Tzavalas Karousos

Acting

Tzavalas Karousos

Born 1904-09-08 · Lefkada, Greece

Tzavalas Karousos (Greek: Τζαβαλάς Καρούσος) was born on September 8, 1904 in Lefkada, Greece. He was an actor, known for Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom (1959), Antigone (1961) and Miss Lawyer (1933). He was previously married to Eleftheria Anastasiadi and Eleni Vanikioti. He died on January 3, 1969 in Paris, France.

Acting credits

Η παραστρατημένη poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η παραστρατημένη

1966

Phaedra poster
5.7

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

Phaedra

1962

Sarakatsanissa poster
9.0

The story of Romeo and Juliet is transferred to the Greek province (on the slopes of Mount Parnassos), where the conflict between two powerful Sarakatsanai families rages, whose children, despite family hatreds, love each other madly.

Sarakatsanissa

1959

Kolonaki Conduct Zero poster
5.3

When an open-hearted folk man, a butcher of the profession, buys an apartment to stay with his family in a block of flats in a lush neighborhood, the tenants are colluding in order to get him away. The only defenders are the concierge and a general who will think of a clever way to correct the situation.

Kolonaki Conduct Zero

1967

Tired life poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tired life

1964

Antigone poster
7.6

In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...

Antigone

1961

The Girl of the Neighbourhood poster
4.6

Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are the shoe shiner Tsichlas and the drunkard Barba-Stamos. One day, he decides that the time has come to ask for Pitsa's hand in marriage. The poor neighborhood and its people pressure Pitsa, who can't take it anymore and runs away from home during the engagement. She runs into Didi, a playboy who, in an effort to pay off his debts, supplies beautiful girls to a rich old man.

The Girl of the Neighbourhood

1954

Thanos and Despina poster
7.1

Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina’s father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings.

Thanos and Despina

1967

The Hamini poster
7.0

George, a descendant of a traditional family, lives under the guardianship of his uncle Nikiforos and aunt Elpida, and his future prospects are bright. One day, he meets Argyroula, an orphan girl who sells flowers in the city center. He falls in love with her and wants to marry her, regardless of their social differences. He manages to overcome the objections of his uncle and Argyroula herself, but not those of his aunt Elpida...

The Hamini

1960

Κουράστηκα να σ' αποκτήσω poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Κουράστηκα να σ' αποκτήσω

1963

A Man for All Jobs... poster
5.6

A 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

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο

1967

The Lake of Sighs poster
5.6

Ioannina, in the beginning of the 19th century. The whole Greece is under Turks. Ioannina is governed by the fierce and vulgar Ali Pasas. Ali’s eldest son, Muchtar, falls in love with a young Greek widow, Frosyni. The problem is, he’s married to the vindictive and cruel Chanife. And the muslim penalty for having an affair with a married man is death…

The Lake of Sighs

1959

1821 at the Cinema poster
NR

In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.

1821 at the Cinema

2021

Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom poster
5.7

The heroic Souli have managed to repel the asker of Ali Pasha and his brave Malamos Dragon sends his mother to ask her hand Maro, niece of the captain Tzavelena. She ignores the hatred that separated years both Families and agrees to give her niece, but to know that Maro loves Kitsos Botsari. When the son of Fotos Tzavellas engage Maro with Kitsos, the Malamos drowns his pain and unleashes his rage against the Turks, who are trying again to get the Souli.

Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom

1959

The Golden Eagles poster
9.0

A gunman, during the Turkish occupation of Greece, collides with the landlords, considering them traitors. But when he learns that belong to the Society of Friends and prepare the Revolution, would become their ally.

The Golden Eagles

1963

Miss Lawyer poster
8.0

The emotional adventures of a modern woman lawyer (an exceptionally rare profession for a woman at that time), who, instead of the usual household tasks, is exclusively engaged in her professional activity.

Miss Lawyer

1933

The Nets of Shame poster
7.5

The poor fishermen of a small village in the Evros region are trying to set up a cooperative so that they can resist the relentless exploitation of the merchants who buy their catch for a pittance. Leading the effort is an educated young man, Stefanos, who strives to encourage the fishermen to overcome their hesitation.

The Nets of Shame

1965

Triumph poster
10.0

An unexpected big break changes the life of a young, ambitious actor.

Triumph

1962

Tereza poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Tereza

1963

Wrecks Of Life poster
8.0

Foula is kicked out of her father's house when the doctor who loved her leaves her, and she ends up in a brothel. There, her brother, who is unaware that she is his sister, meets her and falls in love with her. The girl attempts suicide, but luckily for her, she is taken to the hospital where her former lover works as a doctor.

Wrecks Of Life

1959

The mistake poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The mistake

1965

Bloody Twilight poster
9.3

A young cellist falls in love with a foreigner visiting Greece. The young man abandons his fiancée and her father will kill him, while the stranger will also die at the hands of her husband.

Bloody Twilight

1959

No artwork available
9.0

A rich man's daughter leaves her home to live with the young man she loves. When her lover loses his job, after the intervention of her father, the girl will get a job, but the financial difficulty will force the young man to leave for Australia.

Me idrota kai dakrya

1965