Nestoras Matsas

Writing

Nestoras Matsas

Born — Died

1935-01-01 — 2012-06-28

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Writing

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

For bread and love poster
6.7

An unemployed sailor gets a job at the yacht of a wealthy man, where he is tortured by his beautiful young wife and decides to leave his wife and son to leave with her.

For bread and love

1959

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου

1968

Θέλω πίσω το παιδί μου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Θέλω πίσω το παιδί μου

1969

The Heart of a Tramp poster
6.3

Shortly before his father dies, Nikos, as the eldest son, promises to help his twin brother Andreas finish his studies. He sacrifices his dreams and the girl he loves, Anna, and throws himself into the harsh struggle for survival. He sets sail and travels to the ends of the earth, but his ship sinks and he is presumed dead. Meanwhile, Andreas completes his studies, becomes a lawyer, and gets married. When Nikos, who was rescued, returns to Greece years later, without papers, crippled, and poor, he finds himself involved in a murder case he did not commit. Andreas is the prosecutor in the trial, and Nikos tries in every way to conceal his identity, but Andreas realizes this and manages to get him acquitted. Nikos, in order not to damage the social standing of Andreas and Anna, prefers to leave again and leave them in peace.

The Heart of a Tramp

1968

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα

1963

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα

1963

You Came Too Late poster
7.0

The bond between a young painter and a girl who accidentally encounters a beach finds obstacles because of the information that her father learns about her past, who visits her and persuades her to give up. Based on the story of The Lady with the Camellias.

You Came Too Late

1962

Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν

1962

The Sunday girl poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Sunday girl

1964

The Sunday girl poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Sunday girl

1964

Η απολύτρωση poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η απολύτρωση

1961

Bouboulina poster
6.8

The life and action of Laskarina Bouboulina. Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses and to participate herself, despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property and fighting along with her lads.

Bouboulina

1959

Sidewalk poster
7.0

Angelina is a prostitute. Her only friends are her colleague Nana and coachman Minas. George suddenly enters her life and confesses his love to her. Angelina begins to believe that her life can change, not suspecting that George has approached her on behalf of the drug dealer Nino.

Sidewalk

1962

Just for One Night poster
4.0

A notorious thief seeks refuge in the home of a young woman who works in the nightlife industry. She pretends to be a nurse and he pretends to be a doctor. However, the next day finds the thief being pursued by the authorities and arrested. Before that, their true identities are revealed. The two young people, who are in love with each other, swear eternal love.

Just for One Night

1958

Lafina poster
7.0

Giorgis is the only son of the richest tseligas of a mountain village. Although he is considered a sought-after groom, he only has eyes for Droso, who reciprocates his feelings. The obstacle to their love is Giorgis' father. He is a cruel usurer who has confiscated the girl's fields. After a fight between father and son, the former falls dead. However, everyone believes that Droso killed him. Droso runs away from the village and takes refuge in the caves and cliffs, among the lads of the robber Zarvas, who helps to uncover Bournova's murderer. The murder has been committed by Maria, a noblewoman in love with Giorgis, who is subsequently arrested by the gendarmerie. Thus, Droso is now free to marry Giorgis.

Lafina

1962

Goodbye Zoe poster
10.0

A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and tries to ensure their happiness after her death, without learning anything about the truth…

Goodbye Zoe

1960

Δυο μάννες στο σταυρό του πόνου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δυο μάννες στο σταυρό του πόνου

1962

Aristides and his Girls poster
7.2

Aristides, a widowed professor, lives with his housekeeper Eudokia and his three daughters, whom he has raised with strict principles. But what happens when he discovers that his daughters are planning a party? He takes drastic measures and forbids them from leaving the house. He entrusts Faidon with the task of finding them husbands. The girls' friends, Giorgos and Dimitris, then dress up as young ladies and present themselves at the house as their classmates from the conservatory...

Aristides and his Girls

1964

The steps of life poster
4.0

At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams of a life different from the one his father has already planned for him. But, can a man renounce his origins to follow his passion?

The steps of life

1962

The steps of life poster
4.0

At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams of a life different from the one his father has already planned for him. But, can a man renounce his origins to follow his passion?

The steps of life

1962

As Long as There Are Women poster
10.0

Three friends are searching for the woman of their dreams. Three different women approach love, marriage, and their future in different ways.

As Long as There Are Women

1959

Loyalty poster
8.0

Shortly before the start of a recital at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, pianist Stefanos Ballis has an accident and is taken to hospital. As she goes to see him, his wife Elli, distraught, tells her friend Stella how she met Stefanos seven years ago, when he was giving her piano lessons at her home, how she fell in love with him and married him—despite her military father's opposition—and had two children with him: Petrakis and Chloe...

Loyalty

1963

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι poster
10.0

In mid-1960s Perama, a popular singer plans to marry a sweet woman, not because he loves her, but because he hates her boyfriend who truly loves her.

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι

1965

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι poster
10.0

In mid-1960s Perama, a popular singer plans to marry a sweet woman, not because he loves her, but because he hates her boyfriend who truly loves her.

Δύσκολοι δρόμοι

1965

Innocent or Guilty poster
10.0

Petros, one of Greece's best athletes, decides to end his life with the help of his beloved wife Anna in order to escape his incurable illness and the terrible pain that accompanies it. Anna is then brought to justice on charges of premeditated murder. The trial unfolds through the testimonies of people close to them, who testify about the reasons that led her to this decision. During a break in the trial, mentally and physically exhausted, she cuts her veins and dies. Innocent or guilty? The answer to this question is left to the audience.

Innocent or Guilty

1963

Innocent or Guilty poster
10.0

Petros, one of Greece's best athletes, decides to end his life with the help of his beloved wife Anna in order to escape his incurable illness and the terrible pain that accompanies it. Anna is then brought to justice on charges of premeditated murder. The trial unfolds through the testimonies of people close to them, who testify about the reasons that led her to this decision. During a break in the trial, mentally and physically exhausted, she cuts her veins and dies. Innocent or guilty? The answer to this question is left to the audience.

Innocent or Guilty

1963

Αιχμάλωτοι του πεπρωμένου poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Αιχμάλωτοι του πεπρωμένου

1966

If All the Women in the World poster
6.0

In a mountain village, a conflict develops between peace-loving and war-loving women, culminating in a global women's alert for peace and social justice.

If All the Women in the World

1967

If All the Women in the World poster
6.0

In a mountain village, a conflict develops between peace-loving and war-loving women, culminating in a global women's alert for peace and social justice.

If All the Women in the World

1967

Δρόσω η αρχοντοπούλα poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Δρόσω η αρχοντοπούλα

1967

The Greek woman and love poster
5.0

Revolving around the modern Greek woman and her perspective on love in general, not one, but twenty-one brief and vivid vignettes attempt to shed light on an ever-present matter: can there be consequences in Cupid's eternal game?

The Greek woman and love

1962

The Greek woman and love poster
5.0

Revolving around the modern Greek woman and her perspective on love in general, not one, but twenty-one brief and vivid vignettes attempt to shed light on an ever-present matter: can there be consequences in Cupid's eternal game?

The Greek woman and love

1962

Sometimes even the strong cry poster
6.5

A poor young man, working hard, manages and becomes a captain on a ship of the shipowner, in whose home his mother worked older as a shipwreck. But he resigns when he discovers that the ship is dangerous.

Sometimes even the strong cry

1967

The Daily Wage of Pain poster
10.0

A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and find happiness. However, their quest for happiness turns into a harsh struggle for survival.

The Daily Wage of Pain

1964

The Daily Wage of Pain poster
10.0

A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and find happiness. However, their quest for happiness turns into a harsh struggle for survival.

The Daily Wage of Pain

1964

In the vertigo of life poster
8.0

A promising civil engineer, Stelios, delays his marriage to his beloved Anna because he wants to marry off his sisters first. When Anna becomes engaged to a wealthy sailor and his plans for a major project are rejected, Stelios leaves for Kuwait to work. In an accident, he loses his sight and returns to Greece. Anna will wait for him—since she never married and remains faithful to him—and with the help of a doctor, Stelios will have his eyes healed. His luck has changed radically and the same man who initially rejected his plans will now hire him in his business.

In the vertigo of life

1969

Sinful Youth poster
8.0

A ruthlessly ambitious heir and his family's black sheep accepts the dangerous proposition of a criminal to set themselves up for life, risking not only his precious freedom but also his life. Is there a way out for the sinful youth?

Sinful Youth

1960

Scandals on the Island of Love poster
7.0

Mina is a poor girl who arrives on Corfu for vacation. There, she meets Darzento, a rich man pretending to be poor, and poses as the daughter of a shipowner. Then, he shows up, and things take a new turn.

Scandals on the Island of Love

1963

The Immigrant poster
10.0

A young man returns to his home after years abroad, despite not becoming wealthy, he has managed to save money for his last years.

The Immigrant

1965