Writing
Antonis Samarakis
Born — Died
1919-08-16 — 2003-08-08
Place of birth
Athens, Greece
Known for
Writing
Credits
2 titles
Antonis Samarakis (Greek: Αντώνης Σαμαράκης; August 16, 1919 – August 8, 2003) was a Greek writer of the post-war generation whose work explores themes of humanism, dangers of totalitarianism and aspects of social alienation. He is considered one of the most prolific Greek writers, and the second most translated one, after Nikos Kazantzakis. Antonis Samarakis was born in Athens in 1919. After graduating from the Varvakeio High School, he studied law at the University of Athens. During the Nazi occupation he participated in the greek resistance by joining the National Solidarity, a precursor of the main leftwing resistance organisation, the National Liberation Front. In 1944 he was arrested b…
Known for
7.0When a woman learns that her fiancé has been killed in an air raid during World War II, she is forced to become a prostitute in order to support herself and their child. When her fiancé, having survived the accident, returns, she ends her life, unable to hide the shame she felt for what she had to do during the years of occupation.
Return
1965
6.2This films tells four different stories, all connected by the banks of a river.
The River
1960
Behind the camera
7.0When a woman learns that her fiancé has been killed in an air raid during World War II, she is forced to become a prostitute in order to support herself and their child. When her fiancé, having survived the accident, returns, she ends her life, unable to hide the shame she felt for what she had to do during the years of occupation.
Return
1965
6.2This films tells four different stories, all connected by the banks of a river.
The River
1960