
Acting
Nikitas Platis
Born 1912-01-01 · Amorgos, Greece
Nikitas Platis (Amorgos 1912 - November 14, 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Chora of Amorgos in 1912. He was the son of teacher Markos Platis. He went to Athens in 1928 and from 1932 he became a stage actor. He was the president of the Union of Greek Actors. He made his first appearance with the musical work Ririka by the troupe R. Ruggeris. From 1940 he appeared many times as a troupe leader and starred in operettas, comedies and revues. Alongside his long career as an actor, he also worked as a writer (he has written five plays and about two hundred numbers in revues). In the cinema he made his first appearance in 1958 in the films The Mimic and Mary and Our Lady the Midwife. Since then he became one of the key figures of Greek cinema, since we meet him in second and first roles, in 112 films. In 1972, he appeared on television for the first time in the series "Bolshoi Ivan and Big John", while a little later he became known to the general public with his participation in the series "Border Station" where he convinced the president of the village. in Korydallos. Alongside his film career, he also worked in the theater as a writer. In 1972 he also appeared on television in the series "Bolshoi Ivan and Big John" and then in the series "Border Station", where he made a memorable appearance as the anti-communal leader who was constantly at odds with his communal boss. He also dabbled in poetry. Some of his poems are dedicated to Amorgos.
Acting credits
3.3Achilleas, who works together with his friend Paminos at Prokopis’ gas station, tries, via correspondence, to find a rich woman from abroad to marry and, in this way, hit the jackpot.
King of Liars
1971
9.5A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.
Five Thousand Lies
1966
7.9The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.
Mrs. Midwife
1961
6.9When Thanassis leaves the orphanage tries to do various jobs but with no consolidates. A private detective manages to find his father who is rich. Thanasis will move into his luxurious house but there will come other problems.
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
1965
NRTo get their hands on the inheritance of a Greek-American multimillionaire, a pair of swindlers convince a well-meaning petrol station attendant to pose as the missing heir.
The Headstrong
1970
5.5A barber tries to find husbands for his four sisters so that he can marry his fiancee.
The Barber's Beauty
1969
7.3Four very different people inherit a percentage of a fashion house but in order to make it work they have to get along with each other.
The Heirs
1964
7.0A young woman who lost her husband five years ago to a naval tragedy in the seas of Indochina does not say to lose her hope. He always lives with the remembrance of his form and with the certainty that he will once come back alive and she will reassert him in her arms.
The cry of truth
1971
7.6Antonis Tsilivikis, a stingy construction contractor, neglects his home and wife Eleni and forces her to lie to her rich uncle in America, Peter, in order to continue to send a monthly financial aid. But when the uncle notices that he comes to Greece, and in order not to reveal the truth, Antonis disguises himself as a retired named Beizanis, who supposedly rents a room at their home...
I'll Make You Queen
1964
6.2Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to collide with her father and the sociopolitical status of the time.
My Daughter, the Socialist
1966
7.0Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.
A Matter of Earnestness
1965
5.7Panos Pampanos has a double life. For Thalia, the daughter of his best friend and his protege, is a moral man of strict principles. But, he is nothing but a party animal hiding behind behind the mask of a nephew he has invented himself. Misunderstandings succeed one another...
A Crazy Party Animal
1970
6.4Lambros Konstantaras performs a wealthy gossip that has never worked, and all he has to do is make fun and jokes to others. But when he suddenly finds himself in the street, he realizes that life is not just fun and is forced to look for a job. In the end, it turns out he had not lost his fortune as it was an idea his father had invented shortly before he died to be
The Man Who Broke the Ice
1972
5.8Four 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
9.0Two poor young lovers who dream of making a rich wedding pose as rich.
Zavoliara
1971
6.5A poor young man, working hard, manages and becomes a captain on a ship of the shipowner, in whose home his mother worked older as a shipwreck. But he resigns when he discovers that the ship is dangerous.
Sometimes even the strong cry
1967
4.8The life of the kind-hearted policeman Study, and endless unexpected incidents faced
Meletis of the Flying Squad
1966
6.3Returning 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
9.0During the German Occupation, two brothers, Takis and Christos, fight the invaders with great ferocity. Both of them belong to resistance groups – different ones. After the withdrawal of the Germans, the two brothers find themselves in rival camps. One is a captain of ELAS (Greek People’s Liberation Army) and the other one a captain in the Greek army. In the attempt by ELAS to seize the Makrygiannis Gendarmerie Regiment, one of the brothers is killed. A little before the Civil War breaks out, the other brother is transferred to Florina. There, the heroes will experience the tragic events of the Civil War, until the complete collapse of the partisans on the ridges of Mt. Grammos.
Γράμμος
1971
6.3A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman, whose daughter he is in love with. By pretending to be stupid, he manages to save the businessman from making major mistakes, winning his sympathy.
The Smart Aleck
1966
8.0Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents.
The man who returned from pain
1966
7.0Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
1963
5.4A newly wed couple cannot pay the installments for their house. Thus, Irene finds a secretary position at the firm George is working at, pretending she is George's sister. The company director, a womanizer, is flirting with her and asks her to marry him, while his sister starts flirting with George . . .
One-Penny Youth
1967
5.4A girl from the slums of Athens becomes a famous singer while falling in love with her songwriter.
The Brightest Star
1967