Giorgos Zambetas

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Giorgos Zambetas

Born 1925-01-25 · Athens, Greece

Giorgos Zampetas (Pronounced 'Zabetas', Greek: Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας, sometimes romanized as George Zambetas / George Zabetas / Giorgos Zabetas; 25 January 1925 – 10 March 1992) was a Greek bouzouki musician. He was born in Athens, where he also died, but his origins were from the island of Kythnos. He was one of the most recognized Greek musicians of all times, working in the Greek cinema of those years with stars such as Aliki Vouyouklaki. He appeared in many Greek film productions, and his compositions used in many, one of the most famous being "Siko Horepse Sirtaki". He also worked with famous Greek composers, such as Manos Hadjidakis in 1959, and there after collaborated with various leading Greek musicians such as Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchakos and many others.

Acting credits

Five Thousand Lies poster
9.5

A 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

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

Το μυστικό μιας μητέρας poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το μυστικό μιας μητέρας

1966

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments poster
4.4

Two friends get involved in a scam involving selling of land plots.

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments

1966

Young and old in action... poster
5.6

Antonis and Marianna are in love and, although they are no longer young, they plan to get married. The only problem is how to break the news to their children, Elina and Giorgos, who are studying abroad. Elina sends a telegram saying that she will soon be returning to Greece, and Antonis and Marianna think they will make her like Marianna so that they can gradually tell her the truth. However, they do not know that she is returning with George...

Young and old in action...

1963

Με λύγισε η φτώχεια poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Με λύγισε η φτώχεια

1964

Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας

1964

The Woman Driver poster
6.0

Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary’s friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn’t find about her new affair. The case of the car crash is brought to court, and Mary is accused. Things get so complicated that not even Lilly’s confession can solve the misunderstanding.

The Woman Driver

1964

A Rich Without Money poster
4.2

A 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

Θα ζήσω για σένα poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Θα ζήσω για σένα

1965

The Smart Aleck poster
6.3

A 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

My Nephew Manolis poster
6.3

Aristides Papakatsikas welcomes two nephews to his home, the wealthy Manolis from America and the poor Manolis from Amaliada, whom he has never met in person. The two nephews, following a suggestion from Manolis in America, agree to switch roles so that the wealthy Manolis can understand the sincerity of his uncle's intentions.

My Nephew Manolis

1963

To Be or Not To Be poster
6.6

After his business' bankrupcy, Giorgos Alexiou decides to commit suicide. Rosa, his cousin's wife who stand to benefit form his death, hires a private detective to keep an eye on him in case he changes his mind. Minas, Giorgos' employee, becomes Giorgos' guardian angel preventing the suicide at the last minute.

To Be or Not To Be

1966

The Virgin Mary's Miracle poster
5.0

For the past six years, a desperate mother and her husband have been trying to locate their only daughter who is in the clutches of a ruthless wandering Romani musician. Will the miracle-working Virgin Mary reunite her with her family?

The Virgin Mary's Miracle

1965

I want to live in the sun. poster
9.0

This is one of the many variations on the Romeo and Juliet myth, in which young love reunites two children, Dimitris and Myrto, whose families hate each other to death. Myrto's father caused Dimitris' father to be financially ruined and, although both men are dead, the hatred of Dimitris' mother, Theophile, does not seem to fade. This time, the feeling between the two young people blooms again under the sun of Chalkidiki, where Myrto and her aunt Eleni are going on vacation. Dimitris does not seek any revenge and his interest in Myrto is sincere and guileless. The feeling is mutual, while the passions and hatreds of the past fade away under the blue sky and the hot sun...

I want to live in the sun.

1966

Kitsos Mini and Souvlaki poster
7.0

Kitsos from Gastouni comes to Athens and gets a job at the souvlaki restaurant owned by Dimos from Roumeli. He falls in love with his boss's daughter, Zeta, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. After a heated argument with Dimos, he quits and leaves. He opens his own souvlaki restaurant and is very successful. His terrified competitors try everything they can to learn his secret and even go so far as to recruit the beautiful Suzy to seduce him.

Kitsos Mini and Souvlaki

1968

Taste from Greece poster
6.5

Anthology film with a number of sketches that satirize modern Greece.

Taste from Greece

1980

Get Up, Dance Sirtaki poster
6.3

With his pockets crammed with cash, a countryman in Athens becomes the target of a plotting compatriot and a beautiful singer who want to rinse him for every penny. But, he's already in love with the girl next door. Can he win this bet?

Get Up, Dance Sirtaki

1967

Ξαναγύρισε κοντά μου poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ξαναγύρισε κοντά μου

1965

The Drunk of the Harbor poster
10.0

A 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

The Father-in-Law poster
5.5

Xristos is married to the rich Rena. In fact the rich is his mother-in-law, who has big business abroad. In Greece the mother-in-law gives the hotel's managment to Xristos but also loads to him all the work. Desperate, he decides to slam the yoke and kill her ...

The Father-in-Law

1968

Descended from Heaven poster
5.9

The late Pericles gets permission from God to return to earth and help his family, who has gone astray after his death. Invisible to all but present everywhere, he is able to eavesdrop on what's going on: his youngest daughter lives it up with some Teddy boys, his eldest do not intend to marry her fiancé, his son has become a crook, and his wife a gambler.

Descended from Heaven

1965

Χωρισμός poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Χωρισμός

1966

The Right-Minded Madman poster
6.1

A 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