
Acting
Martha Karagianni
Born — Died
1939-11-06 — 2022-09-18
Place of birth
Athens, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Martha Karagianni (Greek: Μάρθα Καραγιάννη, 1939 - 2022) was a Greek film actress. She was born in Athens, to Pontic parents, but grew up in Keratsini. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 19 of which were produced by Studio giants Finos Film. Her film career was associated with the glamorous musicals and comedies of Yannis Dalianidis. Their collaboration began in 1961 in the film Liar Wanted. She made her first appearance on television in the TV series The street in 1977. She most recently starred in the films I'm Dying for You (2009) and Out of Love (2014). She died in Athens on 18 September 2022, at the age of 82, after suffering a stroke. …
Known for
6.9Eleni and Konstantinos are two totally different people who are forced to live under the same roof, because they are in the middle of the proceedings of a trial, regarding the ownership of the house. Konstantinos is a strict university professor, while Eleni is a crazy girl who works at a bar. Their different characters put them in constant conflict, but does this mean that they really hate each other?
Konstantinos and Helen
1998
6.4Vicky Stavropoulou plays the ghost of a woman who, invisible to ordinary mortals, watches, narrates and intervenes for good in various family affairs starring mothers-in-law with many different characters.
7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws
2004
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Ζωή πατίνι
1995
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Οι Μικρομεσαίοι
1992
NR
Enopios Enopio
1991
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Agria paidia
2008
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
4.5A love story with unpredictable twists and turns between perception and reality, love and its complications and the faults of human nature, Apo Erota (Lovestruck) is a romantic tale with a twist.
Love Struck
2014
NRStathis Psaltis, as a Greek, pulls the oar and searches for the Ithaca promised to him by Giorgakis. Giorgos Konstantinou holds on tightly to the last loaf of bread so that the IMF doesn't take it away from him. Martha Karagianni, outraged by everything she sees on television, decides to throw it away. Kostas Evripiotis feels the "nightmare in the kitchen." Dinos Spyropoulos is a farmer who searches alone but finds nothing. "Julia's maid" Christina Psalti describes what happened in the pink room, and Stathis Psaltis, drinking champagne, wonders "to be or not to be." But Greeks never bow their heads. They forget all their problems at a folk festival with Sofi Zanninou.
Where are you going, little George, in this weather?
2011
1980s · 4 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Σιγανοπαπαδιά
1988
NRMartha Karagianni and a group of beloved actors star in a film that fans of 1980s comedies will love.
The Revenge of Nitsa
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης
1988
4.6At a luxurious hotel various women spend their summer holidays trying, each one in her own way, to find the love of their life or solve the problems of a love affair. Through various misunderstandings and amusing incidents, the women find what they are looking for, with the help of luck and their female instinct.
The Hemline
1980
1970s · 2 titles
5.4The old mansion in Plaka, inherited by three cousins, becomes the stone of the scandal, as each of them thinks to use it differently. Achilleas wants to turn it into a nightclub, where he will present his dance program, while Hippocrates lives in it and rents the basement to the girl he loves, Despina. Things are complicated by the arrival from abroad of the third heiress, Kaiti, who will blow their minds.
Marijuana Stop!
1971
4.1Tonia, the director of an advertising company will visit along with the employee, Kostas tavern. There will fall on the cross, the dude in the region and will be surprised by their rude ways. Then Tonia would wager that can transform him into a man of high society in a few days.
The Tough Guy With the Tricycle
1972
1960s · 30 titles
4.5A charming woman who feels that her husband has grown tired of her and is no longer as interested in her sexually as he once was tries to rekindle his interest by making him believe she has a lover. He is indeed taken in by the bluff, and jealousy motivates and rekindles a relationship that had noticeably cooled.
The Devil and His Tail
1962
7.5Lieutenant Colonel Thanasis helps the colonel's son and his niece to marry their loved ones, while he wants to marry the general's servant, Frosso.
A tough corporal
1964
6.8Cosmas (Kostas Hadjichristos) learns that his mother needs to be immediately subjected to surgery. He asks the help of a relative (Nikos Fermas) to cover the expenses. He finds it difficult to overcome them, as he tries to raise money to marry his eminent heart (Martha Vourtsi). His relative agrees to pay, but asks Kosma to marry the Spanish singer (Martha Karayiannis) of the cabaret she runs, so that she can stay legally in Greece. Marriage becomes a secular event and is publicized, creating in Kosmas many problems and misunderstandings with his fiancé. Ultimately, a series of happy times will cancel the fake marriage, mother's surgery, and leave Kosmas the money to marry and start married life with greater financial comfort.
Paras and Foukaras
1964
6.2Run out of options and in desperate need of cash, a down-and-out young man accepts his rich hotelier friend's preposterous proposal to impersonate an exotic Arab Prince. But what does the bride-to-be has to say about this scandalous farce?
The Barefoot Prince
1966
9.5A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.
Five Thousand Lies
1966
6.3Thanasis is a good-looking taxi driver whose girlfriend is pushing him to marry. When an uncle from America gives him an expensive car, Thanasis' life will change. He will marry his beloved and, when uncle returns to Greece, he will run a car dealership on his behalf.
Taxi Driver
1962
6.2When the general manager who possesses 70% of the shares of a steelworks learns that he is sick and has to go abroad to be cured, he hands his shares to Timoleon Adamantas (Orestis Makris), his brother, a teacher, with whom he hasn’t spoken for almost 30 years. Timoleon, being an honest and goodhearted man, aided by his brother’s secretary, Margarita (Martha Karagianni), with whom his son Andreas is in love, finds out a number of great administrative irregularities. Immediately, he throws out his brother’s number one assistant, Kleftodimos (Dionysis Papagiannopoulos) and Margarita as well and puts everything in order.
Thieves out!
1961
5.9George Chatzigeorgoulas, sentenced to ten months in prison, the jailer tells of how he was in close. Reading Farsala a book about Casanova decided to come to Athens to live the high life. On the train he met the fiancée namesake cousin, Julia. But the cousin, is not intended to restore the fiancée and the similarity of the name of the cousin would put him in a lot of trouble ..
Casanova
1963
5.5Three brothers watched as pupil their sister and only trust George, their teammate from the football club where they play. George loves her secretly but not admitting to respect the trust
A Lady In Bouzoukia
1968
6.0Petros, a race car driver and son of a construction mogul, hears about an island with promising business opportunities. He tells his father, they have to buy land there but Flora, a night club owner also learns about it and arrives at the island before him. Their competition disturbs the peaceful lives of the island's residents. Marina, the daughter of the local restaurant owner falls in love with Petros while Flora charms the men of the island and especially Nicolas, causing his fiance's jealousy. She on the other hand falls for Iasonas, the son of the island's Lady who worries about the outcome of these events.
Mermaids for Love
1968
6.7Lakis (Dinos Iliopoulos) has to make sure that his three sisters are married before he can marry his beloved Lela (Martha Karagianni). While at the beach, Eva (Zoe Laskari) and Maria (Hloi Liaskou) will meet Kleopas (Costas Voutsas) and Giorgos (Vagelis Voulgaridis) with whom they will start dating. But Rena (Rena Vlahopoulou) has a secret relationship with Thodoros (Giannis Vogiatzis) for 10 years.
Someone like It Cold...
1963
9.0Staple of music-dance with acrobatics and theatrical skits mainly foreign artists metaklithikan in Greece by Kostas CHATZICHRISTOU, in line with the business of theatrical activities
Thymios in the Land of Striptease
1963
6.1An unorganized and spoiled guy, Telis Partalis, who is only cut off for his amusement, is squandering all of his father's possessions in feasts and cartogangers. His sister, Ellie, a tasty girl and a serious lawyer, as well as Julie's rich aunt, do their utmost to avert this situation but telis is not at all aware of his own misery. His aunt is forcing him to get engaged to the wealthy Nana, who in turn is a fanatic of the spree and has the ability to bail him out of debt. They once realize that Telis has fallen to the clutches of the deft who, led by the impostor Stelios, want to take away even the factory he has inherited. Then they all buckle together, even his sister and Nana, so they take down the bad guys. The factory survives, the hero's mind is somewhat "coagulates" and the love that arises between dues and nanas seals the happy ending.
That Something... Else!
1963
4.8A mildly inebriated second mate promises to marry an unknown woman; however, when he sobers up, he sends a jovial midshipman to get him off the hook, convinced that she is unattractive. But, what happens if she is truly ravishing instead?
Captain for Tears
1961
6.8A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.
The Blue Beads from Greece
1967
4.8Charilaos Maraziotis owns a store and owes so much money both to his lenders and to the state, that he is in danger of going to jail. He decides to pretend to be a psychopath and is sent to an asylum. His lenders, upon hearing the news about his mental health, change their attitude towards him and release him from his debts.
Eftyhos... trellathika!
1961
5.5The story of three young girls that are sisters and remain with their mother a tavern in the port. The Persa, the more dynamic it has relations with the labeled Zachos. The Tasia waiting at the port for years, the return of her beloved. Hara, a tomboy, reluctant to reveal feelings for Alekos, who sees it as a good childhood friend. Among all these catalytic moves a man of law, Orpheus.
I Die Every Dawn
1969
7.1A sometimes blind and sometimes mute homeless panhandler becomes the pivotal point in a modular story composed of secret love affairs, bittersweet conclusions, the end of an era, and pure hope. How hard is it to find an honest man?
Wanted honest
1963
6.2A hopeful Miss Europe 1966 and her girlfriends fall for an aircraftman and his friends. To be together, they take advantage of their commander's adoration for the famous actress, Rena Vlahopoulou. Who says no to a rendezvous with love?
Date In The Air
1966
6.2As the lithe accountant of an haute couture house on the brink of bankruptcy takes three beautiful mannequins to promote their work, a chance encounter with a rich businessman will soon pave the way for a delightful romance under the sun.
Three Ladies and me
1960
6.9Four very different people inherit a percentage of a fashion house but in order to make it work they have to get along with each other.
The Heirs
1964
6.0A director of a travel agency goes with her niece to Greece for holidays and business, there they meet a Greek company of men trying to "catch the good".
Kiss the Girls
1965
5.5A barber tries to find husbands for his four sisters so that he can marry his fiancee.
The Barber's Beauty
1969
6.6During an International Trade Fair at Thessaloniki, a mature woman, Rena (Martha Karagianni), goes there with her sister to convince her childhood friend Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos) to have a "white wedding" so that she can inherit a large estate. Dinos though, does not accept because even though he is actually a womanizer he acts as a shy and modest man around people. Everyone there will meet a group of musicians and one of them will fall in love with the daughter of the strict manager of the company Dinos works for who is accompanied by Dinos. At some point, everyone goes to Athens where things get more complicated untill everyone finds his perfect match. In the end Rena gets her inheritance and all together they perform a musical play in a grand theater.
Something Hot
1964
7.3A sharp altercation will pave the way for a brilliant career when a shameless liar meets his future employer: a resourceful parliamentarian. But, what happens when he tells one lie too many? Is his flair for fiction always beneficial?
Liar Wanted
1961
6.5As fate would have it, four newly-weds who aren't quite total strangers unknowingly reunite at a sea-side resort, eager to experience a hot wedding night. However, love isn't always a bed of roses. Will their first night be unforgettable?
Wedding night
1967
6.9Eftixios is a very decent, low profile man in love with his employee , an ambitious girl who wants to be an actress .Their life becomes upside down when a friend butcher wants to enter filming business.
The little man
1969
5.5Iraklis (Hercules) Leontopoulos is a low-paid employee with a heart of gold, who inherits a building together with its tenants. His easy disposition is his biggest problem because he can not collect any rents. In addition, he can not make any evictions nor can he demand any increase in the rents. Everything is about to change when his lawyer Aleka Palli makes him play the tough guy in order to collect the unpaid rents. The consequences of this transformation will be hilarious.
The Tough Guy
1961
6.4Kimon and Aris are brothers, still they are completely different characters. Kimon, the eldest one, is a serious, conceivable, and stubbornly man who refuses to marry. In opposite, Aris is an open-minded, lively and austere man. Their older sister Polyxeni is trying to bring them closer. Aris wants to meet his girlfriend, Myrto to his brother, but he fears that he will reject her because she is a singer so he convinces him to recruit her as his secretary by concealing her real identity.
One Girl For Two Men
1963
7.5A young man accidentally finds a bag belonging to a well-known industrialist, full of money, in a taxi. Although he is poor, he and his fiancée decide to return the bag to its owner, hoping to receive a reward for their good deed. However, a series of events and coincidences will embroil them in crazy adventures and upset their plans.
Rich Without Money
1960
1950s · 7 titles
4.2Madame X (Greek title: I Agnostos) is a 1954 Greek drama film directed by Orestis Laskos. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912). Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
The Unknown
1954
8.5Three poor men who have lost their jobs decide to swindle a wealthy Greek-American who returns to his homeland in search of his nephew.
Lovers Without a Dime
1958
4.3Waiting to get their lucky break, three penniless musicians, who are already five months behind in the rent, resort to a reckless fabrication to escape the landlady's wrath. But, what happens if she realises that everything is a cruel lie?
The Uncle from Canada
1959
9.0The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.
A Father by Accident
1957
9.0The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.
A Father by Accident
1957
8.0No synopsis available yet.
For the love of the shepherdess
1959
9.0Two friends and roommates, who face a grave financial problem, try every trick in the book to evade their landlady. Everything will change in their lives when they undertake a secret mission pretending to be detectives.
Φτώχεια Έρως και Κομπίνα
1956
Series credits
6.9Eleni and Konstantinos are two totally different people who are forced to live under the same roof, because they are in the middle of the proceedings of a trial, regarding the ownership of the house. Konstantinos is a strict university professor, while Eleni is a crazy girl who works at a bar. Their different characters put them in constant conflict, but does this mean that they really hate each other?
Konstantinos and Helen
1998
6.4Vicky Stavropoulou plays the ghost of a woman who, invisible to ordinary mortals, watches, narrates and intervenes for good in various family affairs starring mothers-in-law with many different characters.
7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws
2004
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Ζωή πατίνι
1995
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Οι Μικρομεσαίοι
1992
NR
Enopios Enopio
1991
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Agria paidia
2008
No synopsis available yet.
Ο Ανδροκλής και τα λιοντάρια του
1985
Mega's TVShow 2000-2004
Osa fernei i ora
2000

