
Acting
Giannis Fyrios
Born — Died
1913-01-23 — 2007-04-16
Place of birth
Andros, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
70 titles
Giannis Firios (January 23, 1912 - April 16, 2007) was a Greek actor. He was born in Andros. He studied at the Drama School of Dionysis Devaris, a former actor of the famous director Konstantinos Christomanos. He first appeared in the theater in 1937 with the troupe of Ios Palaiologos and Sp. Patrikios and in the cinema in 1952 with Stelios Tatasopoulos' film Mavri gehi, together with Giorgos Foundas, Frosso Kokkola and others.
Known for
6.6American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982
6.9Eleni and Konstantinos are two totally different people who are forced to live under the same roof, because they are in the middle of the proceedings of a trial, regarding the ownership of the house. Konstantinos is a strict university professor, while Eleni is a crazy girl who works at a bar. Their different characters put them in constant conflict, but does this mean that they really hate each other?
Konstantinos and Helen
1998
7.7The Haritou family's ancestral home was initially inhabited only by the unmarried youngest daughter, Irini. However, in the first episode of the series, her older and widowed sister, Olga, moves into the same house until the construction of the new house she is building is completed. Although initially they thought that her move would be temporary, it eventually became permanent for the entire series. At the same time, the middle daughter, Maria, decides to move into her ancestral home and stay with her sisters, because she caught her husband, Yannis, red-handed with her best friend.
Οι Τρεις Χάριτες
1990
7.5An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Παππούδες εν δράσει
2000
6.7"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.
A Touch of Spice
2003
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
7.5An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
4.0An actress who shone during the "golden age" of Greek cinema now lives far from the limelight, almost isolated, with only a few friends for company. Her decision to return to the stage, following a proposal from an old colleague, will bring her into contact with younger people, but also with ghosts from the past that haunt her, prompting her to reevaluate her attitude toward her desires and life.
Towards Freedom
1996
1980s · 18 titles
7.6Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.
Landscape in the Mist
1988
7.4A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.
Loafing and Camouflage
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Η πολυτεχνίτισσα
1987
5.0Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rapid rise to power, a Greek music student arrives in 1936 Berlin and becomes a cabaret singer. In Europe, WWII rages on, and joining the Resistance is the only way to fight back. Will Nelly do her part?
Nelly, the Spy
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Γιώτα Χι ώρα μηδέν
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Παράξενο Σαββατοκύριακο
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Και κλάμα ο ξενοδόχος
1985
3.3A left-wing ideologist reaches the limits of suicide, experiencing a deep crisis. He tries to write a book about everything that once existed, but has changed today. Everything around him seems distant. The friends, the family, the Party from which he withdrew. His hope for a different future is virtually dead.
A Leftist Night's Dream
1987
3.7An unruly voyeurism, Simos, works in a hotel as a bourgeois. A gang of burglars has put in the eye of the hotel's safe. The members of the gang - five in number and very pretty women - are staying at the hotel, waiting for the proper opportunity for the burglary. Meanwhile, the hotel's daughter, Myrto, seeing that the hotel is not doing well, and believing that some people sabotage the business, represents the receptionist, in order to learn from the inside exactly what is happening. The passion of Simos makes him a companion of the five women's gang's plans, both to frustrate the burglary and to win the hand of Myrto, who has fallen in love with him.
And the First Matakias
1982
5.4Menios is an unrepentant womanizer with countless victories on his resume. Eventually he decides to settle down and marry Sula. Paradoxically, although his friends called him small "Gkomenio" for obvious reasons, fails to demonstrate the capabilities of the Gannet, which remains unblemished even after the honeymoon. On the one disappointment Menios and the other pressures of mother-who wants grandchild, lead him to the monastery of his uncle, where they stylite monk. There by the grace of God, meets various women that seek a "blessing" of ...
Father Gomenios
1982
7.4Kosmas has his views on women challenged when an old friend and his wife visit him.
The Last Man
1981
4.3A housewife slips into her cousin's police uniform to check on her husband who is dazzled by a seductive industrial spy, and in the meantime, gives wrongdoers what they deserve. But, can a law-enforcement uniform save her marriage?
Politsmana's Balcony
1981
4.6A group of young lives intensely, leading engines and wildly amusing. George falls in love with a serious girl, who will attempt to admonish him. Her brother would react to their relationship but will calm, when George, for the sake of the relationship with his beloved, will change mentality.
When The Wheels Danced
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Taxi, Mon Amour
1986
4.8Rena, a dynamic woman who looks up to Margaret Thatcher, decides to fix the problems she sees around her, in Athens and Greece in general. When the president of state television gives her the opportunity to host a show and express her views, she takes advantage of the offer. She takes to the streets and, with the help of a cameraman, attempts to document the wrongdoings of the country.
Iron Lady
1983
4.7Anthology film with a number of sketches that satirize modern Greece.
Taste from Greece
1980
6.9Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living by arranging marriages. He does not hesitate to dress up according to the occasion in order to satisfy his clients' whims. Everything goes well until he meets Eva and his heart beats wildly with love.
Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Πρώτη νύχτα γάμου
1985
1970s · 13 titles
7.2A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.
The Travelling Players
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Υπόθεση Πολκ
1978
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι
1971
6.3Thanasis, a family breadwinner who has been working for 17 years at the Ministry of Measure and Station without any promotion, is trying to cover his expenses by doing a second job. When he learns that he can not be promoted because he does not own a high school diploma, he decides to go back to school.
The Bald Student
1979
6.6The film presents seven short stories of everyday madness: parking in Athens. Thanasis, the soccer referee. Thanasis, the projectionist at a porn theater. Thanasis, the extra in a pasta commercial. Thanasis, the hospital director. Thanasis, the undertaker. Thanasis, the sailor who suspects his wife is cheating on him.
The Wicked World of Thanasis
1979
6.7A wild tale of mistaken identity set during the Nazi occupation of Greece and starring the great Thanasis Vengos. Thanasis is called upon, during the Occupation, to testify at the trial of a tavern owner accused of serving cat meat to his customers. He too is accused of perjury and imprisoned with some resistance fighters. The resistance fighters escape, but Thanasis remains in his cell. He is accused of being Ivan, the notorious ringleader of certain revolutionaries.
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
1971
6.1Erotica set in Greece's upper class of the 1970s. Elena Chrysou, a rich, beautiful, and idle woman, seeks to meet Thanos Vergis, a wealthy businessman. He mistakes her for a paid model, and she becomes involved in a murder...
The Jet Set
1972
7.5A humble clerk gets his lucky break when a compassionate man offers him a well-paying job. Now, his relatives all want a piece of his salary, as his mother-in-law is telling everyone that he is rich. Is there an easy way out of this mess?
How did we end up like this, Sotiris?
1972
6.0Following the torpedoing of the destroyer Elli on August 15, 1940 on Tinos by an Italian submarine, war was declared, and the Italians attacked the Albanian front on October 28. From an outpost on the Greek-Albanian border, a military truck unexpectedly comes under fire by Italian tanks. Petros, the only one who manages to escape death or captivity, saves a village girl, Maria. However, the Greeks manage to recapture the machine-gun nest, setting free the soldiers who had been pinned down. The platoon in question puts up a hard fight against the Italian invaders, while, at the same time, the Greek army is preparing for a counter-attack, which doesn't take long to happen. Right after, the Italians are forced to fall back; Northern Epirus is recaptured, and the army of the Badoglio is repulsed from the Adriatic.
Hero Bunker
1972
5.7A pretentious lawyer, the scion of an aristocratic family, falls in love with a simple receptionist and rejects her, unaware that she is the daughter of a count.
The Windbag
1971
4.0In a second division team, "Pyraulos," a conscientious soccer player, Manolis Yvanis, idolizes the Greek-French player Yv Triantafyllos, since his father is Cretan and his mother is French. His dream is to become great and famous. Thanks to his stubbornness and high performance, he manages to eliminate a big team in the Greek Cup with his team. His next opponents, fearing this player, send a femme fatale to distract him. When the parties exhaust him and his team loses the match because of him, the footballer restores his name and proves his worth with the help of his fiancée, who happens to be his coach's daughter...
Yves! Yves!
1972
6.7Thanasis Zevedaios (Thanasis Vengos) has a shop with watches and running but not enough! Time and the clocks have become obsessed after running nonstop in an effort to nourish their relatives. The 'philosopher' brother dies and leaves another four mouths under his protection. The day is divided between the shop, his sister and his niece to marry, and his beloved, who works in a supermarket, while the economic situation and their obligations do not allow them to marry.
The Man Who Ran a Lot
1973
6.8The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict with the medical establishment of the island. Leaving Kos, he goes to Athens, where he is called to face a plague for save the city.
Hippocrates And Democracy
1972
1960s · 23 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Οι ασυνείδητοι
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Οι κολασμένοι
1964
8.0Two 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
4.5A young hoodlum tries to separate himself from his gang, while at the same time taking on behalf of his boss the blackmail of a businessman's wife.
The Secrets of Sinful Athens
1966
6.7A newlywed man who has just completed his national service, Alekos Stathakis, is trying to get over his class' misery, but doesn't have the necessary "equipment". He conceives an ambitious plan and submits it to a great concrete factory. He seems to believe that success is just around the corner and shares his illusion with his wife and his father. When his plan is rejected by the company, he keeps it to himself, making things even worse. He keeps leaving home to seemingly go to work and wanders to no purpose in Athens. He watches the world around him without really seeing anything, until a fatal accident ends his tragedy
The 7th Day of Creation
1966
7.8The Pippi a genuine artist, painting with touches of everyday life of ordinary people, who live and share the joys and sorrows in the large and vibrant with life yard of a neighborhood of old Athens.
Ladies of the Courtyard
1966
6.5Captain Andreas, a widower master learns that the planned departure postponed and the crew discovers hidden in the ship's refrigerator a girl, Marina. The company and the kind of behavior makes him take her with him to his home in Poros, which is home to the sister of Royal and two nephews. The presence of the marina there inflamed passions and causes the scheming sister, culminating when he set sail for the trip. When his ship sinks and he is considered missing, his sister declares him dead, eliminates the Marina and trying to reap his fortune with the help of their lawyer. Some time later, Andrew returns secretly finds Marina, marries her and takes her to his home, where enforce order ...
Captain Fandis Bastounis
1968
4.4Two friends get involved in a scam involving selling of land plots.
Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments
1966
6.1An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.
Our love
1968
5.4Frustrated and unemployed after being sexually harassed repeatedly, Stella decides to play the role of a guy, using the identity of her twin brother (who is living in Australia) hoping to get a job. She immediately wins the trust of her new employers and soon gets promoted to manager. The troubles begin when she falls in love with her boss' son.
Oh, If I Only Were a Man
1966
6.0A 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Μας κλέψανε τη Γκόλφω
1961
6.3Thanasis is a good-looking taxi driver whose girlfriend is pushing him to marry. When an uncle from America gives him an expensive car, Thanasis' life will change. He will marry his beloved and, when uncle returns to Greece, he will run a car dealership on his behalf.
Taxi Driver
1962
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα
1962
10.0In 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
6.0Stavros finishes his military service, rents a small room in Mrs. Olympia's house, and, with the help of a friend, finds a job. However, Stavros cannot tell lies, and this will cost him three consecutive dismissals from the jobs he tries to do. At the same time, he falls in love with a blind girl, whom he will help regain her sight with the help of a surgeon. The couple will set up their own puppet theater, providing entertainment for children.
The Clown
1968
6.2Lambros has a bizarre office that does crazy jobs, because he is not a fan of the "Fake pie to eat" theory, but he also puts his hand on every time he wants to reach a happy ending in a neighborhood. But he believes that marriage is a bad thing, until the day when the female Satan, using tricks similar to his own, appears in front of him.
Isaiah, Don't Dance
1969
7.0Manolis and Manolios are two mischievous plumbers who decide to get married through classified ads. After meeting the nieces of their prospective brides, they find themselves working as waiters in a wealthy household.
Manolakis Teddy Boys
1967
10.0Prokopis and Nikos, two unemployed, bumbling friends, are looking for work through the employment agency run by their acquaintance, Patroklos. They get jobs as babysitters, but fail miserably. Immediately afterwards, Prokopis takes on the task of guarding a dead body, facing many problems, while Nikos gets a job at a souvlaki restaurant, where he is fired from the very first moment...
Prokopis the Unlucky One
1969
An entire social microcosm lies hidden in plain sight in a decrepit Athenian courtyard of a humble mid-1960s neighbourhood. Love, desire, and deceit are all vital components of this little machine; nevertheless, is dreaming for everyone?
Heartbreak in the Slums
1965
10.0A young man returns to his home after years abroad, despite not becoming wealthy, he has managed to save money for his last years.
The Immigrant
1965
7.0Georgia Vasiliadou claims to be a simple housewife. And an inveterate matchmaker! She spies on everyone and everything and issues a daily bulletin about what is happening in a working-class apartment building in Athens in the 1960s. Most importantly, however, she marries everyone who has been left on the shelf and even "makes" children for those who don't have any! A hilarious comedy
The Matchmaker
1966
9.0The respectable Mr. Nikos Paganis is a commissioner at the Holy Temple of the Holy Apostles and considers his hunchbacked brother Markos to be a good-for-nothing because he does not work and spends his time philosophizing and speaking in riddles. His widowed mother, Liza, and his niece Sofia, who calls the hunchback "Karagiozis," share the same opinion. Nikos wants to betroth his daughter to his business partner, Thanos, giving her their family home as a dowry. He tries to usurp Markos' share and embezzles a considerable amount from the church treasury. The new priest, Father Timotheos, discovers the theft, and Thanos, fearing his reputation will be ruined, abandons Sofia. Liza tries to convince a senior judge, her former lover and Markos's real father, to help Nikos, but he categorically refuses.
The Hunchback
1966
1950s · 3 titles
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Θα σε περιμένω πάντα
1954
7.0After returning from a masquerade, much to his surprise, a wandering textile salesman stumbles upon an abandoned and helpless baby. Will he find his parents--and if not--will the poor child finally find a loving foster family?
The Unwilling Nanny
1959
6.3A young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot support her financially.
Mavri Gi
1952
Series credits
6.6American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982
6.9Eleni and Konstantinos are two totally different people who are forced to live under the same roof, because they are in the middle of the proceedings of a trial, regarding the ownership of the house. Konstantinos is a strict university professor, while Eleni is a crazy girl who works at a bar. Their different characters put them in constant conflict, but does this mean that they really hate each other?
Konstantinos and Helen
1998
7.7The Haritou family's ancestral home was initially inhabited only by the unmarried youngest daughter, Irini. However, in the first episode of the series, her older and widowed sister, Olga, moves into the same house until the construction of the new house she is building is completed. Although initially they thought that her move would be temporary, it eventually became permanent for the entire series. At the same time, the middle daughter, Maria, decides to move into her ancestral home and stay with her sisters, because she caught her husband, Yannis, red-handed with her best friend.
Οι Τρεις Χάριτες
1990
7.7The Haritou family's ancestral home was initially inhabited only by the unmarried youngest daughter, Irini. However, in the first episode of the series, her older and widowed sister, Olga, moves into the same house until the construction of the new house she is building is completed. Although initially they thought that her move would be temporary, it eventually became permanent for the entire series. At the same time, the middle daughter, Maria, decides to move into her ancestral home and stay with her sisters, because she caught her husband, Yannis, red-handed with her best friend.
Οι Τρεις Χάριτες
1990
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Παππούδες εν δράσει
2000
6.2Two completely different couples live in the same building complex. Thanasis runs a mobile phone shop. Behind it, he has set up a business selling illegal CDs. Gogo's wife aspires to become a popular singer. Manos is a painter without any recognized talent and is married to Eleni, an associate professor of sociology. However, something is wrong with these two couples. The two couples belong to completely different worlds, which constantly clash with comical results... Thanasis with Gogo or perhaps Gogo with Manos? Manos with Eleni or Eleni with Thanasis?
Something is going on with the people next door
1999
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Ο Ανδροκλής και τα λιοντάρια του
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Η Μανιάτισσα
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Όλη η δόξα... Όλη η χάρη...
1989
