Lida Protopsalti

Acting

Lida Protopsalti

Born

1940-01-24 (86)

Place of birth

Pireaus, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Leda Protopsalti (Piraeus, 24 January 1940) is a Greek actress. She was born in Piraeus in 1940 as Lydia Protopsalti and studied acting at the Drama School of the Art Theatre. Her sister is the soprano Elsa Castella. At the age of six, she went to her first audition, while at twelve, she participated in her first theatrical performance. Since then, she has made many appearances in the theatre. She was one of the founders of the troupe Vimata in 1969 and since 1974 she has been a permanent collaborator of the Stoa Theatre. She made her first film appearance at the age of ten in the film My Child Must Live. She has participated in films such as: The Devil's Socks, El Greco and The Rose of Smyr…

Known for

Έναν Ελληνικό poster
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Έναν Ελληνικό

1995

Το τρίτο στεφάνι poster
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The novel's plot unfolds mainly during the interwar period and the Occupation. The protagonists and narrators are two women, Nina and her friend Hekabi, who live in these periods and faithfully describe the climate of the era through their personal stories. Nina successively performs three marriages — hence the title of the work.

Το τρίτο στεφάνι

1995

My Child Must Live poster
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Having become a beggar on the streets, Alexis reminisces about his love affair with a wealthy girl, Eva, who gave him the accordion he always wanted. When she became pregnant, Alexis suggested that she not have an abortion, in exchange for disappearing from her life. She married a failed man of aristocratic descent, who soon abandoned her for a cabaret dancer, embezzling a large part of her fortune. Alexis kidnaps his child and ends up in prison. Many years later, he is released from prison and watches his daughter's progress from afar. She learns the truth about her father from a former employee of her mother's business and rushes to find him.

My Child Must Live

1951

The Antisocial poster
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A provincial café owner, Mimis, abandons his village in Chalkidiki and comes to Athens in search of a better life. He pretends to be a tough guy, a know-it-all, and behaves like an “antisocial”. With the help of a friend of his from the army, Aristeidis, he tries to set up his own business. At the same time, he falls in love with a seamstress, Toula, who is the sister of Aristeidis’ wife. Then comes the wedding, the everyday obligations, and Mimis is forced, with great resentment, to work as a waiter to make ends meet. When he get fired, however, his relationship with Nitsa is put to the test.

The Antisocial

1977

El Greco poster
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The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".

El Greco

2007

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Hara leaves the maternity hospital with a baby in her arms. She spends her days caring for her newborn baby. Daily images of affection, familiarity, devotion and acquaintance with the baby in the rhythm of a lullaby. However, the repeated emergency news about the abduction of a baby from the maternity hospital comes to violently bring us back to reality.

Joy

2012

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

Series credits