Manos Destounis

Acting

Manos Destounis

Born

1937-11-19 (88)

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Manolis Destounis (Athens, November 19, 1937-) is a Greek actor. He is a graduate of the Athens School of Commerce. He studied at the Athens Drama School G. Theodosiadis (graduated in 1965), at the "British Drama School" in London and at the Rallou Manou dance school. He made his debut in 1964 with the "Arma Theatrou" troupe. Collaborations with well-known troupes such as those of Dimitris Myrat, Mimis Fotopoulos, Sofia Vembo, etc. followed. In 1966 he took his first steps in cinema with the film A Ship Papadopoulos (1966). His career in television is also noteworthy, with participation in plays and series. He occasionally staged his own theatrical productions and was a conductor for variou…

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

Άντρα θέλω!... Τώρα τον θέλω! poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Άντρα θέλω!... Τώρα τον θέλω!

1986

Μερικοί το προτιμούν με ροκ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Μερικοί το προτιμούν με ροκ

1987

Η τρελλή συμμορία της πεθεράς poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η τρελλή συμμορία της πεθεράς

1985

Ο παράδεισος ανοίγει με αντικλείδι poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο παράδεισος ανοίγει με αντικλείδι

1987

What a Mess poster
6.8

Three short stories satirizing the Greece of “Change” in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the “fustanella (Greek kilt)” films as well.

What a Mess

1982

The Killer poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Killer

1983

Doste tin tsonta sto lao!.. poster
8.0

Two police officers are desperately trying to track down the leaders of an illegal pornographic film production ring, with their only clue being the buttocks of a starlet from the industry. Meanwhile, the cunning Nikolakis, who along with his friend Bebis is a fanatic fan of the genre, decides to star in a porn film himself, with the ultimate goal of surpassing the most famous porn star, Tasos, in fame.

Doste tin tsonta sto lao!..

1983

Αντρέα ρούφα... τ' αυγό σου poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Αντρέα ρούφα... τ' αυγό σου

1986

Mia papadia sta bouzoukia! poster
7.2

Akakios, a local priest, embarks on a challenging mission to motivate youth. But his neglected wife Margarita starts frequenting the city's nightclubs, unaware that her niece is in love with the son of his most capable opponent, the mayor.

Mia papadia sta bouzoukia!

1983

Anyone Else for Heaven? poster
6.3

The honorable Ieremias Ayioklimas has a car accident and is driven to Heaven, where he asks God to allow him a temporary return to Earth in order to pay his debts to the bank. God agrees and sends him back, together with another dead man named Machos and the Archangel Ezekel.

Anyone Else for Heaven?

1983

Massage gia ola ta gousta poster
NR

Inspector Charilaos and Detective Mitsos, the brains of the vice squad, undertake to solve a murky case with their police genius. They turn beauty salons and massage parlors upside down, meet the most incredible women, spend wonderful Arabian nights, and finally arrest their commander by mistake... But two female detectives from the police force fall in love with them and lead them to the solution of the mystery...

Massage gia ola ta gousta

1987

1970s · 33 titles

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms poster
8.0

Gina, daughter of businessman Archelaou, runs away from home to not marry the groom she chose her father. Together with her friend Buster trying to escape from the detective she looks. While searching for Gina and Johnny, an unemployed young man who plays the rich to impress.

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms

1972

Κατηγορώ τους δυνατούς poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Κατηγορώ τους δυνατούς

1970

King of Liars poster
3.3

Achilleas, 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

Aimilia, the Psychopath poster
4.2

Aimilia, a young and relatively well-to-do woman, leads a rather schizophrenic existence. Every day, she gives piano lessons to the children at an orphanage, while at night she brings home a series of lovers whom she picks up at random and whom she kills while in a sexual frenzy.

Aimilia, the Psychopath

1974

My Luck Went Crazy poster
6.0

An employee can not marry the girl, because of financial problems and stalked by her brother. So decide, together with the son of his boss, facing the same problems, to get each other's position.

My Luck Went Crazy

1970

The Countess of Corfu poster
6.0

A businnesman, Sotiris Karelis, is presented to the piano teacher and twice a widow, Antzolina, and asks her to sell her mansion in order to convert it into a hotel. The same time, an Italian music group arrive in Corfu, which has been abandoned by Alinda Ritsi singer. Antzolina is persuaded not only to host her home but also to replace the singer. However, there is a lot of confusion because the singer of the group Alinda Ritsi comes in Corfu with her fiancée, and everyone is starting to look for their real identities.

The Countess of Corfu

1972

Grooms Wanted with Dowry poster
10.0

Zizi is a poor young woman who wants to get married to a wealthy man. When she finds out that her former lover has inherited a fortune from his uncle in Australia she decides to pay him a visit.

Grooms Wanted with Dowry

1970

The Bald Student poster
6.3

Thanasis, 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

Giakoumis, A Roman Heart poster
7.0

Giakoumis is a poor man with no family, working at the docks. One day he finds out that he has a very rich relative abroad.

Giakoumis, A Roman Heart

1970

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων

1971

Bedlam My Love poster
4.8

An old couple reviews their lives together, from the first time they met and got married since the present, through good and bad moments...

Bedlam My Love

1972

Human Watch poster
3.4

Odysseas Akribos is a watchmaker and wants his life to roll like clock. However, the death of his partner and his children's comrades, Angelos and Katia, will deconstructed him. He will try to put his old life in order starting with his co-operative, Electra.

Human Watch

1972

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi? poster
6.7

A 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

Ο Πούσκας των Πετραλώνων poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο Πούσκας των Πετραλώνων

1972

Zavoliara poster
9.0

Two poor young lovers who dream of making a rich wedding pose as rich.

Zavoliara

1971

Crazier Than the Crazy poster
7.0

A widower and father of three children loses his peace with the coming of the daughter of an old friend from America.

Crazier Than the Crazy

1972

My Adopted Son the Rally Driver poster
7.0

Manolis, who works in the coffee house of Agisilaos, complains to his mother that he gets very tired at work, but she gets into trouble when she realizes that her son's boss is flirting with her.

My Adopted Son the Rally Driver

1971

The Street Smarts poster
4.8

Babis (Nikos Rizos), after his release, finds it difficult to balance between the groups with the guys and jobber of Piraeus, and the strict surveillance of the police, who closed the once in prison. He will try to sell the alleged Byzantine icons that makes a fellow prisoner, but will be arrested. It will be released as there were images of value, and will be informed that the mother of the same (Mary Metaxa) alerted the police to remove him from the unlawful activity.

The Street Smarts

1979

What Does Man Do To Live poster
7.3

Leandros is a night club owner who is trying to avoid imprisonment by searching for money to pay the insurance contributions. Along with his debts, he has to withstand the pressures of his beloved for marriage.

What Does Man Do To Live

1970

Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person poster
7.5

Philemon and Pausanias are two wretches, friends and roommates in the same chamber, which are constantly struggling to pay off their debts mainly rents, because the landlady is very grumpy. Their agarmposyni, however, does not help them to steriosoun in some work: either in a gas station or in antique or as waiters at a nightclub where she sings the amiable Michael, a poor student who lives in the same yard and is in love with Soula. But Uncle Soula, the Menios, wants to marry a rich kid, Tasos. She, however, also loves Michael manages to cajolery to obtain the consent of and become a successful singer in his side.

Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person

1970

O agathiáris kai i atsída poster
9.0

A self-made owner of a soft-drink factory decides to give the entire plant to his naive nephew as a present. Now, as two women vie for his attention, he is entangled in the theft of an ancient statuette. Who is friend, and who is foe?

O agathiáris kai i atsída

1971

The Headstrong poster
NR

To 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

Volunteer in Eros poster
6.2

A kind accountant meets the statuesque owner of a boutique who comes up with a double proposal: apart from bookkeeping, he has to help her with her fiancé. As deeper feelings take over, will this brave volunteer of love emerge victorious?

Volunteer in Eros

1971

I Love Only You poster
9.0

A poor and refined water fisherman, Zafeiris Kassis (Nikos Xanthopoulos), who was invited by the barba - Minas pop singer in Athens, maintains his mother and his sister's widow's family. In the center where he sings, Renata, the daughter of the millionaire big publisher Derku and editor of one of his newspapers, is visiting him. At their first meeting, they strongly argue because of a girl's article in the newspaper and his own response. When they happen to meet again in Hydra, where they know better, a strong and mutual feeling develops between them. Renata's father and his environment are opposed to this relationship, while Renata is forced to leave Zafire. But her love for him is unshakable.

I Love Only You

1970

Yes, But... poster
4.2

A young man pushed beyond his endurance remembers his life on the roof of a tall building. He's there to commit suicide.

Yes, But...

1972

The Lottery Man poster
7.0

A fairly successful insurance agent, Charles, invites a charming woman, Nana, who was the victim of one of his clients, to lunch and gives her a series of state lottery tickets that he buys during lunch.However, he gets into an argument with Nana and she returns the lottery tickets to him, while Charles gives them to his secretary and two clients. The lottery ticket wins the first prize, but how can he collect the winnings? Then the goddess Fortune appears before him in the form of a beautiful woman and complains that he kicked her. Charles's luck, however, was meeting Nana. A baby, found abandoned on his doorstep, causes the two young people to realize their love and decide to unite their lives, taking the baby's poor mother, who regrets her decision and wants her baby back, into their employ.

The Lottery Man

1979

Thimios vs. Tsitsios poster
6.0

A lively countryman arrives in Athens in search of a better future, only to find himself entangled in the well-orchestrated scheme of a notorious thief who is his spitting image. Will he manage to get out of the tight spot?

Thimios vs. Tsitsios

1971

Ο καμαριέρης της μπουζουξούς poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο καμαριέρης της μπουζουξούς

1971

To pio grigoro bouzouki poster
8.0

Tired of her loafing son's lack of ambition and desire to drop out of school, Paschalis' mother sends him to Athens to stay with his successful brothers, hoping they will set him straight. Instead, Paschalis ignores his siblings' advice and heeds his friend Stratos' suggestion to pursue a career in entertainment as a bouzouki player. Soon, Paschalis becomes a sensation in the music scene. However, with money and fame rolling in, will the performer handle the pressures and temptations of newfound stardom

To pio grigoro bouzouki

1973

Odd... Even Mine... poster
10.0

When she learns that her fiancé has played their wedding rings in gambling, Despina leaves him. He will buy the wedding rings again and visit her to rebuild them, but he will find four men in her house and he will be distracted. Despina will get involved in many misunderstandings until she can find her again with her beloved.

Odd... Even Mine...

1979

Ship Owner Without Wanting To poster
3.0

Manolis Sideris is a charming young man, a first-class "ladies' man." One day in Syntagma, the hangout of ladies' men, while he manages to "pick up" a flight attendant named Daisy, pretending to be a shipowner, he happens to be watched by the real shipowner Manolis Karnezis, known for his Daisy, pretending to be a shipowner, he is spotted by the real shipowner Manolis Karnezis, known for his pranks, who admires his talent. For fun, he lends him his name, his car, his chauffeur, and his mansion, as well as money for Daisy's whims. Manolis begins to live the high life and seems to be in his element, but the situation is turned upside down by the dynamic intervention of Karnezis' wife, Elena, who, alerted by her maid, cuts short her vacation and returns home furious. When the deception is revealed, Karnezis promises his wife that he will not play any more pranks, and Daisy agrees to marry Sideris.

Ship Owner Without Wanting To

1971

Two Clever Fools poster
9.0

Two jobless bosom buddies have a chance encounter with an Arab billionaire and his sad daughter who is in love with an Athenian singer. Will they make her laugh again? Above all, can they stop a sinister scheme behind the sheikh's back?

Two Clever Fools

1971

Ένας Υπέροχος Άνθρωπος poster
7.0

In the courthouse, the new lawyer, Nikos Moushouttis, represents the industrialist Orestis Valsamis, accused by the assailant Dimitris Konstantinou, for slanderous defamation. even though he does not have the required evidence, conjures up the young lawyer. Following the condemnation of Constantine, he undertakes to defend him in the Court of Appeal and manages to capture Bolsam in the face of his own. He then leaves the law and is ranked as a lieutenant in the gendarmerie. From this position, he treats the microbes graciously, Nikos continues the fight from the position of the leader of a resistance group. Liberation finds him the commander of the gendarmerie of Thessaloniki. He has always faced the scapegoats with humility. His last desires, as an exemplary officer, concerned the fulfillment of certain obligations to his fellow human beings

Ένας Υπέροχος Άνθρωπος

1971

1960s · 6 titles

Oedipus the King poster
6.0

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

Oedipus the King

1968

Wake up, you sucker... poster
5.4

The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.

Wake up, you sucker...

1969

Μεγάλη μου αγάπη poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Μεγάλη μου αγάπη

1966

My Boss Was a Fool poster
8.0

Melpomene is working as economies of wealthy bachelors Charalambous many years. At some point they realize that the years have passed and it has not done anything important for yourself and thus decide to begin coming with Theodore who are butchers. Charalambos gets Besides, when one night I go out with a girlfriend and encounters in a center Melpomeni dancing with Theodora.

My Boss Was a Fool

1969

A Ship Full of Papadopoulos poster
5.5

A couple of rich Greek-Americans travels from New York to Piraeus with their five nephews, who are unaware that their uncle has decided to implement a plan to find out who is the most suitable to inherit his immense fortune.

A Ship Full of Papadopoulos

1966

Prokopis the Unlucky One poster
10.0

Prokopis 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

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