
Acting
Alekos Tzanetakos
Born — Died
1937-01-01 — 2010-04-11
Place of birth
Athens, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
68 titles
Alekos Tzanetakos (Greek: Αλέκος Τζανετάκος, 1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis. Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad t…
Known for
6.3A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman, whose daughter he is in love with. By pretending to be stupid, he manages to save the businessman from making major mistakes, winning his sympathy.
The Smart Aleck
1966
7.1On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.
The Ogre of Athens
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Οι ατσίδες
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987
8.0Two detergent entrepreneurs decide to marry their children, each believing that their rival holds the secret to a certain type of biological enzyme. However, their children react to these machinations and devise their own plan to counter their parents' illicit ambitions.
Crazy Girls Awesome Boys
1970
4.2A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
A Rich Without Money
1967
Film credits
1980s · 12 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Οι ατσίδες
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Εδώ παπάς εκεί...λαπάς
1987
NRGreek comedy
Μια στο καρφί και μια στο πέταλο
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Τρεις παρθένες στο κρεβάτι μου
1989
NRFani is a simple employee who lives alone. Every time he gets involved with a woman, something always happens and he messes things up. He goes from one woman to another and his blunders are endless...
Anamesa se 7 gynaikes
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Οι εγκέφαλοι
1987
NRManolis Bodossakis, a wealthy businessman and lover, appoints his nephew, Lalakis, as his sole heir. However, the inviolable condition of the will is that he must find a bride for Lalakis. Indeed, in order not to lose his official mistress, who insistently asks him for marriage, he decides to marry her to his nephew. But things will get complicated...
Στα μανούλια λέμε ναι
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Taxi, Mon Amour
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος
1986
NRRocky triumphs in his first fight against Foniak Sikago and, flush with cash, throws himself into partying and gambling, neglecting his training. Fonias, however, unable to accept his defeat, challenges him to a rematch, with a large bet at stake. Rocky, who has fallen in love with Rula, decides to get serious. He starts training again and looks for a Romanian trick, because otherwise it is very doubtful whether he will be able to win...
Roky-0 No. 2
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Σφαλιάρα Κίντ
1987
1970s · 18 titles
8.0Two detergent entrepreneurs decide to marry their children, each believing that their rival holds the secret to a certain type of biological enzyme. However, their children react to these machinations and devise their own plan to counter their parents' illicit ambitions.
Crazy Girls Awesome Boys
1970
6.4Andreas Tependris, the director of a mannequin school, meets again with an old friend who has returned from America. He proposes to get him a partner in his business, provided that he has grown up and changed his way of life. So, a new life begins for him by pretending the big businessman. But when he meet a wealthy American woman, he loses his mind and even renounces his fiancé. She, with the help of her daughter and his friends, sets him up for a trap to convince him...
The Crazy Fifty
1971
6.5Michalis and Filippos work in a garage and dream of the good life. One day, they decide to take the car of a businessman, Aristeidis, who is away in Paris for a few days. At a night club, they bump into Mitsi, Mr. Aristeidis’ daughter, and Michalis pretends to be the rich businessman. The girl, although she suspects the truth right away, likes them and invites them over to her house.
If I Were Rich
1972
3.3Achilleas, 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
7.5Thomas, the owner of an electrical appliances store, is having business problems due to his short-fuse temper and bad luck.
The Incredible
1970
6.3Returning 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
6.0An employee can not marry the girl, because of financial problems and stalked by her brother. So decide, together with the son of his boss, facing the same problems, to get each other's position.
My Luck Went Crazy
1970
4.4A successful entrepreneur offers his wasteful son one last chance to turn things around by starting his own business. Here's the catch: his trusted employee must closely monitor him to make the most of this opportunity.
Two Modern Revelers
1971
6.0An honest man is trying to find a job, but finds it difficult just because of the honesty. The need becomes more urgent when falls in love for a young girl who lives near him.
One Vengos for All Jobs
1970
NRTo get their hands on the inheritance of a Greek-American multimillionaire, a pair of swindlers convince a well-meaning petrol station attendant to pose as the missing heir.
The Headstrong
1970
7.0Manolis, who works in the coffee house of Agisilaos, complains to his mother that he gets very tired at work, but she gets into trouble when she realizes that her son's boss is flirting with her.
My Adopted Son the Rally Driver
1971
7.5Philemon and Pausanias are two wretches, friends and roommates in the same chamber, which are constantly struggling to pay off their debts mainly rents, because the landlady is very grumpy. Their agarmposyni, however, does not help them to steriosoun in some work: either in a gas station or in antique or as waiters at a nightclub where she sings the amiable Michael, a poor student who lives in the same yard and is in love with Soula. But Uncle Soula, the Menios, wants to marry a rich kid, Tasos. She, however, also loves Michael manages to cajolery to obtain the consent of and become a successful singer in his side.
Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person
1970
NRA rich construction contractor wants to marry his naive son to an extremely smart girl, but she is in love with one of his employees, who must find a way to win her over.
Καυτά... ψυχρά κι' ανάποδα
1971
7.0Katia 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
7.0Liza (Maro Kontou), a famous movie actress, is obliged to marry the man her three uncles choose for her (all played by Nikos Stavridis) so that she can inherit a huge fortune. The young woman promises a film extra (Giorgos Pantzas) her hand in marriage if he manages to convince her uncles that he’s the one they should choose for her. The extra gives his best performance and convinces each of the uncles in turn of his worth as a groom.
The Three Liars
1970
5.8In this color comedy Thanasis trying for years to leave illegally for America to make his life because due to financial can not pay fares, but always something was wrong and left behind. His friend, Nikiforos, advises him to stay in Greece, to work and to look to find the namesake of Thanasis, who helps around the world.
Carefree... Nut
1971
5.8In this color comedy Thanasis trying for years to leave illegally for America to make his life because due to financial can not pay fares, but always something was wrong and left behind. His friend, Nikiforos, advises him to stay in Greece, to work and to look to find the namesake of Thanasis, who helps around the world.
Carefree... Nut
1971
4.2No synopsis available yet.
Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλια
1976
1960s · 28 titles
6.3A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman, whose daughter he is in love with. By pretending to be stupid, he manages to save the businessman from making major mistakes, winning his sympathy.
The Smart Aleck
1966
4.2A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
A Rich Without Money
1967
6.6In her delicate bridal gown and bent on finding her beloved, a determined would-be wife flees from a dreadful marriage of convenience and enlists the help of a kind wandering salesman. Can anyone stand in the way of a woman in love?
Runaway Bride
1962
6.5Sotiris, the president of Ano Latini, goes to Athens to get information about the project of expropriation for the construction of a military airport in the village. Dimitroula, president's daughter, is in love with Vangelis, an aircraftsman, who serves his duty in Athens. When Vangelis learns that a wealthy villager asked to marry his girlfriend, he goes to the village with his friend Kanellos, to find out what's happening. Kanellos is a naive hotel concierge who wears a fancy uniform, making everyone in the village believe that he is a Wing Commander.
Mr. Wing Commander
1963
5.9Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return of Manousos Vrontakis from Athens and his flirtation with the girl leads to a great romance, without them knowing that they belong to families who are longstanding enemies.
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969
7.1Philip (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
10.0A sailor, whose life has been destroyed in every way, is drunk all the time. By chance, he discovers the current owner of the villa that used to belong to him.
The Drunk of the Harbor
1967
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
6.5Captain 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
6.5Rena Varlamou (Rena Vlahopoulou), a female queen and a captain, takes up the election campaign of her fiancé Pericles Arapis (Stavros Xenides), a tavern who has founded a party and wants to become a member. He tries to land him in reality, but he does not, and when Pericles is not elected, he takes off. The reason is the sudden death of the uncle of Iakovos Menexes, a political career, who had re-elected a Member on their island. Menexes had included it on his ballot, as a runner-up, and Rena took his place, becoming the first female MP and struggling to make some important works in her place.
The Parliamentarian Lady
1966
6.1A wretch employee wins a lot of money in the lottery and loses his mind. When he comes out of the mental hospital, he finds out that things at his home have changed radically.
The Right-Minded Madman
1968
5.8A young man is wasting the money his brother sends for studies, fun and abuse. But when the big brother comes out of the village, to learn the progress of the little one, she gets tangled up in the nets of a singer.
The... victim
1969
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
7.8Mika is a young woman living in a crazy ... family. Her mother, Pasta Flora, is alienated, her little sister is uncontrollable, and her father is a good, but cowardly, man. She's engaged to Mikis but the day before their wedding she goes to Venice and marries Andreas, who, after meeting her family, he undertakes to make sense of them.
A Crazy, Crazy Family
1965
6.5Louisa's father does not approve her young painter lover because he is poor.
For the heart of beautiful Helen
1967
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
5.6A 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
5.7Maria falls in love with George who is a student of her strict father, Andreas Economou. Dolly, a classmate of Maria spends a night with George and the next morning tells Maria about it. ..
Nomos 4000
1962
7.2John Halaris is neat antiques and incurable bluffer. After a successful bluff to three friends in Hydra, he returns to Athens. The carefree single life will change completely when they visit a young girl pretending to be his daughter. At first he thinks it is a bluff, but quickly convinced that Gianna is indeed daughter, by his first and only love of his life, Miranda ...
The Bluffer
1969
6.2Two naughty men, Iordanis and Potis, are partners in a drug- industry. Potis is a great womanizer, given that, even though he is married to the main financier of the business, Amalia, he doesn’t hesitate to cheat on her. One day, Tilemachos runs in a hurry into his office, looking for a job. Clever as he is, he suspects at once the ongoing situation and threatens to reveal everything to Amalia.
A Very Clever Guy
1965
5.4The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.
Wake up, you sucker...
1969
5.1A 19-year-old temptress caught in the intoxicating vertigo of passion ends up in prison. Her secret diary tells her side of the story, but unanswered questions arise.
Vertigo
1963
5.8Antonis 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
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
4.2The beautiful Katy, employee Patroklos fashion firm is engaged to lawyer Lycurgus Karanikolarea, but he flirts shamelessly with other women, despite their faith and loyalty vows she has made. To get the blood back and give him a firm lesson begins flirting with five men at the same time: the partner of Lycurgus, Dionysis, his Patroclus accountant Pythagoras, a giegie left over from her own apartment, Reno called dynamite, the cantor cousin of Patroclus, James, and the director of a school wrestlers, Hercules Karamasista.
The World Has Gone Mad...
1967
4.0A young typist in a company, Maro, knows that her boss's son dislikes her because of her unkempt appearance and clumsiness. With the help of a friend, Maro transforms herself into a modern and charming young lady, and uses a variety of tactics to impress her boss's son, until she finally succeeds and it is now his turn to pursue her.
Two Feet in One Shoe
1969
1950s · 2 titles
7.1On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.
The Ogre of Athens
1956
7.8Ilias dresses himself in a police uniform as part of a complex burglary plot. Unfortunately for him, the impostor officer is called to assist in the investigation of a real crime. The other officers involved in this case treat him as a colleague, and he is forced to play along in hopes that his cover is not blown.
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
1959
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Τρεις παρθένες στο κρεβάτι μου
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Taxi, Mon Amour
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος
1986
NRRocky triumphs in his first fight against Foniak Sikago and, flush with cash, throws himself into partying and gambling, neglecting his training. Fonias, however, unable to accept his defeat, challenges him to a rematch, with a large bet at stake. Rocky, who has fallen in love with Rula, decides to get serious. He starts training again and looks for a Romanian trick, because otherwise it is very doubtful whether he will be able to win...
Roky-0 No. 2
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Σφαλιάρα Κίντ
1987
5.0Young boxer tries to imitate Rocky Balboa as played by Sylvester Stallone.
Raki No. 0, the Number!
1986
6.0Thierry, a successful businessman and womanizer, constantly argues with his wife. So he decides to visit his daughter, Lila, who is studying in Patras, to escape the nagging and enjoy the crazy pace of the carnival. Upon arriving in Patras, he finds himself face to face with Lila's half-naked childhood friend and the daughter of his best friend, who still calls him uncle. His "niece's" wild moods bring him face to face with a sweet temptation that he really wants to give in to.
Seduction... of an Adult
1987
