
Acting
Alekos Oudinotis
Born 1935-01-01 · Athens, Greece
Alekos Oudinotis (Greek: Αλέκος Ουδινότης, Athens, 1935 - Thessaloniki, 15 March 2020) was a Greek theatre actor. Born in 1935 in Athens, Alekos Oudinotis studied at the Drama School of the Theatre of Arts, from which he graduated in 1960, while, at the same time, he studied mathematics at the University of Athens. After the end of the period of the Colonels' Dictatorship, more specifically in 1974, he collaborated with the State Theatre of Northern Greece, with his first participation as an actor taking place during the same year, in the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Minos Volanakis. The collaboration between the two parties lasted until 1999, with Oudinotis himself participating in a significant number of performances, the last of which was his participation in the performance "The Silence of Alcestis" by Tina Stefanopoulou and the Nemesis Group, directed by him. At the same time, he also pursued a career as a film actor, appearing, among others, in the films “The Gaze of Ulysses” (1995) and “An Eternity and a Day” (1998) by Theodoros Angelopoulos, in the film “Quiet Days of August” (1991) by Pantelis Voulgaris, in the film “The Gentleman in Gray” (1997) by Pericles Hoursoglos, in the film “A Day in the Night” (2000) by Giorgos Panousopoulos, as well as in the film “We Are the Ones, Master” (1998) by Leonidas Vardaros. He died on March 15, 2020, in the city of Thessaloniki, where he resided, while his funeral took place a few days later, more specifically on March 16, 2020, inside the Church of the Resurrection of the Savior, in Thermi.
Acting credits
7.8Famous 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
7.5An 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
6.2A lower-class maid navigates the social world of the upper-crust family she works for.
Anna's Engagement
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Με λύγισε η φτώχεια
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ποτέ δεν είναι αργά
1968
8.0A childless Romani woman abducts the daughter of the prosecutor who imprisoned her. As she trains the child to do her evil bidding, the girl becomes a woman and soon finds herself accused of murder. Can a trainee solicitor clear her name?
Ο αήττητος
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Κατηγορώ τους δυνατούς
1970
7.0A former teacher, Alexis Vergis, agrees to give private lessons to the young son of a wealthy family, but quickly realizes that the real reason he was hired is to help Anna, the boy's sister, who has suffered a nervous breakdown after the death of her fiancé. With kindness and methodicalness, he tries to lift the girl's spirits. Walks in the countryside and conversations about happy and carefree topics help her to relax somewhat. However, Anna's stepmother is disturbed by the relationship developing between the two young people, because she actually intends to have Anna committed to a mental institution and inherit her husband's fortune. She tries to slander Alexis and partly succeeds, but in the end, the truth shines through and the love of the two young people triumphs.
The Cry of an Innocent
1969
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Τρικυμία μιας καρδιάς
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Διψασμένη γι' αγάπη
1965
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968
3.0Leonidas, a family man retires from the public sector. He goes on vacation alone, as usually. There he meets the wife of a friend of his, who lives in Switzerland. They become emotionally involved, but Christina goes back to her husband. He follows her, but soon decides to come back to Athens. Christina after a while comes to Athens, seeking their reunion. While Leonidas initially clashes with his family for her, in the end he compromises and decides that the dream is not for him.
The Man in Grey
1997
5.7A group of men in their sixties that spend the August nights in Athens outside a pharmacy during night shift, an ambulance driver who has an affair with a younger girl, a middle-aged couple who have invented a lie to renew their passion for one another, a child pretending to sleepwalk in the streets of Athens, two younger people who are tied together in an office after a burglar attack, and other amorous encounters during the same night.
Athens Blues
2001
5.3The stories of three lonely people surviving a sweltering summertime in Athens are interwoven in this gentle romantic drama. Nikos used to be a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe to exotic places and testing his wits and his mettle in different situations. Now he is retired, living in Athens with his wife whom he no longer loves. While at the train station, he encounters a woman who faints more or less into his arms. From her, he learns that this day has already been special to her for two reasons: her husband just died, and it is her birthday. Curiously, this meeting sparks new life in him. Another man suffering through the hot Athens summer is a bank employee who gets calls every day at four p.m. from a woman who seeks to arouse him. What she succeeds in doing is rousing his curiosity, which he is likely to regret giving in to.
Quiet Days in August
1991
7.0Towards the end of the war, Eleni meets the rebel Kostas, who is being pursued by the Germans. One night, the rebel arrives wounded at his brother Giannis' house where Eleni works. She'll take care of him, and then they'll say goodbye. When Kostas tries to meet Eleni again, he is arrested by the Germans. But he will escape execution, as the rebels will save him from death.
Hours of love, hours of war
1970
