Giorgos Karypidis

Directing

Giorgos Karypidis

Place of birth

Thessaloniki, Greece

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

George Karypidis (1946-2019) is one of those rare examples of Greek directors who have observed and recorded in a meticulous yet lyrical way the Greek reality of four decades. Born in the city of Thessaloniki in 1946, George Karypidis and his diverse cinema have been inextricably linked to the Thessaloniki Film Festival from a very early age. The beginning was in 1975, when the excellent Last Station, Kreuzberg won the Second Prize in the Short Film category. In 1979, the short film The Painter Theophilos was honored with three awards (including the Best Short Film of the Festival), while three years later, his feature debut, Dangerous Game (1982), won the Panhellenic Union of Film Critics …

Known for

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Anthology film by: Despoina Karvelam, Giorgos Karypidis, Alexandros Papailiou, Thanasis Skroubelos, Lena Voudouri

@thens Blogs

2007

Dead liqueur poster
4.7

In late-1950s Athens, a big sister and her twin brothers sneak in their grandfather's distillery to perform a strange rite. But, how important is the last drop of the rare "Dead Liqueur" to the experimenting adolescents' budding sexuality?

Dead liqueur

1992

In the Shadow of Fear poster
5.8

A music composer tries to deposit money in his bank one morning, and is accused of counterfeiting. Harassed by the police, the gang of counterfeiters and a stranger, he becomes panic-stricken. The unjust charge brought against him ignites his deeper feelings of guilt which stem from his sterile existence and, mainly, from his inability to produce creative work. Then he flees and begins wandering in an unfamiliar "country" where his painful adventures will finally prove redeeming. The film is an existential drama in the form of a "dreamlike" thriller.

In the Shadow of Fear

1988

No artwork available
NR

Greek documentary that includes texts written by Odysseas Elytis.

The painter Theophilos

1979

Last Stop, Kreuzberg poster
NR

The Kreuzberg district of West Berlin is home to foreign workers - Greeks and Turks who are struggling for a better future, while trying to maintain their national identity. The lives, problems and collective political action of the Gastarbeiters are explored in this great documentary by Giorgos Karypidis, who for a while had also lived and worked as a director in Berlin for the public television SFB.

Last Stop, Kreuzberg

1975

Trip to Australia poster
9.0

After 11-year-old Petros loses his father in a car accident in Melbourne, Australia, his mother decides to move the family to her homeland, Greece. Petros has been planning to run away from home ever since the big move. After persuading his classmate, Adonis, to join him, the two boys decide to make the journey to Australia together. Their parents look for the children all over Greece to no avail. The only one who knows the boys' whereabouts is their best friend, whom nobody believes. Petros and Adonis' pictures are published all over the press, but no one comes forward with any information. Meanwhile, the boys continue on their journey...

Trip to Australia

1989

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Anthology film by: Despoina Karvelam, Giorgos Karypidis, Alexandros Papailiou, Thanasis Skroubelos, Lena Voudouri

@thens Blogs

2007

Dead liqueur poster
4.7

In late-1950s Athens, a big sister and her twin brothers sneak in their grandfather's distillery to perform a strange rite. But, how important is the last drop of the rare "Dead Liqueur" to the experimenting adolescents' budding sexuality?

Dead liqueur

1992

Dead liqueur poster
4.7

In late-1950s Athens, a big sister and her twin brothers sneak in their grandfather's distillery to perform a strange rite. But, how important is the last drop of the rare "Dead Liqueur" to the experimenting adolescents' budding sexuality?

Dead liqueur

1992

In the Shadow of Fear poster
5.8

A music composer tries to deposit money in his bank one morning, and is accused of counterfeiting. Harassed by the police, the gang of counterfeiters and a stranger, he becomes panic-stricken. The unjust charge brought against him ignites his deeper feelings of guilt which stem from his sterile existence and, mainly, from his inability to produce creative work. Then he flees and begins wandering in an unfamiliar "country" where his painful adventures will finally prove redeeming. The film is an existential drama in the form of a "dreamlike" thriller.

In the Shadow of Fear

1988

In the Shadow of Fear poster
5.8

A music composer tries to deposit money in his bank one morning, and is accused of counterfeiting. Harassed by the police, the gang of counterfeiters and a stranger, he becomes panic-stricken. The unjust charge brought against him ignites his deeper feelings of guilt which stem from his sterile existence and, mainly, from his inability to produce creative work. Then he flees and begins wandering in an unfamiliar "country" where his painful adventures will finally prove redeeming. The film is an existential drama in the form of a "dreamlike" thriller.

In the Shadow of Fear

1988

In the Shadow of Fear poster
5.8

A music composer tries to deposit money in his bank one morning, and is accused of counterfeiting. Harassed by the police, the gang of counterfeiters and a stranger, he becomes panic-stricken. The unjust charge brought against him ignites his deeper feelings of guilt which stem from his sterile existence and, mainly, from his inability to produce creative work. Then he flees and begins wandering in an unfamiliar "country" where his painful adventures will finally prove redeeming. The film is an existential drama in the form of a "dreamlike" thriller.

In the Shadow of Fear

1988

No artwork available
NR

Greek documentary that includes texts written by Odysseas Elytis.

The painter Theophilos

1979

Last Stop, Kreuzberg poster
NR

The Kreuzberg district of West Berlin is home to foreign workers - Greeks and Turks who are struggling for a better future, while trying to maintain their national identity. The lives, problems and collective political action of the Gastarbeiters are explored in this great documentary by Giorgos Karypidis, who for a while had also lived and worked as a director in Berlin for the public television SFB.

Last Stop, Kreuzberg

1975

Utopia poster
NR

In an unspecified near future, humanity seems to have turned into a fishbowl: everything is transparent, monitored by an all-powerful central authority, while people are trapped and suffer from almost complete amnesia—just like goldfish.

Utopia

2004

Utopia poster
NR

In an unspecified near future, humanity seems to have turned into a fishbowl: everything is transparent, monitored by an all-powerful central authority, while people are trapped and suffer from almost complete amnesia—just like goldfish.

Utopia

2004

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Witches

1988

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Witches

1988

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Witches

1988

The Bewitched poster
9.0

Andreas, a 45-year-old widower and architect, tells the coroner of events leading to his young daughter's death.

The Bewitched

1995

The Bewitched poster
9.0

Andreas, a 45-year-old widower and architect, tells the coroner of events leading to his young daughter's death.

The Bewitched

1995

Dangerous game poster
4.4

During his summer vacation in Mytilene, a young and lonely small-time clerk, Kostas, becomes bewitched by a femme fatale, Anna Parisi, a thirty-five-year-old German woman married to a wealthy local businessman.

Dangerous game

1982

Dangerous game poster
4.4

During his summer vacation in Mytilene, a young and lonely small-time clerk, Kostas, becomes bewitched by a femme fatale, Anna Parisi, a thirty-five-year-old German woman married to a wealthy local businessman.

Dangerous game

1982