
Acting
Giannis Vogiatzis
Born
1927-06-12 (99)
Place of birth
Etoliko, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Ioannis "Giannis" Vogiatzis (Greek: Ιωάννης «Γιάννης» Βογιατζής; born 16 December 1926) is a Greek actor in theatre and film. Vogiatzis was born in Aitoliko, Aetolia-Acarnania on 16 December 1926 He studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School and for some time at the UniPi as well. He first appeared onstage in 1955, right after his graduation, in the play by William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" held at the Dionyssia Theater. On the silver screen, Vogiatzis made his debut in 1957 in the movie Laterna, Ftoheia kai Garyfallo. He has since worked with several theatrical groups, leading the group quite a few times. His comedic talent has rendered him a household name in radio …
Known for
7.7No synopsis available yet.
The Family Hurts
2009
7.0Filio Williams, an elderly Greek-American woman, rushes to Mytilene with her granddaughter Helen to offer support to Syrian refugees. No one knows her background; no one knows that her grandmother—Filio Baltatzi, a native of Smyrna—had once found herself on that very same island, a persecuted refugee. A small notebook containing the recipes of her namesake grandmother unfolds the turbulent history of the cosmopolitan Baltatzi family, a story shaped by the tragic international events that determined the fate of entire nations. Across time and space, different generations of women from the same family are united by the threads of history. Past and present merge into one.
Smyrna my Beloved: The Series
2022
7.6Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.
The Treasure of the Beatitude
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Οι εργένηδες
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο παπαφαγάνας
1987
3.7An arrogant lieutenant of the Royal Hellenic Navy who finds out that his ex-lover has deeper feelings for one of his colleagues, wants to take his revenge on him after a nearly fatal accident. Can he swallow his pride and accept the truth?
Η Ζωή Μου Αρχίζει Με Σένα
1961
Film credits
1980s · 18 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο παπαφαγάνας
1987
4.0One lie requires two to cover it up, and two require four. Even Kosmas cannot escape this inviolable rule, who, in order to regularly escape his marital obligations, has created a fictional representative for his business in Rhodes. When he needs to introduce this representative, his only solution is to turn to an old friend with questionable tastes, Lele, who shows up completely unexpectedly to ask for his help. The second lie will create tragicomic situations because the imaginary person also takes on flesh and blood, claiming his own rights, resulting in a chain of misunderstandings that, for Kosmas, is a dead end...
Gymna skandala
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο βιολιστής της φάπας
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο μάγκας με τα πράσινα
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Η κόμπρα του σούπερ μάρκετ
1986
NRA rich sheikh, don't imagine oil, he is a scumbag. Where everyone was digging for oil, he hit springs with gurgling water that made him dizzy. But none of his seven wives (he had one for each day of the week) succeeded him. So...
Ματάκιας και βρωμόστομος
1986
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Ο Ράμπο απ' τα Τρίκαλα
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο Παπα-Ράμπο
1988
8.0Lambros is a stingy, married industrialist. However, his stinginess will eventually begin to waver when...
Gomena ypsilou kindynou
1987
NRAn "air comedy" with Yannis Vogiatzis as commander.
Iptamena manoulia
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Σχολή θηλυκών καμακιών
1986
3.6Aris, Billias, and the rest of the students decide to return to school with the excuse of earning their high school diplomas without any favors this time.Aris and Billias put their plan into action and the fun returns to everyday life.Two new teachers appear on the scene. One is a chemistry teacher who, due to a mistake, transforms into a different animal every so often, and the other is a kindergarten teacher.
Wheel, Bag and Truants 3
1984
6.1After numerous fruitless attempts to get a job, an outspoken unemployed Greek, Michalis Vidas, is eventually taken in for a psychological evaluation by an unlucky twist of fate. However, pretty soon, things will take an unexpected turn for the better, when a precious positive assessment of his mental state lands him a job at a pasta factory on the brink of bankruptcy, and a place in the heart of the charming co-owner, Lola. Now, who would have thought that adding just a dash of folly could open doors for the young man?
I'm crazy, I do whatever I want
1984
6.0Babis, who is crazy about rock music, gives a performance with his band "Jelings Band" to his fellow villagers. However, they don't like disco and beat him up. Disappointed, he heads to Athens to become a star. He meets Eva, the daughter of a big hotel owner. Eva starts to like him, unlike her friends who make fun of him. Bambis, penniless and level-headed, approaches the hotel manager and is hired as a chambermaid under the name Agrampeli. However, the ingenious detective Tsakmakis realizes what is going on...
Rock Star During the Day... At Night Maid
1984
4.8Andreas, a blind shepherd, is the only man left in the village of Platanos, since all the others have left to seek work in Athens. The women of the village treat him as a sexual object, until a maid helps him regain his sight and escape the exploitation of the other women.
The sex hunter
1981
7.3A scholar assigned to a high school that is famous for unruly pupils, and suffers from the pranks he get up to. But when a student falls in love and revealed the side of his character which he knows to feasts, he will win his students, combining fun and teaching.
We Can Do It Under the Desks, Too
1983
8.0A country kid enters a physical education college that prepares future champions. Rookie as he is, he is teased by his classmates. But he does not give up and tries in a thousand and two ways to prove to them that he is not the provincial they think, but a hard heart conqueror.
Ένας Πρωτάρης Στο Κολλέγιο!
1984
6.9Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living by arranging marriages. He does not hesitate to dress up according to the occasion in order to satisfy his clients' whims. Everything goes well until he meets Eva and his heart beats wildly with love.
Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης
1984
1970s · 5 titles
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών
1976
5.4A delicious and understated countryman, Anna, leaves for the capital to study. He's hitchhiking on the motorway, and a business car, with a medical practitioner, stops to get it. The driver, named Fanis, is doing this job very much to take care of his seriously ill mother. Fanis gives her a place in his house to stay and, over time, falls in love with her, but family situations force Anna to abandon her studies. She returns to the village and marries her fellow villager, the Bargaining Barnabas. This, above all, has sent her father to the grave for unbearable debts. After his death and his mother, Fanis comes to the village and tries to persuade the girl to follow him to Athens, which is done with the mediator's help from the pope. Fanis promises to finish his studies and become the doctor of the village, to marry Anna naturally and to have children.
Men Know How to Love
1971
10.0Giannis Vogiatzis is Tilemahos, a young man with a very strict mother. One day he decides to get married.
Mom's Child
1970
9.0A talented young musician, Petros Apostolou, arrives in Athens and soon manages to record his first album. The success comes along with the love of young Anna, the niece of the director of the recording company, Mr. Theoharis. Despite her uncle's objections, Anna marries him, stays pregnant and dies at birth, but brings a little boy to the world. The blow is too heavy for Peter, who abandons everything.
I lived a monk without love
1971
4.4Two apartments of an apartment building with common balcony, living two same-sex couples. At one resident Stephen with Fanny and the other Myrto with Tatiana. But other things show and others are as well in the apartments live two married couples. Stephen with Myrto and Fanis with Tatiana, who keep hidden their marriages, because women working as hostesses in an airline that does not allow their marriage...
One Crazy Crazy Hijacker
1973
1960s · 32 titles
3.7An arrogant lieutenant of the Royal Hellenic Navy who finds out that his ex-lover has deeper feelings for one of his colleagues, wants to take his revenge on him after a nearly fatal accident. Can he swallow his pride and accept the truth?
Η Ζωή Μου Αρχίζει Με Σένα
1961
6.9The Clearchos order to escape the unbearable and domineering wife Marina and found a lively geitonisa of Iro, will invoke the alleged suspicions that the Mahos groom, husband of their daughter Rhea has a mistress and will follow up the Fthiotida, where do you go to spas for a sore arm ...
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
1961
6.1A parliamentary candidate and his mistress will spend the night at the police station. After all, no one is above the law, no matter what his credentials or social status may appear to be.
The Orgies Villa
1964
7.5Antonis Tsilivikis, a stingy construction contractor, neglects his home and wife Eleni and forces her to lie to her rich uncle in America, Peter, in order to continue to send a monthly financial aid. But when the uncle notices that he comes to Greece, and in order not to reveal the truth, Antonis disguises himself as a retired named Beizanis, who supposedly rents a room at their home...
I'll Make You Queen
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
7.4The strict and formal director Lila Vassiliou has under her orders all the staff of the technical office of which she takes over the management, but at the same time, she is looking to find ways of charm to conquer the lively sub-engineer Alekos Samiotakis.
Miss Manager
1964
6.4A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father offers a reward in order to find her and an other girl that looks exactly like her is brought to him.
Lisa and the Other Woman
1961
4.8Polyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the girl, she leaves her husband and goes to live at her parents' house. There, however, by chance, her former maid comes to work as a domestic helper. Polyxeni's father, brother, son-in-law, a naval officer, and two of his sailors fall in love with the maid, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations.
All Men Are the Same
1966
7.0Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
1963
6.5A young student (Alekos Alexandrakis) comes from Italy and presents to his sister (Katerina Gioulaki) the fiancée (Maro Kondou) as Italian, because the first insisted not to marry a Greek. The couple, however, in cooperation with the afflicted spouse (Giannis Vogiatzis) strict sister, managed to change the opinion.
An Italian girl from Kypseli
1968
5.3A very clever detective is on a mission to find a shipowner's daughter, having as a sole research element a mole on the girl's buttock.
The King of Gaffes
1962
7.0Aris, Nikos Kourkoulos, is released from prison after three years, and he turns up at Troumpa, a slum area in Piraeus. His purpose is not to settle his own accounts but to find out if Lola (Tzeni Karezi), a young woman who works at Stelios’ cabaret, was among the ones who betrayed him. Aris loves and cares about Lola and wants to get her out of there, but Stelios, who is also in love with her, assigns a thug to kill Aris.
Lola
1964
6.0A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con woman, falls in love with her. Against all logic, he refuses to turn her in to the police. Is there a future between them?
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
1962
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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ο Κίτσος και τ' αδέλφια του
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
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
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
6.2Anna thinks up a clever plan to bring her husband Manos on track. Having discovered that he is cheating on her, after only two years of marriage, she pretends to be crazy and decides to pay him back in the same coin.
My wife went mad
1966
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
6.7Lakis (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
6.8A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.
The Blue Beads from Greece
1967
3.0A naive young man, Mikes tries to solve its economic problems by marriage with a wealthy bride. After various matchmaking, find an equally naive but wealthy girl and the match ends in love. However, at the request of her father to marry her must first find the job himself. His efforts to restore business fail and decides to thieves with his beloved. Fortunately her father will give in and allow them to marry.
Mikes Is Getting Married
1968
6.8After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned many years ago to find his mother, who has been missing from the time of the German Occupation. When he meets Othonas, however, they quarrel because the detective hadn’t worked seriously enough on the case. Afterwards, Stathis takes control of his old gang again and sets up a few new scams, selling dreams and hopes to simple people. He soon realizes that he has lost his old love, Vana, who, while he was in prison, had become involved with his second-in- command, Michalis. Nevertheless, his bitterness is softened by Stella, Vana’s sister, who works at the Red Cross. He falls for her, and she responds in kind.
Ruthless
1965
8.5Pericles, a barber, leaves his homeland and goes to Africa to hunt wild animals. Someday he decides to return and his adventure is about to begin...
Yannis is afraid of the Beast...
1969
6.1By a cruel fate, a pair of newborn twin brothers get separated, and one of them becomes a pampered Casanova, while the other, lands a job at the factory of his unknown sibling's stepdad. Will the polar opposite twins reunite?
The Twins
1964
5.4Minas, a conscientious and honest employee, is responsible for procurement at the company where he works. His wife, Eva, is a faithful and obedient spouse who embraces her husband's principles, but she enjoys luxury, furs, and jewelry. One day, her husband's boss approaches her and suggests that she recommend one of his suppliers to Minas, without any compensation. Thus begins a story in which, behind her husband's back, Eva earns money, which she justifies as an inheritance from an uncle. However, when Minas discovers her trick, every trickster sits on his bench.
The Miss Of The Mister
1962
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
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
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
10.0Documentary about the nightlife in Athens. The nightclubs, the musical acts, the striptease shows, but also some dramatized acts with well-known actors...
Nightwalks
1964
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
1950s · 3 titles
7.6Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.
The Treasure of the Beatitude
1959
5.3Two friends and co-owners of a flower shop, Eudaimon and Loulis, live by completely opposite principles. One enjoys himself and lives carefree, while the other works hard and plans for the future. When the "grasshopper" ogles his kind housewife, eyeing her olive trees, the "ant" tries to bring him to his senses. But the girl, whom the ant plans to introduce to the cicada, will ultimately enchant him.
The Cicada and the Ant
1958
7.5Pavlaras and Petrakis have spent the money that Kaiti's father gave them two years ago and continue to travel around Athens with their lantern. However, Pavlaras is not well and needs to rest, as recommended by his doctor. Petrakis collects money from their friends, but it is not enough to cover their expenses. He is then forced to secretly sell the lantern without Pavlaras' knowledge.
Laterna, Poverty and Carnation
1957
Series credits
7.7No synopsis available yet.
The Family Hurts
2009
7.0Filio Williams, an elderly Greek-American woman, rushes to Mytilene with her granddaughter Helen to offer support to Syrian refugees. No one knows her background; no one knows that her grandmother—Filio Baltatzi, a native of Smyrna—had once found herself on that very same island, a persecuted refugee. A small notebook containing the recipes of her namesake grandmother unfolds the turbulent history of the cosmopolitan Baltatzi family, a story shaped by the tragic international events that determined the fate of entire nations. Across time and space, different generations of women from the same family are united by the threads of history. Past and present merge into one.
Smyrna my Beloved: The Series
2022
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Οι εργένηδες
1991


