Nikos Tsachiridis

Acting

Nikos Tsachiridis

Born — Died

1933-09-09 — 2015-08-03

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Nikos Tsachiridis (September 9, 1933 – August 3, 2015) was a Greek actor. He was described as the "tough guy" of Greek cinema. A child of Pontic uprootedness and fatherless, he emerged from a very young age in the harsh struggle of life. He played in many films of both black-and-white and color Greek cinema. His first appearance was in the film Magic City (1954) by Nikos Koundouros, where the director gave him a small role. His roles in most films were secondary, usually those of the "tough guy". Nikos Tsachiridis always played his role convincingly, which is why he prevailed as one of the "tough guys" of Greek cinema. He was a footballer and a member of the Panhellenic Association of Paid F…

Known for

Sky Riders poster
6.2

When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.

Sky Riders

1976

Jupiter's Thigh poster
6.2

Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?

Jupiter's Thigh

1980

Never on Sunday poster
6.8

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Never on Sunday

1960

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Island of Death poster
4.7

A British couple on a break on a small Greek Island spreads terror beyond anything the Islanders could ever have imagined, only stopping every once in a while to shag anything that moves, be it man, woman or animal. But will they go unpunished, or will the inspector from London be able to put an end to their killing spree?

Island of Death

1976

Loafing and Camouflage poster
7.4

A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.

Loafing and Camouflage

1984

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 16 titles

Jupiter's Thigh poster
6.2

Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?

Jupiter's Thigh

1980

Loafing and Camouflage poster
7.4

A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.

Loafing and Camouflage

1984

Οι 3 ½ Tσαμπουκάδες poster
2.0

Kids battle bad guys using martial arts.

Οι 3 ½ Tσαμπουκάδες

1989

Arpa Colla poster
6.1

"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a director(Giorgos) and the other an author(Kostas) with communistic ideas, who has won a prize at a festival. They both want to make a movie for the cinema. But every idea they have never comes true, because every time they meet someone to whom they tell their idea, they change their mind, and they want to make a totally different movie, ideas varying from political cinema to Greek historical dramas and modern films with motorcycle gangs. Not a bad attempt for the Greek cinema of the early 80's, which starts to wake up from the hibernation of the 70's.

Arpa Colla

1982

The Striker with Number 9 poster
5.2

The story of a talented yet self-destructive soccer player in Greece. Based on the novel of the same name by Menis Koumandareas, the film narrates the life and works of Vassilis Seretis, a young, unknown, poor, but talented and ambitious football player, who dreams of conquering the pitches. The hero is willing to give everything and suffer whatever it takes in order to conquer the football world. With his talent as his only weapon, he tries to define his destiny, on a route from Thessaloniki, to Volos and from there to Athens. With him, we taste the mud of the fields, the loneliness of the countryside, the "sold out" matches, but also the ephemeral glow of success. Pantelis Voulgaris signs a film that left an era, as, in addition to its original directorial perspective, it outlines the phenomenon of Greek football in a poetic and at the same time realistic way.

The Striker with Number 9

1988

Me... and My Bird poster
5.6

A photo reporter, shortly before leaving for a job in Cyprus, becomes unwittingly the recipient of a golden owl, who stole a gang from the archaeological museum, who are following him in order to take the owl back.

Me... and My Bird

1982

Ο γλύκας poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ο γλύκας

1986

Τα παιδιά μας οι άγγελοι poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Τα παιδιά μας οι άγγελοι

1985

The Rape of a Nun poster
6.0

Irini, a young and beautiful woman, is promised by her father to a secluded convent where the corrupt abbot exploits the nuns. With the help of her childhood friend Dorothy, she tries to escape to Athens, only to find herself drawn into a world of wealth, desire, and sexual exploitation.

The Rape of a Nun

1983

Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε

1986

Bordello poster
5.5

Crete 1897. Greek rebels gained their freedom by fighting in the mountains. An allied fleet of French, English, Italian and Russian warships anchored in the port of Chania in protecting Greek and Turkish inhabitants. Rosa Bonaparte, accompanied by twelve girls off at a deserted beach with all the equipment of a Marseille brothel. Installed in a wing of a huge, ruined former Town Hall, where the officers of the allied fleet meet and entertain in the evenings surrounded by undercover agents, military connectors, and speculators : an East-West mosaic of languages, costumes and intrigue ...

Bordello

1985

Ο Τσιγγάνος poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο Τσιγγάνος

1984

Ο Τελευταίος... Μπάτσος poster
10.0

A police officer is called, along with his team, to investigate a kidnapping case of a young son of a businessman.

Ο Τελευταίος... Μπάτσος

1987

Shaven Heads poster
9.5

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nikos Kasdaglis and deals with the experiences of a group of soldiers during their military service in 1953, four years after the civil war.

Shaven Heads

1986

Ο Παπα-Ράμπο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ο Παπα-Ράμπο

1988

Ράδιο Αρβύλα poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Ράδιο Αρβύλα

1986

1970s · 13 titles

Sky Riders poster
6.2

When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.

Sky Riders

1976

Island of Death poster
4.7

A British couple on a break on a small Greek Island spreads terror beyond anything the Islanders could ever have imagined, only stopping every once in a while to shag anything that moves, be it man, woman or animal. But will they go unpunished, or will the inspector from London be able to put an end to their killing spree?

Island of Death

1976

Στη θύελλα της μεγάλης αγάπης poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Στη θύελλα της μεγάλης αγάπης

1972

1922 poster
5.7

Based on the book by Ilias Venezis "The Number 31328", the film by Nikos Koundouros unfolds through the personal tragedies of three characters, the Asia Minor Disaster and the agonizing travails of the Asia Minor Greeks who had been arrested and led to death by Kemal's troops and armed groups of Muslims. The wife of a merchant, a teacher and a seventeen-year old boy try to survive, following the column of prisoners into the depths of Asia Minor.

1922

1978

Ransom Baby poster
3.0

Christine has organized the robbery of the Mont Parnes casino. The robbers execute the plan with absolute precision and empty the entire treasury. The police immediately begin the investigation.

Ransom Baby

1972

In the Vertigo of Sin poster
9.0

After the end of the war, a Nazi officer returns to Greece with the aim of recovering the hidden property of a Jew whom he had killed. The daughter of the murdered man will trap him with her charm, take back her property, and avenge her father's murder.

In the Vertigo of Sin

1972

The Two Faces of Love poster
4.3

Eleana is a prostitute who appears to have been abused when she was younger. During her daily encounters with various clients, she meets a young labourer called Christos whom she momentarily tries to develop a normal relationship with. Old habits die hard and she soon hits the streets again but it's too late, Christos has become infatuated with Eleana and plans to marry her. Gradually, the pressure and stress of the situation starts to take it's toll on Eleana's sanity and leads to a surreal, nightmarish climax!

The Two Faces of Love

1972

Κολασμένη φύση poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Κολασμένη φύση

1972

Ένα ένα τέσσερα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ένα ένα τέσσερα

1977

Image of Love poster
3.4

Under the scorching sun of the rugged Greek countryside, the young star-crossed lovers, Aggelos and Irini, dare to dream of a better future in dazzling but faceless Athens. Amid fear and prejudice, the couple has planned everything down to the last detail; however, the lack of money, and a momentary lapse of judgment, will condemn the two companions to a life of misery, as every police officer from their small village to the bustling capital is already informed of Aggelos' crime. Now, they have no other choice but to swallow their pride and hide. But, the road to Athens is long and perilous, and only God knows what dangers lie ahead. Will the runaway lovers ever find happiness?

Image of Love

1972

Milo-Milo poster
4.2

Set in the greek island Milos, this action comedy follows a group of people searching for the actual Venus de Milo

Milo-Milo

1979

Assault on Agathon poster
6.5

CIA team in Greece tries to capture a major drug dealer.

Assault on Agathon

1975

Η ανταρσία των 10 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ανταρσία των 10

1970

1960s · 25 titles

Never on Sunday poster
6.8

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Never on Sunday

1960

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Χάιδω poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Χάιδω

1967

Οι κολασμένοι poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Οι κολασμένοι

1964

Μυρτιά poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Μυρτιά

1961

Η Ζωή Μου Αρχίζει Με Σένα poster
3.7

An 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

Cyprus in Flames poster
10.0

This is the film Crete in Flames, with some changes made to exploit a true story – it is about the kidnapping of Tasoula Vardinoyannis by Yannis Kefalogiannis –, a story that had shocked and fascinated the entire Greek nation, and had received widespread publicity. The Battle of Crete and the legendary resistance of the brave Cretan people against the German occupiers who invaded the island en masse by air in 1942.

Cyprus in Flames

1964

The Road to Corinth poster
4.4

The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.

The Road to Corinth

1967

A Bullet Through the Heart poster
6.0

Francesco, a young Sicilian aristocrat, scars an aging gangster who has set out to take away his property. The gangster vows to obtain vengeance, and Francesco is forced to flee across Greece with his girl friend, pursued by his antagonist's vicious henchmen.

A Bullet Through the Heart

1966

The Dawn of Triumph poster
6.7

A group of resistance fighters during the Occupation, collaborates with a lieutenant who comes to Greece from the headquarters of the Middle East, aiming to blow up a German ship.

The Dawn of Triumph

1960

Η φλόγα της ελευθερίας poster
NR

During the Occupation, a woman is hired by the Gestapo as a secretary. She helps members of the national resistance in any way she can, but at the same time she faces the disapproval of her fellow villagers, who consider her a traitor.

Η φλόγα της ελευθερίας

1962

Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει

1964

No artwork available
8.0

Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.

Act of Reprisal

1964

Μίσος poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Μίσος

1963

Come in, Kitso! poster
6.5

A naive provincial, Kitsos, who lives in Athens, accepts to work as a doorman in the apartment building where his old friend Aris lives, in order to help him marry the owner's daughter, Poly. Because the latter is quite a difficult character, Kitsos is forced to play the fool. Then, he discovers that Poly is in love with another resident of the apartment building, the famous singer Yannis Vogiatzis. Poly's father assigns Kitsos to monitor his daughter, because he suspects something, while his maid manages to charm him, and marry him, and the apartment building is disturbed by his incredible antics.

Come in, Kitso!

1968

Το Γεφύρι του Πεπρωμένου poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το Γεφύρι του Πεπρωμένου

1960

Glory Sky poster
7.1

During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

Glory Sky

1962

Angels of Sin poster
9.0

A young man with ideals, equipped with a high-school diploma, dreams of a quiet and honest life. Nevertheless, being unable to find a job and facing the problems of unemployment, he gets involved in a ring of thieves. The hoodlums organize a major heist. Lefteris agrees to take part in order to solve his money problems and live happily with his girl. Things, however, do not develop smoothly. The hero, at the last moment, manages to escape and avoid arrest by the policemen, thanks to the help of a girl who works in a cabaret in Piraeus and is in love with him.

Angels of Sin

1966

The mother's curse poster
7.7

After the murder of a brutal landowner, and six long years of incarceration, unarmed Tasos returns to his village, only to face the deceased's murderous brothers. Is Tasos willing to honour his promise to his late mother?

The mother's curse

1961

Θα ζήσω για σένα poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Θα ζήσω για σένα

1965

Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας

1964

Imperiale poster
6.2

The selfish mistress of a soldier, Zoe, betrays her lover and marries the emperor of Byzantium. She then convinces her husband to banish her lover (and his devoted general) to the isolated castle of Monemvasia . When astrologers predict the end of the world and even specify the exact date, the now empress Zoe, instead of holding her position and supporting her husband, prefers to spend the last days of her life with her former lover.

Imperiale

1968

Για ένα ταγάρι δολάρια poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Για ένα ταγάρι δολάρια

1969

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου

1968

Some mother sighs poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Some mother sighs

1966

Series credits