Argyris Bakirtzis

Acting

Argyris Bakirtzis

Born 1947-01-18 · Thessaloniki, Greece

Argyris Bakirtzis was born in 1947 in Thessaloniki. He is an architect at the Archaeological Service of Kavala, but everyone knows him as the singer of the Winter Swimmers, the longest-running Greek band. He is a self-taught musician and writes lyrics and music. He was a favorite actor of Stavros Tsiolis and had starred in many of his films, such as "Love in dates" (1990) "Please women don't cry" (1992) "Let the women wait" (1998) and "We have arrived..." ( 2004).

Acting credits

Apples poster
6.3

As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing those with a Polaroid camera.

Apples

2021

Please, Ladies, Don't Cry poster
6.6

A village in Arcadia invites a "famous" icon painter and his assistant to restore the worn-out murals in a historic church. One is an amateur astronomer, and the other is involved in various scams.

Please, Ladies, Don't Cry

1992

Love Under the Date-Tree poster
6.5

Shortly after his wife’s funeral, a merchant wanders around the Peloponnese with his friend, a maestro, whom he considers to be his rival in love. The existence of a date-tree will prove, according to a photograph in the hands of the merchant, his deceased wife’s infidelity.

Love Under the Date-Tree

1990

Let the Women Wait! poster
7.1

In 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

Vilma: The Last Goodbye poster
NR

A cinematic farewell to the "Vilma" cinema in Thessaloniki, which closed in December 2024 as the last traditional erotic cinema in Greece. At the same time, a salute to the legendary "Laikon" and "Star", temples of the genre in the two largest cities of Greece. Famous and anonymous people participate in this final farewell.

Vilma: The Last Goodbye

2026

Love Me Not? poster
5.6

Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.

Love Me Not?

1989

Acheron poster
NR

Maria and Nikos, a married couple coping with alienation, are spending the weekend at a hotel nestled in nature, by the river Acheron. During their stay, they will try to find new balance in their relationship.

Acheron

2026

Here We Are! poster
6.6

The 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

37 Days poster
5.0

When Maria, a young pregnant woman is fired, she goes on a birth strike.

37 Days

2018

Multiple Reflections of you. Winter Swimmers poster
NR

The Band called “Winter Swimmers”; the diverse family of amateur and professional musicians who follow the vision of “father” Argyris Bakirtzis; Musical creation as a common component of different trends through strong artistic and personal bonds; a 60-year presence in Greece’s cultural life.

Multiple Reflections of you. Winter Swimmers

2026

The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha poster
3.6

On 29 January 1993 eighty prisoners escaped from an Athens prison. Well, in actual fact one convict escaped, a guy named Vassilis, for his beloved in Amalliada, but in his hurry he forgot the prison door open and little by little another seventy-nine got out... The film follows the eleven who made it down to the Peloponnese... with them an old musician who has a map he bought from a Greek in America for $2500 with the lost treasure of General Hursit Pasha.

The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha

1996

Women Who Passed My Way poster
4.0

The acclaimed Greek director returns with a bittersweet story about the need for human contact. Two men are hired to keep watch on a home in Athens, where a room is illegally built. They will meet many passers-by, some of whom are in fact building inspectors attempting to catch them in the act.

Women Who Passed My Way

2018

Where We Live poster
5.0

On a day when downtown Athens is experiencing yet another ordinary upheaval, young lawyer Antonis Spetsiotis is celebrating his birthday. However, his birthday will unfold in a completely unexpected way, taking him from the courts of Evelpidon to glamorous cafés and dark parking lots on the National Road, from his tidy bachelor pad in Lycabettus to farmhouses in Chalkoutsi and luxurious villas in Aliartos – and will end unpredictably at dawn in Athens.

Where We Live

2022