Iosif Polyzoidis

Acting

Iosif Polyzoidis

Germany

Iosif Polyzoidis is a Greek actor. He was born in 1974 in Germany where he lived until he was 6 years old, while he comes from Alexandroupoli and Didymoteicho. After finishing school he studied Marketing and Advertising at the Technical University of Athens. At the age of 25 he decided to become an actor and began his studies, while at the same time working in various television productions. In 1998, he made his television debut with a leading role in the social series "Victims of Peace" on Mega Channel. There he co-starred for one season with Anna-Maria Papacharalambous, Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Agis Emmanuel and Haris Mavroudis. In the 2000-2001 season, he starred with Dimitra Matsouka and Takis Spyridakis in the comedy series "Trojan Horse" on ANT1. This was followed by the romantic series "En Iordani" where he co-starred with Vana Barba. Another well-known television role was that of Babis in the romantic series "Litsa.com" in the 2008-2010 season on ANT1. He made his first appearance in cinema in 2001 in the social film "Pes sti morphini akumbi ton zotko". This was followed by the productions "Na m' agapas" and "Mesanykhta" in 2003. In 2008, he played in three films: "Molis Horisa", "To kuti" and "Bank Bang". In 2009, he starred in the film "I'd Die for You" with Eleni Randou.

Acting credits

The City of Children poster
6.0

The arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; a mad man's gun forces a young couple to reconsider a premature pregnancy; a long struggle of in-vitro fertilizations brings together and forces apart two sterile women who have shared the same man; and a young Iraqi immigrant, all alone in her apartment, is forced to give birth to her child with the help of her Greek stalker and next door neighbor. The stories unfold within a day and collide in a violent and fatal incident.

The City of Children

2012

I Die for You poster
4.8

Through the different erotic stories of various characters, the film searches for the different types of bonds in a middle-class modern Greek family, its hopes, expectations, problems and everyday paranoia that its members encounter.

I Die for You

2009

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens at Land poster
4.6

Seven years after the incident on the Pitta islet, the team leaves the Aegean and goes ashore to help Stavrakomathiakakis find little Noori, who is about to be deported.

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens at Land

2011

Leaving poster
7.0

Why didn't Vicky go get her passport sooner? What happened and she was caught crying in a bank? Why does she ask Alexis if he's bored? Will Harris text her? When will her hypochondriac neighbor see her again? None of these questions will be answered. Vicky is leaving tomorrow and she just wants to have fun.

Leaving

2005

Hold Me poster
9.0

A radio show producer suddenly loses her father. To cope with this unexpected loss, she creates a website where radio listeners can send in their stories. Later, she meets with them and they share their stories through the game of touch. During these meetings, which last two years, a child is unexpectedly lost. Through the stories they share, everyone manages to cope with their loss and continue their lives with greater strength and optimism. The same goes for the heroine.

Hold Me

2006

Love Me Do poster
3.0

A director decides to make a film about an old friend, musician, who died from drugs years ago and became known to the general public after his death. The present and the past confused in the mind of the director and the influences in his work.

Love Me Do

2003

Still Looking for Morphine poster
4.1

Ricky rides her motorcycle among real and imagined dangers, to arrive unscathed, but unalterably changed, at the end of summer. The unrelenting wind of the season disrupts a landscape of inaction, theft and drug use. The end of innocence has already begun and a new path, dark and hopeful, stands waiting like the ships beyond her window. It will be an act of violence that thrusts the girl into womanhood and leads her to a new life where, not without pain, everything is possible.

Still Looking for Morphine

2001

Illusion poster
5.5

Sotiris is a financial editor at a local newspaper, living a mundane life, until he locks eyes with the gorgeous Olga at a Russian expat Christmas party. Unable to get her out his head, he starts looking for the girl of his dreams, only to find himself immersed in a dark and dangerous world, where the difference between illusion and reality will soon be made abundantly clear.With Zenia Kaplan as the proverbial femme fatale, Savvas Karydas explores the twin concepts of escape/dream and dead-end/deceit. From this unique perspective, Illusion could easily be perceived as a film noir. At the same time, it’s a film about contemporary credit crunch societies and their effect on relationships and attitudes, imposing a new moral order where love and friendship are tested, redefined and demystified.

Illusion

2013

Marjoram poster
3.8

MARJORAM is a psychological suspense drama about a mother-daughter relationship in which love and abuse seem go hand in hand. Anna (11) is a smart and talented kid. Mary, her mother, actively supports Anna so that she can get the best out of her talents. However, suddenly Anna starts behaving in strange ways, putting herself in danger. When asked what is happening, Anna claims that she is just fine. Her weird behavior however continues, driving Mary to her limits. Why a child, who seems happy on the surface, is acting so unpredictably? Why a mother, who loves her child so much, is having no clue of what is going on?

Marjoram

2013

Just Broke Up poster
4.1

Electra is an ordinary woman, without any karmic connection to the tragedy of her name. The most important relationship in her life is with Petros. However, he announces their separation on her birthday with a phone message while her friends are preparing a surprise party. The message is heard by all her friends except her, who is absent. They decide to hide the incident from her, in order to celebrate her birthday first. Thus, all the misunderstandings begin…

Just Broke Up

2008

1821: Wind of Freedom poster
5.0

A documentary film on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution.

1821: Wind of Freedom

2022

Canteen poster
4.7

Three men who work in a canteen hear the stories and the problems of the night customers.

Canteen

2010

Christmas Anti-fable poster
NR

Deep into the soil, a living species is threatened with extinction by a mysterious disease. This Christmas, the three top scientists from Asia, Europe and Africa are called upon to implement a groundbreaking form of treatment: the waveform transformation of a human being. Which of the three will be transformed into a worm to save the entire planet?

Christmas Anti-fable

2017