
Acting
Yannis Zouganelis
Born 1955-02-03 · Patisia, Athens, Greece
Yannis Zouganelis was born in Athens on February 3, 1956 and comes from Mykonos and Naxos. He is married to Isidora Sideris and together they have a daughter, Eleonora Zouganelis. The fact that both his parents were deaf had a great influence on his later course. He began his musical studies at preschool age in Agios Nikolaos Acharnon with the cantor professor Th. Theodorakopoulos in Byzantine music. At the Hellenic Conservatory he studied guitar with professors X. Ekmektsoglou and Costas Triandos and theory with Antiochos Evaggelatos. He continued at the National Conservatory of Athens with harmony, advanced theory and piano under the teaching of Patrikidis and Vokos. Composer Nikos Mamagakis played a decisive role in the development of his musical studies, who taught him orchestration and rhythm. In 1975, with a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture (for his work "Ten Byzantine Essays" small symphonic ensemble and mixed choir), he studied composition, orchestration and opera at the Munich Academy of Arts, from which he graduated with honors.
Acting credits
4.2When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.
Minore
2024
5.2Life in Pezoula and Vrysoula flowed harmoniously. Of course, it helped that there was a wall between the two villages, built from one end to the other, so that no one interfered in the other's business. But when Kallikrates comes to unite the two villages, everything is turned upside down! A prominent journalist dies, the biological treatment plant divides opinion, the minister is bribed, the starters come and go, the SDOE gets involved, the night owls are disturbed, individual and local interests get tangled up, while surprises and hilarious situations follow one after another...
Larisa Confidential
2012
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Πειναντέους
1986
4.6Phaidon and Vicky are successful therapists and a happy married couple, until they meet a couple different from all others! For the first time they see how their 'successful' marriage is far away for a marriage truly fitting. This film includes everything. Humor, emotion, hyperbole, a murder and a rich cast of popular Greek actors. Focus on the original sin of Adam and Eve, this movie is 'trying' to make a commentary especially on the problematic marriage, but also on bad relationships. Does not succeed, precisely because it does not actually saying anything new. However, while remaining on the surface, there is a sincere disposition towards the situations presented.
The Other Half
2011
6.1His advanced studies in philosophy have caused Stephanos to view all people as his inferiors. When he is discharged from the -obligatory in Greece- army service, he thinks the world belongs to him. In reality all that does belong to him are debts left by his mother who has just died and rejection by his formerly devoted girlfriend. Nikos, an old high school classmate, reappears in his life.
The Heart of the Beast
2005
7.1In the course of the summer three brothers-in-law at a crucial age become involved in ephemeral romantic adventures in the area of Lake Volvi while their families vacation on the island of Thassos and… can wait.
Let the Women Wait!
1998
3.9A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
4.6Before his marriage in Milos an Aegean island, 30-year old Paschalis ends up accidentally in Sifnos, where he meets a mysterious photographer.Will he finally reach the church? And what is the relationship of the photographer with the couple hosting him in Sifnos?
Kiss Of Life
2007
NRTwo idiotic unemployed friends start answering job listings advertised on newspapers, with hilarious results.
Κουφώματα Λαδώματα
1988
5.3A mistake made by the bride rejoins 4 old friends of disaster and a father in law! 5 guys go to Thassaloniki to tear everything down. A father in law gets in a hearse in order to kill a love in the making. An ex-girlfriend dances tango with her memories as a partner. A cancelled wedding and a relationship that starts with the brides vail floating at the wind of independence.
The Bachelor
2016
2.3Keszeg is Central Europe's most professional assassin: cold, emotionless, ruthless and with a terrible toothache. In the middle of a routine job, he finds himself in Rhodes, where he is forced to visit the region's most violent dentist, Jorgos, whom he believes to be the target of his current assignment.
Mafiosi in the Aegean
2006
6.7A paranoid state organises bank robberies to save its crumbling economy.
Patris, listeia, oikogeneia
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ο Σόλων Έτσι και το διαμάντι του Μήλου
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Medea, Louder Than My Thoughts
2014
2.5The daily life of today's young people studying at a drama school. Blondes with hot flashes and dreams, teachers with Lexotanil in their pockets, bartenders with a conscience, and all this amid auditions, rehearsals, and dance classes at a school for aspiring movie stars...
Lyssa kakia
2015
2.0Friendship, courage and ingenuity are put to the test once again as Pertsa, Kilu and Pirkko embark on an epic adventure to solve the mystery of an old map. Twin girls Vappu and Kerttu also join the flight, and the suspense is increased when the cunning criminal Annabella Pehko jumps on board as a stowaway.
Finders 2: Pharaoh's Ring
2023
6.0How do we understand cult cinema and which films shaped the term in Greece? "Latreia" explores the cult phenomenon mainly through: "Tsiou" by Makis Papadimitratou, "Spirtokouto" by Yannis Oikonomidis, "Let the Women Wait" by Stavros Tsioulis and the episode "Vietnam" from "Everything is a Road" by Pantelis Voulgaris, gathering testimonies from creators and contributors, as well as people from the journalistic and artistic world.
Worship - (My) Greek Cult Movies
2025
7.3A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more. Amidst a haze of suspicion and scorn by villagers who treat him an intruder, his past catches up to him in the form of his girlfriend from Athens. Conflict is inescapable
The King
2002
6.9This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
Crying... Silicon Tears
2001
1.0A Hero... in Rome is a road movie about a man who dares to make his dream to reality. He goes to Rome to see his idol in the world of opera. Instead of joy, he falls victim to a theft that changes and upsets everything in his life. A series of tragicomic situations follow. The bittersweet experience of a journey. Loneliness and the quest. Nostalgia for tender innocence. An extreme event mars his return to Greece and so he becomes the hero of the day for the media. But deep inside his soul, what was this trip for him?
A Hero... in Rome
2006
5.3Babis' life will be turned upside down after his chance meeting with the beautiful and dynamic Athena. The two will embark on a journey full of surprises, including a piano that hides a great treasure, a woman who has run away from her home, an estate that is looking for an heir, an unfaithful fiancée, a suspicious monastery and finally love.
Out of the blue
2014
6.8It was supposed to be just an ordinary holiday on sunny Kos, but Toni has to rescue a beautiful local girl, a talented free-diver, from the clutches of kidnappers. When it appears that nobody else can be trusted, Toni must reluctantly rely on his step-brothers' assistance.
The Island of Secrets
2014
NRIn Athens in 2013, a taxi driver is unwittingly involved in a kidnapping by those who oppress him.
I apagogi
1986
6.6The night club "the River" situated in the small Greek city Livadeia is looking for a music group to perform there for a few nights. Many different musicians come from all over Greece and many funny incidents take place among them.
Here We Are!
2004