Sofia Olympiou

Acting

Sofia Olympiou

Born — Died

1935-03-23 — 2017-09-25

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Sofia Olympiou (Sofia-Glykeria Chalkiopoulou, 23 March 1935 – 25 September 2017) was a Greek television, theatre and film actress. Sofia Olympiou came from an artistic family. Her maiden name was Sofia-Glykeria Chalkiopoulou. Her father was the actor Yiannis Chalkiopoulos and her mother was the actress Eleni Lalaouni. On her father's side, her grandfather Nikos Chalkiopoulos was an actor and her grandmother was the also actress Sofia Chalkiopoulou. On her mother's side, only her grandmother was an actress, Olympia Lalaouni. Her first husband was George Olympiou, while her second husband was Christoforos Kazantzidis. She had a long career in the theater scene, almost 41 years of presence o…

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Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

From the Snow poster
6.0

This highly acclaimed drama from Greek writer/director Sotiris Goritsas, inspired by the Sotiris Dimitriou short story, represented Greece as an official selection for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. It concerns two young Greek men seeking refuge in Albania. Thomas (Vassilis Eleftheriadis) and Achilleas (Ierassimos Skiadaeressis) make an illegal late-night run at the Greek border, joined by young Nikos (Antonis Manolas), a child whose mother had been killed by Albanian guards. Returning to Athens, they find that the land they had missed and dreamed of so often has changed, refusing to accept the returning refugees or even see them as Greek -- the locals refer to the trio as "Albanians" throughout the film. Demoralized and disillusioned, Thomas is accidentally killed while working at a building site to make ends meet, and Achilleas and Nikos decide to return to their Albanian village rather than stay in an Athens, which clearly has no place for them anymore.

From the Snow

1993

Lefteris poster
6.4

The introduction of this film is set during the time of the Junta (1967-1974) when the main character (Lefteris Dimakopoulos) used to work at the fish-market in Mesolonggi in order to be able to finish his studies at the Polytechnic University. Later on, we watch Lefteris’ life through his relationship with Dimitra, a fellow student. The ups and downs in their relationship during the course of their studies end up in a deadlock, in which they sacrifice their relationship to their quest for success.

Lefteris

1993

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