
Acting
Grigoris Bithikotsis
Born 1922-12-11 · Peristeri, Athens Prefecture, Greece
Grigoris Bithikotsis (Greek: Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, December 11, 1922 – April 7, 2005) was a Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one of the most important figures in Greek popular music. Bithikotsis was born in Peristeri, Athens, in 1922 to a poor family. He became interested in music at an early age, and acquired a bouzouki as soon as he was able. At first, he had to hide the instrument at a friend's house and practice in secret, as his father disapproved of the new rembetiko style that had captured his son's interest. He met composer Mikis Theodorakis in 1959 and the two collaborated producing folk songs. Bithikotsis composed over 80 songs, including: Stu Belami to ouzeri and Tou Votanikou o magas. He possessed a rich singing voice with which he performed his own compositions and those of Theodorakis, who frequently chose his friend Grigoris to perform his masterpieces. The two contributed greatly to the then-emerging laika style of Greek music. A leftist, he was exiled to the island of Makronisos in the 1950s during the reign of King Paul. Throughout his life, Bithikotsis performed frequent concerts at numerous venues, including one in Athens upon the occasion of his eightieth birthday. He died in Athens, in 2005, following three months of hospitalization. His funeral was attended by thousands, including representatives of all the Greek political parties.
Acting credits
7.1The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
The Red Lanterns
1963
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας
1964
7.0A self-assured and extremely rich business entrepreneur who is convinced that money is everything has a chance encounter with a feisty young lawyer who couldn't care less about his financial status. In the end, can money buy love?
I stole my wife
1964
5.0A poor young man leaves the city that lives and works to go to Athens. On the way he will meet one mad, who falls in love with him , and a young women falling in love.
We without money
1963
6.5A 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
6.1A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.
The Underdog
1960
7.2A poor neighborhood of Athens, Asyrmatos, is the center of the world for the people who live there and try in every way to escape from poverty and destitution. A handsome released youth, Ricos (Alekos Alexandrakis), is trying to make money, at the same time that his lover, Stefi (Aliki Georgoulis), is seeing other men and her father, Nekrophoras (Manos Katrakis), is trying to contribute in family finances. Rico will set up a job, but will spend the money raised before he can put it into action. As a result, one of his "partners" (Alekos Petsos) will commit suicide, leaving his pregnant wife, Eleni (Aleka Paizis), to her fate. Rikos, his beloved and her father, defeated and disappointed because of the expectations that were never fulfilled, will be forced to come to terms with the harsh reality.
Synoikia to Oneiro
1961
7.0The son of a rich industrialist is in love with a poor girl, but his father wants to marry him to the daughter of a childhood friend and partner.
Atonement
1965
8.0Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents.
The man who returned from pain
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Tired life
1964
8.0Accused of stabbing his nightclub singer mistress to death, unscrupulous dockhand Christos is on the run. But he swears he's innocent. Could the harbour bum be telling the truth?
The Harbor Bum
1961
10.0The son of a shipowner is in love with a poor seamstress. When his father reacts to their love, he abandons his wealth and becomes a composer of a folk song, in order to live together.
The Dressmaker
1964
6.2Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.
Modern Cinderella
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Κουράστηκα να σ' αποκτήσω
1963
7.7A sharp altercation will pave the way for a brilliant career when a shameless liar meets his future employer: a resourceful parliamentarian. But, what happens when he tells one lie too many? Is his flair for fiction always beneficial?
Liar Wanted
1961
NRThe late Panos Geramanis talks to the forgotten heroes of the Greek Folk Song and retrieves moments from their lives, trying to record and revive images and values of an era, forever lost. Through his daily radio show, the legendary "Folk Bards", he presents the greatest, often forgotten, heroes of Greek Folk Song.
Folk Bards - Moments of their lives and ours
2023
5.5After years abroad, a naval officer reunites with his mother, who has planned an arranged marriage to a beautiful and affluent heiress. But, he is madly in love with another woman. They say love is blind. Can he have the love of his life?
I leave with Bitterness in Foreign Countries
1964
5.4Exarhos is persuaded by his two lazy brothers to sell their shipyard, and they buy a factory in which nothing works normally.
The Wastrels
1961
4.0At 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
10.0Two bosom buddies who've won the lottery have a chance encounter with two beautiful but equally poor women who pose as rich. The two couples indulge in pleasures they couldn't afford up until now; but, what happens when the money runs out?
Play my sweety bouzouki
1965
6.0Wandering Athens by night. A grand parade with actors, singers, composers, orchestras, attractions and generally performing artists of the night, in a series of great figures who made significant humorist. Sung by Gregory Bithikotsis Jenny Vanou, Mary Linda, Giannis Vogiatzis George Zambetas Laura Tony brushes etc. Displays orchestras Mouzaki George, Gerasimos Lavranos, Von-Von, Apostolatou and Mikis Theodorakis.
Athens by Night
1962
5.0Mr. Anastasis, an elderly bouzoukis who suffers from his heart, forbids Liza's daughter to become a singer. When she learns that she has violated her commandments, she leaves the house because she does not want to be her weight and begins to beg. Meanwhile, Lisa knows Michalis, a motorbike acrobat, who makes the "round of death" in an amusement park, and they fall in love with each other. One night, at the center where she sings, she meets a rich thirty-five, who then turns out to be her brother who was lost during the German Occupation. Together they will seek their elder father, find him, and return all together to their home. Near them is Michalis, the old man of the brisk Liza.
It is a great pity
1964
10.0Zizi is a poor young woman who wants to get married to a wealthy man. When she finds out that her former lover has inherited a fortune from his uncle in Australia she decides to pay him a visit.
Grooms Wanted with Dowry
1970
6.0An impecunious young woman is lured into prostitution, trying to survive and provide for her ailing, bedridden mother.
Rolled in the mud
1955