
Acting
Giannis Fertis
Born — Died
1938-04-21 — 2024-04-14
Place of birth
Athens, Greece
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Yiannis Fertis (Athens, April 21, 1938 - April 14, 2024) was a Greek theater, film and television actor. Protagonist from the 1960s to 2019, in classical and contemporary plays, prose and ancient drama. In cinema, he starred in more than 30 films. He appeared for the first time in 1961 in the movie "Who's Margarita" with Jenny Karezis. The following year he played Orestes in Elektra directed by Michalis Kakogianni, a film that won 25 international awards (among which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film). In 2008, he won the Best Actor Award at the Thessaloniki Festival for his performance in the film Slaves in Their Chains directed by Toni Lykouresi. On television, he …
Known for
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O episkeptis tis omihlis
1991
6.0Amalia Parisi is a tax preparer, living in Chalkida. She is about to get married with Anestis, but when she meets his brother Nikolas, a new love is born.
Vios Anthospartos
1998
NR
Enopios Enopio
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
I theatrina
1977
7.0Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Electra
1962
5.7Olga and Stefos, two seemingly mismatched people, since she is a writer and he is a taxi driver and an old, as well as unlucky in his life actor, are plundered by their families. Abandoned by their own one Christmas, drowned by the feeling of a torturous loneliness, they meet. A customer in his taxi, she asks him to set off without a destination. They arrive at the sea. They see a tavern, she asks him to accompany her and have a drink together. Thus begins their story. They lean on each other. They feel alive again, they feel full, young. But the plunderers are lurking. They will learn, they will slander and they will demand their gains again. In vain. Olga and Stefos, have caught the sun of their lives and will not leave it anymore. It is in his west, but it is theirs.
Painted sun
1996
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 2 titles
3.0It is an eventful evening in Anna's luxurious villa, attended by a group of nouveau riche from the northern suburbs of Athens during the years of the dictatorship. The guests are Thanos and his wife Alex, Emmy, George, and Dolly's pregnant friend, while later on, Alexander, Alex's brother, arrives, bringing a pornographic film with him. As the social gathering reaches its peak, the titillating viewing of the porn is interrupted by a crisis involving Dolly, which requires the urgent call of their old friend, Dr. Matzavelakis.
The happy face of Leonora
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Underground route
1983
1970s · 4 titles
5.4Seven months after the declaration of the Greco-Italian War, a volunteer nurse and a small group of confidants who take part in the Resistance, face incarceration and horrible tortures, as they refuse to betray their country.
Face to Face with Death
1970
7.6October 28, 1940. Along with the Italian army's attack on the Greek-Albanian border, Greece comes under fire from the Italian air force. The submarine Papanikolis, commanded by Captain Milto Iatridis and First Officer Vasilis Aslanoglou, is ordered to patrol the Gulf of Patras. Following the army's victories, the war council decides that it is time for the navy to enter the war and orders the submarine Papanikolis to patrol the Strait of Otranto. There, the crew captures the crew of an Italian ship and their engineer reveals the minefields of the Adriatic. Thus, the Papanikolis begins its mission. After completing its mission, it returns to its base, where it is honored.
Underwater Papanikolis
1971
7.5A spoiled rich girl falls in love with a poor, good-looking but also talented pianist, rejecting a wealthy suitor from her own class. However, a combination of her parents' pressure and a misunderstanding with her beloved leads her to accept the proposal of a wealthy businessman. At the same time, an accident obliges the young pianist to abandon his piano for quite a long time. And although the young girl stands by him in his time of need, she leaves him the moment he recovers. However, on the night of his first concert, she returns to his side, determined to spend their life together.
Love forever
1970
5.5A Middle East allied Force commander, Themis, parachutes in occupied Greece to organize a sabotage in the Meteora region but betrays the Germans and falls into ambush. Before retiring, he calls Fotis, a student who had hidden his house, and urges him to go to Athens and meet an Aristides. Despite the mobilization of the Germans who perform all the hostages they have captured, including his father, Fotis finally arrives in Athens, meets with Aristides and accepts to cooperate with him. With the name of Kostas Alexandrou he catches a room in the Papadima family home, falls in love with their daughter Anna and becomes a "friend" with the German Major Karl Asberg. He accepts the co-operation proposed by Carl - to become his agent - to supposedly trap the guerrillas. But he actually misleads the conquerors about blowing a munitions train. His fate is the same as the fate of every patriot who is sacrificed for his homeland.
Rebels Of The Cities
1972
1960s · 19 titles
7.0Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Electra
1962
4.8A young man, Jason, is on his way home and meets two beautiful women, Hope and Alexis. He falls for Hope, but has sex with Alexis. He doesn't know that Alexis' husband has hired a private detective to trail her, and the man reports back to Alexis' husband about her affair with Jason. The husband kills Alexis but the police suspect Jason. He and Hope have to clear his name and find enough evidence to prove the husband is the killer.
The Hot Month of August
1966
8.0A girl from the countryside comes to Athens, stays at her aunt's house and falls madly in love with a radio technician. She becomes a popular folk song star, but without hesitation sacrifices her career for the sake of love and marital duties.
Separation is a curse.
1967
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Love and storm
1961
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Εγκατάλειψη
1965
8.7During the German occupation, the Nazis plan to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a German soldier at the hands of the partisans. Among the men are three brothers (Giorgos Fountas, Anestis Vlachos and Giannis Fertis). The villagers ask the German officer (Zoras Tsapelis) to spare the life of one of the brothers. He accepts on the condition that their father (Lavrentis Dianellos) selects the one to remain alive.
Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
1966
8.0Three friends, on a cruise in the Ionian Sea, throw erotic messages in bottles into the sea and fantasize about the women in their lives.
To nyfopazaro
1969
NR"The annual balance is $25,000,000, five deaths and three paralytics." The difficulties, the dangers and the joys of a small place in the Dodecanese that lives by sponge fishing. Every dive hides the danger of divers' disease, every journey is a battle with the sea, while on land wives, parents and widows are left waiting. The ritual preparation of a diver before diving. The everyday life of the women and the festive reception of the mops when they return. Life during the months they stay on the island, along with the entire cycle of processing and trading the sponges. The great festival before their departure for another six to seven months. A multi-award winning documentary about daily toil, human pain and the joy that inevitably accompanies it in the cycle of life.
Kalymnos, the island of sponge divers
1960
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Πονηρός πράκτωρ Καραγκιόζης
1966
7.0Three students share their dreams for their future after school. Yanna is the moral compass of the film. She wants to work, become financially independent, and then, if she finds the man who speaks to her heart, get married and start a family. Katerina simply wants to get married and take care of her children, and the third member of the group wants to solve her financial problems through a wealthy marriage. She doesn't care about love and romance, she doesn't want children, she wants a life full of "money" even if it means marrying without love. The camera finally focuses on Yanna's life, which seems to be going uphill. Remaining steadfast in her beliefs, she looks for work. When, after a year, she manages to find a job in the offices of a factory, her boss, Mr. Georgiou, makes advances towards her and she seriously injures him.
Uphill
1964
3.3No synopsis available yet.
In the shadow of the other woman
1964
6.9A summer night in 1944 in Kokkinia, Kosmas, a black marketeer, is out with his friends before he is arrested by the German patrol. The Germans push him to turn in people from the Resistance, or they will execute him.
The Roundup
1965
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The hour of justice
1967
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A girl different from the others
1968
5.8A girl from the province, who works in a fashion house in Athens, goes to Kos to promote her clothes. Residents believe that the daughter of a Greek-American tycoon and she plays the role will lead it to embrace the real son of the alleged father.
Who Is Margarita?
1961
4.5Martha is locked up in a mental hospital by her own husband, who covets her fortune. At some point, however, with the help of her husband's brother, who studied medicine abroad, she escapes and returns home to see her daughter. This creates friction and coldness between the two brothers, resulting in the doctor who showed her genuine affection packing his bags and leaving Greece.
From Jerusalem with love
1967
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ο μεγάλος διχασμός
1968
7.0Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.
Weaknesses
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Καρδιά που λύγισε από τον πόνο
1968
Series credits
7.0No synopsis available yet.
O episkeptis tis omihlis
1991
6.0Amalia Parisi is a tax preparer, living in Chalkida. She is about to get married with Anestis, but when she meets his brother Nikolas, a new love is born.
Vios Anthospartos
1998
NR
Enopios Enopio
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
I theatrina
1977
5.7Olga and Stefos, two seemingly mismatched people, since she is a writer and he is a taxi driver and an old, as well as unlucky in his life actor, are plundered by their families. Abandoned by their own one Christmas, drowned by the feeling of a torturous loneliness, they meet. A customer in his taxi, she asks him to set off without a destination. They arrive at the sea. They see a tavern, she asks him to accompany her and have a drink together. Thus begins their story. They lean on each other. They feel alive again, they feel full, young. But the plunderers are lurking. They will learn, they will slander and they will demand their gains again. In vain. Olga and Stefos, have caught the sun of their lives and will not leave it anymore. It is in his west, but it is theirs.
Painted sun
1996
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Βεντέττα: Ο Γδικιωμός
1999
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Prodosia
1997
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Το Κόκκινο Φεγγάρι
1994
No synopsis available yet.
The Teacher with the Golden Eyes
1979
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Notary
1979




