Manos Zacharias

Directing

Manos Zacharias

Born

1922-07-10 (104)

Place of birth

Thiseio, Athens, Attica, Greece

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Emmanuel "Manos" Zacharias (Greek: Εμμανουήλ «Μάνος» Ζαχαρίας; born 9 July 1922) is a Greek film director, cinematographer and actor, who was active in Greek and Soviet cinema. Determined to become a cinematographer, he enrolled in IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques) and at the same time studied History of Art at the Sorbonne. In 1947, the decision was made by the KKE to centrally collect cinematographic and photographic equipment and to allocate it accordingly to cover the political-military needs of the time. In the spring of 1948, with two wind-up cinematographic cameras, a 35 mm and a 16 "Payar", as well as boxes of film, he crossed the Yugoslav border and entered Gree…

Known for

I'm a Soldier Mom poster
NR

A young, stubborn and undisciplined man goes to serve in the army, where he will understand the need for military service...

I'm a Soldier Mom

1967

Punisher poster
10.0

A sad story about a series of tragic events which happened in Greece during the seventies.

Punisher

1968

The City of First Love poster
9.0

The film tells about the inhabitants of the Russian city of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad-Volgograd. The film consists of three novellas, united by the theme of love and the scene - a city on the Volga.

The City of First Love

1971

The End and the Beginning poster
4.5

The story of Greek patriots' struggle against the Nazi invaders in May 1941, when German troops landed on the island of Crete. Fleeing the Germans, seven people, completely different in their views and personalities, come together: communist Memos, who has escaped from prison; military doctor Kimon, fleeing from the hospital; nurse Alika and nurse Krinjo, a gendarme; and two soldiers—a Greek and a New Zealander who has fallen behind.

The End and the Beginning

1963

At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina poster
NR

Soviet journalist Ksenia Troitskaya meets Greek film director Memos Yanidis in Moscow, where he is working on an anti-fascist film. As they stroll along the Arbat, they dream of one day meeting again at the corner of Arbat and Bouboulina Street in Athens. But upon returning to his homeland, Memos is imprisoned.

At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina

1973

Night Passenger poster
6.0

Georges Pradier, a Parisian journalist on his way to make a movie, agrees to give an Algerian man a ride in his car at the request of an acquaintance. He discovers that the bag his passenger is carrying contains forty-four million francs collected for a fund to help the struggling Algeria.

Night Passenger

1962

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

I'm a Soldier Mom poster
NR

A young, stubborn and undisciplined man goes to serve in the army, where he will understand the need for military service...

I'm a Soldier Mom

1967

Punisher poster
10.0

A sad story about a series of tragic events which happened in Greece during the seventies.

Punisher

1968

The City of First Love poster
9.0

The film tells about the inhabitants of the Russian city of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad-Volgograd. The film consists of three novellas, united by the theme of love and the scene - a city on the Volga.

The City of First Love

1971

The End and the Beginning poster
4.5

The story of Greek patriots' struggle against the Nazi invaders in May 1941, when German troops landed on the island of Crete. Fleeing the Germans, seven people, completely different in their views and personalities, come together: communist Memos, who has escaped from prison; military doctor Kimon, fleeing from the hospital; nurse Alika and nurse Krinjo, a gendarme; and two soldiers—a Greek and a New Zealander who has fallen behind.

The End and the Beginning

1963

At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina poster
NR

Soviet journalist Ksenia Troitskaya meets Greek film director Memos Yanidis in Moscow, where he is working on an anti-fascist film. As they stroll along the Arbat, they dream of one day meeting again at the corner of Arbat and Bouboulina Street in Athens. But upon returning to his homeland, Memos is imprisoned.

At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina

1973

Night Passenger poster
6.0

Georges Pradier, a Parisian journalist on his way to make a movie, agrees to give an Algerian man a ride in his car at the request of an acquaintance. He discovers that the bag his passenger is carrying contains forty-four million francs collected for a fund to help the struggling Algeria.

Night Passenger

1962

Fedneve: Lukács poster
1.0

Bela Frankl, a young Hungarian, is taken prisoner by Russia during the First World War, defects to the side of the revolution and some time later, under the pseudonym Mate Zalka, becomes a famous Soviet writer. In 1936, having arrived as a volunteer in Spain, he becomes General Lukacs, forms the 12th International Brigade of non-professional fighters and takes the first heavy battles with Franco's cadre formations...

Fedneve: Lukács

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Утренний рейс

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Утренний рейс

1960

Sponge Catchers poster
5.8

The young man Nikolos is forced to engage in the fishing of sea sponges in order to get the hand of the beautiful Lenio. This work makes him a cripple, and marriage to his beloved does not bring happiness.

Sponge Catchers

1960

The truth about the children of Greece poster
NR

The film was shot by the DSE (Democratic Army of Greece) in 1948. The filming took place in Grammos and Vitsi, an area that the DSE had under its control during most of the Civil War (the so-called "Free Greece") and in the adjacent communist countries, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. It was first shown in Hungary and then in the other member countries of the "communist Paradise". The original film, which was considered lost for many years, was located in Hungary a few years ago. The subject of the film is "Child-Rescue" (or "Child-Rescue" as the KKE calls it).

The truth about the children of Greece

1948