a ride by a truck, whose driver happens to be his fellow villager who knows the runaway’s past. Pelopidas has been working hard since his childhood, but due to his naivety nobody is serious with him. His return to the village where was born gets him mixed up in more trouble.

A Patented Stupid Man

1963

And All 14 Were Wonderful! poster
5.8

Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.

And All 14 Were Wonderful!

1965

The Greek woman and love poster
5.0

Revolving around the modern Greek woman and her perspective on love in general, not one, but twenty-one brief and vivid vignettes attempt to shed light on an ever-present matter: can there be consequences in Cupid's eternal game?

The Greek woman and love

1962

The Fake Theodore poster
5.9

Theodoros arrives in Greece from abroad. He is welcomed by friends and acquaintances, all eager to host and pamper him, with an eye on his supposed wealth. Theodoros, poor but cunning, promises everyone—each one secretly from the others—that they will inherit his fortune.

The Fake Theodore

1963

1950s · 17 titles

The Treasure of the Beatitude poster
7.6

Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.

The Treasure of the Beatitude

1959

The Coffee Reader poster
7.9

In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.

The Coffee Reader

1956

The Money poster
5.8

The sudden heritage, which is announced to two mercantiles, infuses their minds and begins to live richly, forgetting their previous lives.

The Money

1958

Horse and Carriage poster
6.9

An old chauffeur, after removing his rambling son, decides to live with his orphaned girl while facing the advent of the car that displaces the carts.

Horse and Carriage

1957

We Have Only One Life poster
7.9

A bank teller discovers an accounting error, becomes rich and lives his life like he's never lived it.

We Have Only One Life

1958

Away from the World poster
9.0

A reserve officer spends his vacation in Poros and falls madly in love with a girl. However, his uncle informs him that he must leave for the Korean War. During his absence, his beloved refuses to obey her father's orders to marry another man and takes refuge in a monastery, where she falls seriously ill. The officer returns from the war, and his beloved dies in his arms. He will willingly follow her into death.

Away from the World

1958

The Bus Conductor poster
10.0

The daily life of a debt collector and the little adventures he encounters in his life.

The Bus Conductor

1958

The Cicada and the Ant poster
5.3

Two friends and co-owners of a flower shop, Eudaimon and Loulis, live by completely opposite principles. One enjoys himself and lives carefree, while the other works hard and plans for the future. When the "grasshopper" ogles his kind housewife, eyeing her olive trees, the "ant" tries to bring him to his senses. But the girl, whom the ant plans to introduce to the cicada, will ultimately enchant him.

The Cicada and the Ant

1958

A Father by Accident poster
9.0

The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.

A Father by Accident

1957

The Happy Beginning poster
7.0

Three young musicians and three female singers strive for success, competing each other. But love gets in their way.

The Happy Beginning

1954

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

At Night the Entanglements poster
6.3

The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman.

At Night the Entanglements

1957

Laterna, Poverty and Carnation poster
7.5

Pavlaras and Petrakis have spent the money that Kaiti's father gave them two years ago and continue to travel around Athens with their lantern. However, Pavlaras is not well and needs to rest, as recommended by his doctor. Petrakis collects money from their friends, but it is not enough to cover their expenses. He is then forced to secretly sell the lantern without Pavlaras' knowledge.

Laterna, Poverty and Carnation

1957

The Beauty of Athens poster
6.4

A streetwise guy, according to a will, has to marry an extremely ugly old lady to get the money of the inheritance.So he tries to trick a poor devil into getting married with her.

The Beauty of Athens

1954

Sarakatsanissa poster
9.0

The story of Romeo and Juliet is transferred to the Greek province (on the slopes of Mount Parnassos), where the conflict between two powerful Sarakatsanai families rages, whose children, despite family hatreds, love each other madly.

Sarakatsanissa

1959

The Hurdy-Gurdy poster
7.5

Two poor portable barrel piano players ramble through Greek countryside and play in fairs. They meet by chance with a rich runaway girl whose father offers a large reward to her finders.They have to choose between getting the reward or helping the girl with her renegade love affair.

The Hurdy-Gurdy

1955

Party, Money and Love poster
5.8

Angelos, a law student in Athens, is expecting Lavrentis, his rich uncle from the village, hoping that with his money, his luck will change. His uncle though is very sick and the doctors suggest rest and calmness. Youyou, Angelos' girlfriend though suggests otherwise in order to push the rich uncle closer to his death. And so, Angelos, with two friends from his village, Damian and Sarantis start partying with Lavrentis whose health starts getting better and better. In the meantime Angelos meets Myrto, falls madly in love with her and decide to finish his studies and marry her.

Party, Money and Love

1955