Giannis Bournelis

Acting

Giannis Bournelis

Place of birth

Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Known for

The Man from Karpazia poster
7.5

Anestis is a nice guy but he doesn't have the courage to react when others bother him. When one of his close friends brings him some "magic" pills that give Anestis the superpowers of his dreams, everything is going to change...

The Man from Karpazia

1969

The Three Liars poster
7.0

Liza (Maro Kontou), a famous movie actress, is obliged to marry the man her three uncles choose for her (all played by Nikos Stavridis) so that she can inherit a huge fortune. The young woman promises a film extra (Giorgos Pantzas) her hand in marriage if he manages to convince her uncles that he’s the one they should choose for her. The extra gives his best performance and convinces each of the uncles in turn of his worth as a groom.

The Three Liars

1970

The jealous woman poster
4.2

A woman with pathological jealousy makes her husband's life so difficult that he risks losing both his health and his job. Her unbridled imagination discovers her husband's infidelities where they do not exist and relationships with women he has never met. Until suddenly an incident overturns their family life...

The jealous woman

1968

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments poster
4.4

Two friends get involved in a scam involving selling of land plots.

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments

1966

My Dimitri... My Dimitri poster
6.4

An almost irresistible attraction between the rich daughter of a factory owner and a successful popular singer will lead to marriage against her father's will. Is he the good and honest man everybody says? Will money corrupt him, too?

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

1967

Our love poster
6.1

An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.

Our love

1968

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1960s · 15 titles

The Man from Karpazia poster
7.5

Anestis is a nice guy but he doesn't have the courage to react when others bother him. When one of his close friends brings him some "magic" pills that give Anestis the superpowers of his dreams, everything is going to change...

The Man from Karpazia

1969

The jealous woman poster
4.2

A woman with pathological jealousy makes her husband's life so difficult that he risks losing both his health and his job. Her unbridled imagination discovers her husband's infidelities where they do not exist and relationships with women he has never met. Until suddenly an incident overturns their family life...

The jealous woman

1968

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments poster
4.4

Two friends get involved in a scam involving selling of land plots.

Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments

1966

My Dimitri... My Dimitri poster
6.4

An almost irresistible attraction between the rich daughter of a factory owner and a successful popular singer will lead to marriage against her father's will. Is he the good and honest man everybody says? Will money corrupt him, too?

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

1967

Our love poster
6.1

An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.

Our love

1968

Wake up, you sucker... poster
5.4

The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.

Wake up, you sucker...

1969

The Luna Park Girl poster
5.4

Under the guise of a false identity, a cardiothoracic surgeon finds happiness again in the shape of a lively amusement park employee; however, all secrets, eventually, come out. Is this the end of their brief but passionate relationship?

The Luna Park Girl

1968

Three Loonies poster
6.5

Spiros is working to the laundry of the captain Nikola but wants to be an actor, gi` self whenever it goes to shop dressed in a military school and go to photo GEL in order to have as much as possible photos in the file. One day will wear the uniform of captain Virgin, who has just returned from Italy, in which he will find forgotten photographs of actress Laura Fiorentina. The captain Panag will give an interview to Spiro and naval tell stories. Meanwhile a scandal would erupt in Italy. All this will create upheaval in the Captain's house and the wife Evanthia will leave him with the suspicion that the has cheated.

Three Loonies

1969

Viva Rena poster
5.9

Rena, a decadent folk singer from Corfu, lives in Athens with her bouzouki musician brother Stratos, while her cousin Pepita di Corfu, is a major prima donna of popular tunes and lives in Rome with her fiancé Antonio. The shipowner Lampros Fokas, who had met Pepita years ago in Naples, invites her to a reception. She is unable to go, but a foxy agent presents Rena in her place. At first, the ruse is successful, and Fokas is charmed by Pepita-Rena. The things are getting complicated, however, when Pepita comes to Greece on vacation.

Viva Rena

1967

Ο ναύτης του Αιγαίου poster
9.0

A group of sailors with two days on-shore leave go to town to have fun with their friends.

Ο ναύτης του Αιγαίου

1968

Isaiah, Don't Dance poster
6.2

Lambros has a bizarre office that does crazy jobs, because he is not a fan of the "Fake pie to eat" theory, but he also puts his hand on every time he wants to reach a happy ending in a neighborhood. But he believes that marriage is a bad thing, until the day when the female Satan, using tricks similar to his own, appears in front of him.

Isaiah, Don't Dance

1969

The Storyteller poster
5.1

Dimitris Lazarou is an incurable storyteller. He works as a ground attendant for Olympic Airways, but his big dream is to become a pilot. With his cousin, who is considered the best pilot in the company, as his role model, he never fails to reap the rewards of his cousin's achievements. However, this habit of his will soon get him into trouble...

The Storyteller

1969

Prokopis the Unlucky One poster
10.0

Prokopis and Nikos, two unemployed, bumbling friends, are looking for work through the employment agency run by their acquaintance, Patroklos. They get jobs as babysitters, but fail miserably. Immediately afterwards, Prokopis takes on the task of guarding a dead body, facing many problems, while Nikos gets a job at a souvlaki restaurant, where he is fired from the very first moment...

Prokopis the Unlucky One

1969

For a Lousy Drachma poster
7.5

To convince his wealthy uncle to keep sending his monthly cheques, a poor man lies about his marital status. But, when the relative returns to Greece, he talks his partner into posing as his wife. Will they get away with fraud so easily?

For a Lousy Drachma

1968

The suckers, My Suitcase and Me poster
10.0

A cheerful and optimistic guy, Pericles Lianos, takes the train from Xerokhori and heads for Athens, carrying a suitcase containing six hundred thousand drachmas. With this money, he plans to buy a house with a vegetable garden, open a grocery store, and settle permanently in the capital. Being a good-natured man, he tells everyone about his plans, and it doesn't take him long to realize that there are many who want to get their hands on his money...

The suckers, My Suitcase and Me

1969