Kostas Asimakopoulos

Writing

Kostas Asimakopoulos

Born

1936-01-01 (90)

Place of birth

Lesvos, Greece

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Kostas Asimakopoulos was born in 1936 in Lesbos, Greece. He is a writer and director, known for Omorfes meres (1970), Egataleipsi (1965) and Oi enohoi (1966).

Known for

There Are No Deserters poster
7.0

August 1944, and a captain in the Greek army in the Middle East, Jason, secretly disembarks on an island with the mission of gathering information on the state of the German defensive positions, in view of the imminent landing of the Allied Forces. To complete his mission, he makes contact with some rebels, but the Germans are aware of his presence and arrest twelve men to force him to surrender. Shortly before the deadline expires, a local man who had been declared a deserter shortly before the war began and had been in hiding, presents himself at his post and is executed, making his wife and son proud.

There Are No Deserters

1970

Iubire Elenă poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Iubire Elenă

2012

Bouboulina poster
6.8

The life and action of Laskarina Bouboulina. Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses and to participate herself, despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property and fighting along with her lads.

Bouboulina

1959

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Bitter life poster
10.0

The disabled Marina (Anna Fonsou) learns with joy that a childhood friend of hers (Phaedon Georgitsis) has returned to Greece as a brilliant doctor, after many years of studying abroad. She remembers the moments they lived, as well as the way another friend of hers (Kostas Karras) and her aunt (Rita Mousouri) pushed them away. Their meeting will dispel the clouds and even give the disabled girl a hope for a cure.

Bitter life

1965

The Virgin Mary's Miracle poster
5.0

For the past six years, a desperate mother and her husband have been trying to locate their only daughter who is in the clutches of a ruthless wandering Romani musician. Will the miracle-working Virgin Mary reunite her with her family?

The Virgin Mary's Miracle

1965

Behind the camera

There Are No Deserters poster
7.0

August 1944, and a captain in the Greek army in the Middle East, Jason, secretly disembarks on an island with the mission of gathering information on the state of the German defensive positions, in view of the imminent landing of the Allied Forces. To complete his mission, he makes contact with some rebels, but the Germans are aware of his presence and arrest twelve men to force him to surrender. Shortly before the deadline expires, a local man who had been declared a deserter shortly before the war began and had been in hiding, presents himself at his post and is executed, making his wife and son proud.

There Are No Deserters

1970

There Are No Deserters poster
7.0

August 1944, and a captain in the Greek army in the Middle East, Jason, secretly disembarks on an island with the mission of gathering information on the state of the German defensive positions, in view of the imminent landing of the Allied Forces. To complete his mission, he makes contact with some rebels, but the Germans are aware of his presence and arrest twelve men to force him to surrender. Shortly before the deadline expires, a local man who had been declared a deserter shortly before the war began and had been in hiding, presents himself at his post and is executed, making his wife and son proud.

There Are No Deserters

1970

Iubire Elenă poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Iubire Elenă

2012

Bouboulina poster
6.8

The life and action of Laskarina Bouboulina. Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses and to participate herself, despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property and fighting along with her lads.

Bouboulina

1959

Καραγκούνα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Καραγκούνα

1961

Bitter life poster
10.0

The disabled Marina (Anna Fonsou) learns with joy that a childhood friend of hers (Phaedon Georgitsis) has returned to Greece as a brilliant doctor, after many years of studying abroad. She remembers the moments they lived, as well as the way another friend of hers (Kostas Karras) and her aunt (Rita Mousouri) pushed them away. Their meeting will dispel the clouds and even give the disabled girl a hope for a cure.

Bitter life

1965

The Virgin Mary's Miracle poster
5.0

For the past six years, a desperate mother and her husband have been trying to locate their only daughter who is in the clutches of a ruthless wandering Romani musician. Will the miracle-working Virgin Mary reunite her with her family?

The Virgin Mary's Miracle

1965

Air hostess poster
10.0

An Olympic flight attendant, Chloe, during her short stay in Rome will meet a Greek shipowner, Stefanos, hiding her true identity and posing as a rich girl. On the return flight to Athens, she finds out that Stefanos is among the passengers, who is coming to Greece to help his sister Martha Dupont with an adoption issue that has been troubling her for some time. The fairy tale continues on the plane with the effective help of Chloe's colleagues. The blatant lies on both sides create many scandals and misunderstandings, but in the end both manage to keep all their emotional energy alive, thanks also to the attitude of the orphan Petris who does not want to be adopted by a rich French woman.

Air hostess

1971

Sidewalk poster
7.0

Angelina is a prostitute. Her only friends are her colleague Nana and coachman Minas. George suddenly enters her life and confesses his love to her. Angelina begins to believe that her life can change, not suspecting that George has approached her on behalf of the drug dealer Nino.

Sidewalk

1962

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα

1963

The Trial of an Innocent poster
5.5

At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.

The Trial of an Innocent

1969

The Trial of an Innocent poster
5.5

At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.

The Trial of an Innocent

1969

Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Όταν ξυπνά το παρελθόν

1962

Loyalty poster
8.0

Shortly before the start of a recital at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, pianist Stefanos Ballis has an accident and is taken to hospital. As she goes to see him, his wife Elli, distraught, tells her friend Stella how she met Stefanos seven years ago, when he was giving her piano lessons at her home, how she fell in love with him and married him—despite her military father's opposition—and had two children with him: Petrakis and Chloe...

Loyalty

1963

Loyalty poster
8.0

Shortly before the start of a recital at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, pianist Stefanos Ballis has an accident and is taken to hospital. As she goes to see him, his wife Elli, distraught, tells her friend Stella how she met Stefanos seven years ago, when he was giving her piano lessons at her home, how she fell in love with him and married him—despite her military father's opposition—and had two children with him: Petrakis and Chloe...

Loyalty

1963

As Long as There Are Women poster
10.0

Three friends are searching for the woman of their dreams. Three different women approach love, marriage, and their future in different ways.

As Long as There Are Women

1959

Η απολύτρωση poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η απολύτρωση

1961

Lafina poster
7.0

Giorgis is the only son of the richest tseligas of a mountain village. Although he is considered a sought-after groom, he only has eyes for Droso, who reciprocates his feelings. The obstacle to their love is Giorgis' father. He is a cruel usurer who has confiscated the girl's fields. After a fight between father and son, the former falls dead. However, everyone believes that Droso killed him. Droso runs away from the village and takes refuge in the caves and cliffs, among the lads of the robber Zarvas, who helps to uncover Bournova's murderer. The murder has been committed by Maria, a noblewoman in love with Giorgis, who is subsequently arrested by the gendarmerie. Thus, Droso is now free to marry Giorgis.

Lafina

1962

Είσαι γάτα αγάπη μου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Είσαι γάτα αγάπη μου

1985

Είσαι γάτα αγάπη μου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Είσαι γάτα αγάπη μου

1985

Bread for a Fugitive poster
10.0

Giovanni, an Italian soldier, finds refuge in the home of two weary women, who are sisters. The Germans are looking for him, but one sister falls in love with him and hides him. The other, having lost two sons in the Greek-Italian war, betrays him to the Germans. Her sister, however, with the help of fellow villagers and rebels, saves him from the clutches of his pursuers. The woman who betrayed the Italian finds redemption by committing suicide.

Bread for a Fugitive

1967

Bread for a Fugitive poster
10.0

Giovanni, an Italian soldier, finds refuge in the home of two weary women, who are sisters. The Germans are looking for him, but one sister falls in love with him and hides him. The other, having lost two sons in the Greek-Italian war, betrays him to the Germans. Her sister, however, with the help of fellow villagers and rebels, saves him from the clutches of his pursuers. The woman who betrayed the Italian finds redemption by committing suicide.

Bread for a Fugitive

1967

Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές

1965

Τα νιάτα θέλουν έρωτα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Τα νιάτα θέλουν έρωτα

1961

To nyfopazaro poster
8.0

Three 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

To nyfopazaro poster
8.0

Three 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

Woman with Black Tie poster
6.7

Two families of petty crooks, one in Bucharest and the other one in Chisinau, give each a burglary. The first one from Bucharest steal a famous painting in a museum, others break the home of a rich man in Chisinau and they obtain also a valuable painting. Proudly shows off its prey: Woman with Black Tie by Modigliani. Yes, the same painting twice! Stupor and prestige wrinkling. But whose is the original and who stole the fake?—Adrian Popovici

Woman with Black Tie

2016

You Came Too Late poster
7.0

The bond between a young painter and a girl who accidentally encounters a beach finds obstacles because of the information that her father learns about her past, who visits her and persuades her to give up. Based on the story of The Lady with the Camellias.

You Came Too Late

1962

Goodbye Zoe poster
10.0

A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and tries to ensure their happiness after her death, without learning anything about the truth…

Goodbye Zoe

1960

Εγκατάλειψη poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Εγκατάλειψη

1965

Εγκατάλειψη poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Εγκατάλειψη

1965

Εγκατάλειψη poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Εγκατάλειψη

1965

The Wedding Dance poster
4.1

Isaiah and Anargyros are partners and keep together a wedding bureaux office. Things are not going well lately, and Isaiah's wife, Kallirroi, is in charge of helping the situation. She finds a bridegroom for her daughter, a wealthy family. But the groom is not as rich as he is in fact the son of the groom. The situation is getting even more confused since her daughter is not the daughter of a shipowner as he presented her!

The Wedding Dance

1966

The Wedding Dance poster
4.1

Isaiah and Anargyros are partners and keep together a wedding bureaux office. Things are not going well lately, and Isaiah's wife, Kallirroi, is in charge of helping the situation. She finds a bridegroom for her daughter, a wealthy family. But the groom is not as rich as he is in fact the son of the groom. The situation is getting even more confused since her daughter is not the daughter of a shipowner as he presented her!

The Wedding Dance

1966

Horafa family poster
5.9

The consistency of a family with 13 children tested when a childless couple asks Americans to adopt the 14th located in his mother's belly.

Horafa family

1968

Horafa family poster
5.9

The consistency of a family with 13 children tested when a childless couple asks Americans to adopt the 14th located in his mother's belly.

Horafa family

1968

Just for One Night poster
4.0

A notorious thief seeks refuge in the home of a young woman who works in the nightlife industry. She pretends to be a nurse and he pretends to be a doctor. However, the next day finds the thief being pursued by the authorities and arrested. Before that, their true identities are revealed. The two young people, who are in love with each other, swear eternal love.

Just for One Night

1958

Δυο μάννες στο σταυρό του πόνου poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δυο μάννες στο σταυρό του πόνου

1962

The steps of life poster
4.0

At 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

The Greek woman and love poster
5.0

Revolving around the modern Greek woman and her perspective on love in general, not one, but twenty-one brief and vivid vignettes attempt to shed light on an ever-present matter: can there be consequences in Cupid's eternal game?

The Greek woman and love

1962