Makis Demiris

Acting

Makis Demiris

Born — Died

1939-01-01 — 1999-10-14

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Makis Demiris (1939 - 14 October 1999) was a Greek stage and film actor. His real name was Kouloumbas Prodromos. He studied at the Pelos Katseli Drama School, from where he graduated in 1963, and worked with great leading ladies, such as Aliki Vougiouklaki and Rena Vlachopoulou. He became known for playing the coffee shop owner "Maki" in the YENED television series "Our Neighborhood". He was a well-known Panathinaikos fan.

Known for

The jealous woman poster
4.2

A woman with pathological jealousy makes her husband's life so difficult that he risks losing both his health and his job. Her unbridled imagination discovers her husband's infidelities where they do not exist and relationships with women he has never met. Until suddenly an incident overturns their family life...

The jealous woman

1968

The Man from Karpazia poster
7.5

Anestis is a nice guy but he doesn't have the courage to react when others bother him. When one of his close friends brings him some "magic" pills that give Anestis the superpowers of his dreams, everything is going to change...

The Man from Karpazia

1969

A Matter of Earnestness poster
7.1

Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

A Matter of Earnestness

1965

The Countess of Corfu poster
6.0

A businnesman, Sotiris Karelis, is presented to the piano teacher and twice a widow, Antzolina, and asks her to sell her mansion in order to convert it into a hotel. The same time, an Italian music group arrive in Corfu, which has been abandoned by Alinda Ritsi singer. Antzolina is persuaded not only to host her home but also to replace the singer. However, there is a lot of confusion because the singer of the group Alinda Ritsi comes in Corfu with her fiancée, and everyone is starting to look for their real identities.

The Countess of Corfu

1972

Aliki the Dictator poster
4.0

A young woman arrives in Athens with her dog after the death of her father, the head of a bouzouki band that broke up because television took away their work. She settles in the humble home of a friend, who is married to a petty crook, and looks for work. At some point, she meets a blind student and a mutual attraction develops between them, which blossoms into love.

Aliki the Dictator

1972

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc poster
7.1

Thou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc

1969

Film credits

1980s · 13 titles

Doste tin tsonta sto lao!.. poster
8.0

Two police officers are desperately trying to track down the leaders of an illegal pornographic film production ring, with their only clue being the buttocks of a starlet from the industry. Meanwhile, the cunning Nikolakis, who along with his friend Bebis is a fanatic fan of the genre, decides to star in a porn film himself, with the ultimate goal of surpassing the most famous porn star, Tasos, in fame.

Doste tin tsonta sto lao!..

1983

Μπλου τζην και πέτσινα μπουφάν poster
7.0

Children two poor families fall in love with each other and sink their relatives in grief. Their families were hoping that those will escape poverty, making a marriage with a rich partner

Μπλου τζην και πέτσινα μπουφάν

1982

The Virgin Hunter poster
5.3

An employee of an insurance company, Hercules (Sotiris Moustakas) undertakes with the help of two friends (Stathis Psaltis and Antonis Papadopoulos) to protect the chastity of his daughter (Katie Finos) an entrepreneur (Yiannis Michalopoulos). The possible failure in this mission can be the end of the company. Are the shadow of the girl and get entangled in various comic situations.

The Virgin Hunter

1980

Commando and Manoulias poster
5.3

A 35-year-old reservist is called up for retraining in new weapons. He has been engaged for nine years to a Cretan girl, whose brother threatens to kill him if he does not set a wedding date immediately. So he sees his conscription as a saving grace, but he is assigned to a paratrooper commando unit and endures hell during training. At the camp, he hangs out with three other guys his age who are turning the universe upside down. However, the difficult life at the camp eventually convinces him to get married and become a good family man.

Commando and Manoulias

1982

Wheel Bag and Kopana poster
5.9

A major hit in the Greek cinemas at the time, this comedy by Omiros Efstratiadis is about a bunch of teenagers who make things difficult for their teachers.

Wheel Bag and Kopana

1982

The Big Nostril poster
6.4

Sotiris Moustakas is Thiseas Doxapatris, a detective with a twin brother.

The Big Nostril

1981

Traffic Cop Varvara poster
4.7

Much to his surprise and not a moment too soon, the young long-term unemployed, Achilleas Taleporos, realises that his striking resemblance to his twin sister and traffic officer, Varvara, will finally land him a steady job, provided that he went the extra mile to succeed. Suddenly, his sister's uniform, a pair of black almond-toe pumps, a flaxen wig and a little bit of make-up will open the doors to the Police Academy, where "Varvara", amidst an all-female class, gets a rigorous training. But, now that the new recruit in disguise is finally accepted, what are the chances of finding true love in the most unusual of places?

Traffic Cop Varvara

1981

Gigolos poster
5.3

This comedy takes place during a hot summer at a Greek island. We meet Stathis and his company and we watch as they try to get the attention of all kinds of beautiful foreign girls.

Gigolos

1981

Untouched... flirting!! poster
6.0

The adventures of a bunch of young lovers in Greece.

Untouched... flirting!!

1983

Wheel Bag and Kopana 2 poster
3.4

A rich kid comes to Havale High School with his servant for the new school year and, of course, becomes the butt of the other students' jokes, until he falls in love with a classmate, changes, and becomes the toughest kid in school.is accepted by his classmates, and together they rebel against their teachers....

Wheel Bag and Kopana 2

1983

The Sainia poster
3.4

Pelops (Nikos Tsouka), after the appearance of the deceased brother and he has discovered a method of preparing gasoline, desperately trying to find the missing ingredient to complete the formulation. His friends (Stathis Psaltis and Antonis Papadopoulos) attempt to chase away ghosts that haunt him, which is no more than two people (Mari Karavia and Markos Lezes) who want to drive Pelops to explore the house, inside in which is hidden a treasure.

The Sainia

1982

The maid of the night poster
NR

The maid of the night, which upsets the hotel, causing customers and spreading promises wishes. All this makes for a sacred purpose. To collect money to release her boyfriend, who is imprisoned for debts ..

The maid of the night

1985

Papadistik Company poster
6.0

Kavouras is the owner of the popular nightclub "Xerokomata," which has begun to lose its patrons. When he learns from a friend that the monks Malachias, Charon, and Billias are passionate about music and singing, he convinces them to leave the Medouli monastery, where they lived a virtuous and solitary life, and take to the stage. Their success is so great that it threatens to sweep everything away in its path...

Papadistik Company

1983

1970s · 22 titles

The Countess of Corfu poster
6.0

A businnesman, Sotiris Karelis, is presented to the piano teacher and twice a widow, Antzolina, and asks her to sell her mansion in order to convert it into a hotel. The same time, an Italian music group arrive in Corfu, which has been abandoned by Alinda Ritsi singer. Antzolina is persuaded not only to host her home but also to replace the singer. However, there is a lot of confusion because the singer of the group Alinda Ritsi comes in Corfu with her fiancée, and everyone is starting to look for their real identities.

The Countess of Corfu

1972

Aliki the Dictator poster
4.0

A young woman arrives in Athens with her dog after the death of her father, the head of a bouzouki band that broke up because television took away their work. She settles in the humble home of a friend, who is married to a petty crook, and looks for work. At some point, she meets a blind student and a mutual attraction develops between them, which blossoms into love.

Aliki the Dictator

1972

What a Waste! poster
5.6

Marios was the abuser convicted. The day he is released from prison meets Danae, which he grants a villa and a luxury car with the assertion that performs the last wish of the deceased husband, for whose account was fraud.

What a Waste!

1970

Καταναλωτική κοινωνία poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καταναλωτική κοινωνία

1971

The Man Who Broke the Ice poster
6.4

Lambros Konstantaras performs a wealthy gossip that has never worked, and all he has to do is make fun and jokes to others. But when he suddenly finds himself in the street, he realizes that life is not just fun and is forced to look for a job. In the end, it turns out he had not lost his fortune as it was an idea his father had invented shortly before he died to be

The Man Who Broke the Ice

1972

King of Liars poster
3.3

Achilleas, who works together with his friend Paminos at Prokopis’ gas station, tries, via correspondence, to find a rich woman from abroad to marry and, in this way, hit the jackpot.

King of Liars

1971

Holidays in Vietnam poster
6.3

Returning from a 3 year captivity in Vietnam, a kind chemist finds his wife married to his boss who has become rich due to his invention.

Holidays in Vietnam

1971

A Funny Girl poster
6.3

The son of a shipping magnate finds himself increasingly drawn to a lively circus clown, unaware of her profession. This doesn't sit well with his companion, and a war in the name of love begins. Is he capable of loving the funny girl?

A Funny Girl

1970

Boom Taratajum poster
5.7

Two itinerant actress, the Vlakometros and Poniridis, arrive at Adira, a city of ancient Greece groaning under the despotic rule of the tyrant Hippias, to give a performance. Because Vlakometros is identical to Hippias, the dissident intellectuals will try to use it to overthrow the tyrant. A series of incredible comedic misunderstandings and unexpected will follow in this brilliant political satire, which had experienced serious problems with censorship when the Junta was.

Boom Taratajum

1972

Aristotelis the Lightweight poster
4.3

A pasta-factory owner, Aristotelis Kolokythas, after two unsuccessful marriages in the past, is now crazy about a folk singer, Mirella. For her sake, he lavishly squanders his pasta profits, despite the earnest efforts of his partner Orestis, to rein in his spending and put some sense into him. When the business finally goes bankrupt, the hero considers leaving for the Congo to work with his twin brother, Vangelis. Suddenly, however, everything changes, as Vangelis arrives in Athens.

Aristotelis the Lightweight

1970

From the Stable to the Salon poster
6.0

The amateur singer, Magdalo, plucks up the courage to leave her small village in search of a well-paying job and has a chance encounter with the idealist classical musician, Fodas. Bent on taking back the familial plots from a money-grubbing loan-shark, Magdalo lands a job as a resident singer at a trendy nightclub, whereas, Fodas is having a hard time keeping himself afloat. Once more, after Magdalo's rapid rise to stardom, the two artists cross paths; however, they are too proud to admit their deeper feelings for each other. Will those two polar opposites bury the hatchet for love's sake?

From the Stable to the Salon

1972

The Tycoon Lady poster
6.0

Shipowner Karanikas, who has been searching for his lost daughter for years, finally finds her with the help of a limping detective. However, on his way to meet her, he is killed in a car accident, leaving her his entire fortune. Despoina, a street vendor with a talent for singing, suddenly becomes a shipowner and tries to adapt to her new role. While the company's personnel, public relations, and legal affairs managers each vie for the position of general manager, Despoina falls in love with a con man, the playboy Jack, who only wants her for her money. She soon realizes what he is like and sends him away. Her pain is now eased by the financial director, Petros, whom her father had raised as his own son. With him, Despina will find affection, love, and tenderness.

The Tycoon Lady

1971

Η ανταρσία των 10 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ανταρσία των 10

1970

One Groom, Many Lightweight poster
7.0

Katia Karalis is a simple typist in a newspaper but wants to be a journalist. One day she learns from her director that Chris Back, a high profile dressmaker. However, in order to provide him with a quiet holiday, he has presented his double to the hotel, and Katia, accompanied by Gregoris, a photographer who is in love with her, watches him everywhere, falling from gaffe to gaffe. Ultimately, despite all the difficulties, they make the great journalistic success after they manage to get an interview with the real Chris Back, namely Christodoulos Baka.

One Groom, Many Lightweight

1972

The Lady Kiosk Owner poster
9.0

A good-hearted taxi driver dreams of living comfortably and rich. In her attempt to help people, she upsets her little neighborhood.

The Lady Kiosk Owner

1970

Όλοι θα ζήσουμε poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Όλοι θα ζήσουμε

1974

O agathiáris kai i atsída poster
9.0

A self-made owner of a soft-drink factory decides to give the entire plant to his naive nephew as a present. Now, as two women vie for his attention, he is entangled in the theft of an ancient statuette. Who is friend, and who is foe?

O agathiáris kai i atsída

1971

Odd... Even Mine... poster
10.0

When she learns that her fiancé has played their wedding rings in gambling, Despina leaves him. He will buy the wedding rings again and visit her to rebuild them, but he will find four men in her house and he will be distracted. Despina will get involved in many misunderstandings until she can find her again with her beloved.

Odd... Even Mine...

1979

Bouzanka à la... Greek poster
8.0

A Naive man from the countryside, affected by the famous Italian cine star Lado Bouzanka and his ladiesman ways, travels to Athens in order to act in a similar way with women, after having sold all his land and ready to spend a lot. He stays with his cousin, a crazy deluded artist and his sexy models. His many attempts with every single girl he meets, are being interrupted by several incidents.

Bouzanka à la... Greek

1975

I Loved a Stranger poster
8.0

A rich young woman loves a poor singer, and her mother, who wants to prevent their marriage at all costs, confesses to her that he is her brother.

I Loved a Stranger

1970

To pio grigoro bouzouki poster
8.0

Tired of her loafing son's lack of ambition and desire to drop out of school, Paschalis' mother sends him to Athens to stay with his successful brothers, hoping they will set him straight. Instead, Paschalis ignores his siblings' advice and heeds his friend Stratos' suggestion to pursue a career in entertainment as a bouzouki player. Soon, Paschalis becomes a sensation in the music scene. However, with money and fame rolling in, will the performer handle the pressures and temptations of newfound stardom

To pio grigoro bouzouki

1973

Ο καμαριέρης της μπουζουξούς poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο καμαριέρης της μπουζουξούς

1971

1960s · 25 titles

The jealous woman poster
4.2

A woman with pathological jealousy makes her husband's life so difficult that he risks losing both his health and his job. Her unbridled imagination discovers her husband's infidelities where they do not exist and relationships with women he has never met. Until suddenly an incident overturns their family life...

The jealous woman

1968

The Man from Karpazia poster
7.5

Anestis is a nice guy but he doesn't have the courage to react when others bother him. When one of his close friends brings him some "magic" pills that give Anestis the superpowers of his dreams, everything is going to change...

The Man from Karpazia

1969

A Matter of Earnestness poster
7.1

Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

A Matter of Earnestness

1965

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc poster
7.1

Thou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc

1969

A poor Onassis poster
5.3

A poor accountant, but with the enigmatic name Agisilaos Onassis (Kostas Voutsas), who dreams of a great life, suddenly learns that he only has a month left to live. He abandons everything and, with the savings he has on his side, is leaving on an island to spend this last month of his life as rich.

A poor Onassis

1969

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού

1969

Unmarried Groom poster
7.0

A kind-hearted teacher saves a girl from suicide and takes her into his home. However, he is newly married and the next day he leaves with his wife for their honeymoon. On the train, he encounters the same girl. The situation quickly becomes complicated, his wife becomes suspicious, and many misunderstandings arise.

Unmarried Groom

1967

Welcome Dollar poster
7.1

Philip (Giorgos Constantinou), a shy and dignified accountant and English teacher, lives with his mother (Zoli Garbi) and his two siblings in the same house. His and his mother's meager income, just enough to support them all. His younger brother (Alekos Tzanetakos) remains unemployed and lazy rather out of conscience, while his older brother, Kimon (Orpheus Zachos), dreams of being re-elected prefect and refuses, although a qualified accountant, to work, considering the positions demeaning and irrelevant offered to him. His tragic financial situation will be further burdened by their imminent forced move to another house. It is also the first color Greek film, edited entirely in Greece. It is based on the play "The 6th American Fleet" by Alek Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos, who also wrote the screenplay, while Sakellarios directed the film.

Welcome Dollar

1967

The Grouch poster
6.9

A nephew of three strange uncles loves a girl, but his uncles are against the marriage. A resourceful aunt takes the case and helps the couple.

The Grouch

1969

Captain Fandis Bastounis poster
6.5

Captain Andreas, a widower master learns that the planned departure postponed and the crew discovers hidden in the ship's refrigerator a girl, Marina. The company and the kind of behavior makes him take her with him to his home in Poros, which is home to the sister of Royal and two nephews. The presence of the marina there inflamed passions and causes the scheming sister, culminating when he set sail for the trip. When his ship sinks and he is considered missing, his sister declares him dead, eliminates the Marina and trying to reap his fortune with the help of their lawyer. Some time later, Andrew returns secretly finds Marina, marries her and takes her to his home, where enforce order ...

Captain Fandis Bastounis

1968

Cleopatra was Antonis poster
4.7

An unemployed man poses as a housekeeper to stay afloat; but, his fiancée starts to suspect something, the gardener wants more of "her", and his employer's scheming cousins want everything for themselves. Can he get out of the tight spot?

Cleopatra was Antonis

1966

My Dimitri... My Dimitri poster
6.4

An almost irresistible attraction between the rich daughter of a factory owner and a successful popular singer will lead to marriage against her father's will. Is he the good and honest man everybody says? Will money corrupt him, too?

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

1967

Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last poster
6.0

For too long, a nephew has been lying to his rich uncle about his marital status, to get his monthly cheques. But, when he pays a sudden visit, only a young architect can save him. Will she be able to pass herself off as his loving wife?

Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last

1969

The Antijealous poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Antijealous

1968

A Man for All Jobs... poster
5.6

A cynical young man, Giorgos, who believes that in this life you need to steer clear of principles and attachments, clashes with his father, captain Manolis and abandons the management of the family’s shipyard. Determined to build his life again, he gets a job as a waiter in a large hotel and believes that he can also get rich by taking advantage of the sorrows and the loneliness of the wealthy.

A Man for All Jobs...

1966

Viva Rena poster
5.9

Rena, a decadent folk singer from Corfu, lives in Athens with her bouzouki musician brother Stratos, while her cousin Pepita di Corfu, is a major prima donna of popular tunes and lives in Rome with her fiancé Antonio. The shipowner Lampros Fokas, who had met Pepita years ago in Naples, invites her to a reception. She is unable to go, but a foxy agent presents Rena in her place. At first, the ruse is successful, and Fokas is charmed by Pepita-Rena. The things are getting complicated, however, when Pepita comes to Greece on vacation.

Viva Rena

1967

The Big Fool poster
8.7

Businessman Telis Birkas (Periklis Hristoforidis) decides to marry his daughter Antzela (Sasa Kastoura) with a nice guy, his accountant Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). Antzela though does not want to hear a word about it. Telis, decides to train Dinos in order for him to win his daughter's heart. Training does not go so well and so the call in the big guns.

The Big Fool

1967

For Whom the Bell Rings poster
7.4

The industrialist Apostolos Lampirikos is drowning in debt. All were asking borrowed, but none of the return. From this predicament is to get him his employee, Costas, with a trick. Kostas proposed to his boss ... to "commit suicide". The Lampirikos, with a large stone tied around his neck, supposedly falls overboard and the truth Kostas him and sent a photo. their accomplices to fraud, wife of Apostle Flora and his daughter Alice. Kostas closes his boss in a shack in the yard of his house, where he comes only with password hitting a bell. The supposed death of Lampiris made headlines in newspapers and creditors stop pressuring him, debtors pay and orders go much better. Finally, the "shoe Lampiris' survives. Things get complicated, however, when one supplier seeks to marry the widow Lampiris, but cunning Kostas "resurrects" Tolis wins and Alice, for the sake of which also did what he did.

For Whom the Bell Rings

1968

Father, Behave Yourself! poster
5.8

Antonis is a wealthy peasant who finds out that his son spends money and time partying instead of studying. He decides to visit him and restore him to track but instead of achieving his purpose, he falls into the trap of sweet life too.

Father, Behave Yourself!

1967

Three Loonies poster
6.5

Spiros is working to the laundry of the captain Nikola but wants to be an actor, gi` self whenever it goes to shop dressed in a military school and go to photo GEL in order to have as much as possible photos in the file. One day will wear the uniform of captain Virgin, who has just returned from Italy, in which he will find forgotten photographs of actress Laura Fiorentina. The captain Panag will give an interview to Spiro and naval tell stories. Meanwhile a scandal would erupt in Italy. All this will create upheaval in the Captain's house and the wife Evanthia will leave him with the suspicion that the has cheated.

Three Loonies

1969

For a Lousy Drachma poster
7.5

To convince his wealthy uncle to keep sending his monthly cheques, a poor man lies about his marital status. But, when the relative returns to Greece, he talks his partner into posing as his wife. Will they get away with fraud so easily?

For a Lousy Drachma

1968

The Storyteller poster
5.1

Dimitris Lazarou is an incurable storyteller. He works as a ground attendant for Olympic Airways, but his big dream is to become a pilot. With his cousin, who is considered the best pilot in the company, as his role model, he never fails to reap the rewards of his cousin's achievements. However, this habit of his will soon get him into trouble...

The Storyteller

1969

The Brightest Bouzouki poster
5.2

The Fanouris broccoli is a traveling salesman who happens to looks amazing with the famous actor George Kartali, which creates a lot of tangles.

The Brightest Bouzouki

1968

A Tough Guy in the Salons poster
5.1

A young fisherman who lives in a Greek island save a rich girl from a accident when she is in holidays in island. He will love her and the problems just begun.

A Tough Guy in the Salons

1969

Wake Up, Poor Periklis! poster
4.8

To make his frivolous nephew see the error of his ways, a shipowner takes under his wing his bookish secretary to give her a complete makeover, bent on making him notice her. But, can the new and improved lady win the philanderer's heart?

Wake Up, Poor Periklis!

1969