Acting
Giorgos Armenis
Born
1943-10-18 (83)
Place of birth
Klimatia, Ioannina, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
17 titles
Giorgos Armenis (Klimatia, Ioannina, 18 October 1943) is a Greek actor, director and playwright. He was a student of Karolos Koun. He had a difficult childhood as his parents divorced early and he was raised by his mother. Before becoming an actor, he had worked in various jobs and also worked as a sailor and was of left-wing political background. As he himself admitted in an interview, the impetus to get involved in theater was a radio show, during which he heard Koun speak. At the urging of Alekos Alexandrakis, he took talent exams for Koun's school, which he passed and even studied with a scholarship during the period 1967-1970. Subsequently, he completed 50 years in the theatrical genre…
Known for
7.6The story follows a family of refugees from the early twentieth century through to the Civil War. Through movements, separations, and reunions, personal lives intersect with Greece’s major historical transformations. Space and time are in constant flux, while the characters remain trapped in an unending search for a homeland.
The Weeping Meadow
2004
7.6The series presents the life of Saint Paisios and his family and records his path to monasticism. The shooting took place in places where Saint Paisios lived, such as Konitsa and Mount Athos, Greece.
Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven
2022
10.0The lives of different people and also different worlds are entangled. Of the night and the margin on the one hand, of the day and the legal order on the other. The two worlds will come together to clash to the death. As everyone's secrets are revealed and losses pile up on both sides, a great love will be born from the ashes and people will discover who the world around them really is as well as themselves. Because beneath the cruelty and hypocrisy, the fate of all of us is common.
Αυτή η Νύχτα Μένει
2022
No synopsis available yet.
To soi mas
1992
5.0Every action causes a reaction. Newton's 3rd law does not only explain the relationship between bodies and "momentum" in classical mechanics, but also human relationships and the "momentum" that characterizes them, in general. Relationships with others and with ourselves. The relationship between the present and the past. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family dramas, love affairs of loyalty and infidelity, serial killers, crimes of honor, passion, revenge, punishment, necessity.
The Third Law / O 3os nomos
2010
NRThe story of Saint Paisios, or else known as Arsenios Eznepidis. After being uprooted from Farasa of Cappadocia as refugees, the family of young Arsenios settles in Konitsa, Epirus where he grows up with his mother and grandmother, who inherit to him their deep faith in Christ as well as their love for all people. Fast forward to many years later, his time in Mounth Athos and his move to Filotheos monastery play a catalytic role in his religious journey. Eventually, he sends a photograph of himself to his mother, bidding her farewell and telling her that from then on the Virgin Mary will be his mother. He no longer signs using the name Arsenios, but Paisios.
Saint Paisios
2026
Film credits
2000s · 4 titles
7.6The story follows a family of refugees from the early twentieth century through to the Civil War. Through movements, separations, and reunions, personal lives intersect with Greece’s major historical transformations. Space and time are in constant flux, while the characters remain trapped in an unending search for a homeland.
The Weeping Meadow
2004
9.0A woman is trying to forget her traumatic past by living a parallel, fictional life.
Ricordi Mi
2009
8.7The dull life of a retired tailor completely changes when a filmmaker comes to make a documentary about him.
Coat Fitting
2006
5.5A 50 year old journalist, son of a civil war hero, who died fighting for the right forces is shattered, when he recognizes him in a documentary, fighting for the communists. He starts searching for the truth, despite his family's objections, who fear that they will lose privileges if the status of the dead changes after the search.
The Falling Dust
2004
1990s · 3 titles
7.5Three separate stories about lonely men from Northern Greece facing turning points in their lives. In "A Silver Coin on the Lips", a bereaved archaeologist works in the ruins of ancient Philippi and embarks on a journey to heal from a major loss; in "The Last of the Lesser Whites", a dedicated game warden helps ornithologists track an endangered lesser white-fronted goose along the Evros River Delta; and in "Vietnam", a dejected furniture wholesaler from Kilkis deals with a painful breakup by drinking in a loud, remote club, leading to an emotional collapse.
It's a Long Road
1998
9.2"4th century AD and a brilliant craftsman of Dionysus, Timothy, organizes a performance of Euripides' Bacchae, rousing the people against the emperor. Lazarus, the Cappadocian, is sent to suppress the rebellion and arrest the heretic. We are in the years of the total establishment of Christianity, in a climate full of sects, conspiracies, conflicts of power and personal ambitions, in the city of Antioch, which was the last cradle of the Greek education of the Gentiles."
Two Suns in the Sky
1991
10.0A man sees a poster of an old movie that he claims to have acted in
America
1999
Series credits
7.6The series presents the life of Saint Paisios and his family and records his path to monasticism. The shooting took place in places where Saint Paisios lived, such as Konitsa and Mount Athos, Greece.
Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven
2022
10.0The lives of different people and also different worlds are entangled. Of the night and the margin on the one hand, of the day and the legal order on the other. The two worlds will come together to clash to the death. As everyone's secrets are revealed and losses pile up on both sides, a great love will be born from the ashes and people will discover who the world around them really is as well as themselves. Because beneath the cruelty and hypocrisy, the fate of all of us is common.
Αυτή η Νύχτα Μένει
2022
No synopsis available yet.
To soi mas
1992
5.0Every action causes a reaction. Newton's 3rd law does not only explain the relationship between bodies and "momentum" in classical mechanics, but also human relationships and the "momentum" that characterizes them, in general. Relationships with others and with ourselves. The relationship between the present and the past. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family dramas, love affairs of loyalty and infidelity, serial killers, crimes of honor, passion, revenge, punishment, necessity.
The Third Law / O 3os nomos
2010
No synopsis available yet.
Hotel Amore
1990
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ο Πρίγκιπας
1996
7.0No synopsis available yet.
I zoi en tafo
2019
1.0On the occasion of the return of a young man from abroad, a group of seven people from 1930s Athens, who have been lost for many years, decide to get together again to remember the old days and to get to know each other better.
Six Nights at the Acropolis
2021