Mihalis Giannatos

Acting

Mihalis Giannatos

Born 1941-07-11 · Constantinople, Turkey

Michalis Giannatos (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννάτος; 11 July 1941 – 17 September 2013), alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos, was a Greek actοr. Ηe was born in (Istanbul), Turkey. He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks. He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos' school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos' film Oi stigmatismenoi (Greek: Οι στιγματισμένοι) in 1966. When still a student, he participated in the theatrical play Capetan Michalis (Greek: Καπετάν Μιχάλης) next to Manos Katrakis. During his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films, television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the director's favorite actors. After Megalexandros (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδρος) in 1981, Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies. He was fluent in five languages; Greek, Turkish, French, Italian and Spanish. Due to that, he appeared in many international productions, including Midnight Express, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Munich and more. (Source: Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Munich poster
7.1

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

Munich

2005

Captain Corelli's Mandolin poster
5.9

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

Midnight Express poster
7.4

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Midnight Express

1978

Ulysses' Gaze poster
7.5

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

Eternity and a Day poster
7.8

Famous writer Alexander contracts a terminal illness. He receives a letter from his wife describing a summer day 30 years ago, and leaves his seaside home to remember his past. This journey will allow him to wander between the past and the present, and encounter unexpected people, allowing him to collect unforgettable memories in the final moments of his life.

Eternity and a Day

1998

Landscape in the Mist poster
7.6

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

Landscape in the Mist

1988

A Touch of Spice poster
6.7

"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.

A Touch of Spice

2003

My Family and Other Animals poster
6.4

Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu.

My Family and Other Animals

2005

The Beekeeper poster
7.0

Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along with his hives. En route, he meets an erratic, young female drifter, with whom he strikes up an unusual, self-destructive relationship.

The Beekeeper

1986

Skipper Straad poster
8.0

A seaman finds himself out of work and stranded in a distant port. He shares a cheap room. They take turns sleeping, some in the morning, some at night. Grief! When he will go back to sea? And there! The scent of woman drifts up to seduce him! He realizes he had shared his bed with a lady of the night.

Skipper Straad

2003

Voyage to Cythera poster
7.1

An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.

Voyage to Cythera

1984

Τράνζιτο poster
10.0

An extreme passion that overturns the balance and changes the life course of a woman. Anna is a successful journalist with impeccable image and perfectly organized life. However, it has reached a borderline where nothing fills it anymore. One night, during a reportage, he will accidentally encounter a strange, mysterious and dangerous stranger, who goes through transit from Greece. Between them a relationship will be exciting, but also nightmarish ...

Τράνζιτο

1995

Hotel Αστέρια poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hotel Αστέρια

2005

Hamos sto Aigaleo City poster
NR

Tamtakos has a goat, Sardanafalos, and exploits its reproduction with the goats of the area. However, he falls into the trap of the tax authorities, who cannot classify the goat's "leap" in the VAT category. When the ministry's economic committee decides on a 6% VAT rate in order to support livestock farming, it is too late for Tamtakos, as the goat has already been slaughtered by Lefteris, the husband of an offended villager.

Hamos sto Aigaleo City

1987

The Suspended Step of the Stork poster
6.9

A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

The Weeping Meadow poster
7.6

The story follows a family of refugees from the early twentieth century through to the Civil War. Through movements, separations, and reunions, personal lives intersect with Greece’s major historical transformations. Space and time are in constant flux, while the characters remain trapped in an unending search for a homeland.

The Weeping Meadow

2004

Alexandros and Aishe poster
8.0

A Christian boy and a Muslim girl fall in a forbidden love in the town of Komotini. They decide to escape together, but the Turkish consul has another opinion.

Alexandros and Aishe

2001

Opa! poster
6.0

A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.

Opa!

2005

Pretty Smart poster
4.8

In this adolescent-oriented drama, a young woman is forced to attend a posh finishing school in the Mediterranean. She vents her anger by rebelling against the cruel and sicko headmaster. When she discovers that he has been secretly photographing them naked and profiting from the pictures, she rallies the other girls and gets revenge.

Pretty Smart

1987

The Wind poster
5.2

Mystery writer Sian Anderson leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Upon her arrival in the ancient, deserted, walled-in fortress, she is met by Elias Appleby, the round eccentric landlord who guides her through mysterious underground passageways to the house where she will work. He warns her to stay inside at night because of the killer winds that arrive after dark.

The Wind

1986

The Serpent of Death poster
3.6

An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.

The Serpent of Death

1990

The Time Traveller poster
4.3

An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.

The Time Traveller

1984

Bouzanka à la... Greek poster
8.0

A Naive man from the countryside, affected by the famous Italian cine star Lado Bouzanka and his ladiesman ways, travels to Athens in order to act in a similar way with women, after having sold all his land and ready to spend a lot. He stays with his cousin, a crazy deluded artist and his sexy models. His many attempts with every single girl he meets, are being interrupted by several incidents.

Bouzanka à la... Greek

1975

Alexander the Great poster
7.1

Alexander, a tribal warlord and former political prisoner, kidnaps British tourists, holding them for ransom until Britain and the Greek puppet government in Athens meet his demand for amnesty for his band of freedom fighters.

Alexander the Great

1980