Takis Emmanuel

Acting

Takis Emmanuel

Born — Died

1933-01-04 — 2017-08-26

Place of birth

Messolonghi, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Takis Emmanouil (Greek: Τάκης Εμμανουήλ, 1933 - 26 August 2017) was a Greek actor, with an international career in the field of cinema. He was also a director and producer, while in the last years of his life he was involved in literature. He was born in 1933 in Messolonghi and his real name was Panagiotis. Initially, in Greece, he studied acting at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory, with the teacher of the theater director Dimitris Rontiris. Later, in the period 1979-1981, he studied directing, screenwriting and television production in Los Angeles. At the age of 27 (in 1960) he made his first appearance on stage, in the tragedy "Iphigenia in Tauris" by Euripides, performing the…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 8 titles

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad poster
6.7

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

1973

Cannon for Cordoba poster
5.6

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.

Cannon for Cordoba

1970

That Lucky Touch poster
6.4

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.

That Lucky Touch

1975

Hell Boats poster
8.1

A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.

Hell Boats

1970

N.P. - The Secret poster
6.4

An engineer invents a revolutionary machine capable of automating all industrial production, thereby eliminating the need for human labor. His groundbreaking innovation, intended to free humanity from work, instead leads to his abduction and brainwashing by unknown forces. He is then left to wander the city, stripped of his memories and identity.

N.P. - The Secret

1972

Caddie poster
6.2

Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her.

Caddie

1976

Promised Woman poster
8.0

Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathizes with Antigone.

Promised Woman

1976

Kostas poster
4.5

A love affair between a Greek and a middle-class Australian divorcee.

Kostas

1979

1960s · 21 titles

Once Upon a Time in the West poster
8.3

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Zorba the Greek poster
7.5

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Zorba the Greek

1964

Play Dirty poster
6.3

During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.

Play Dirty

1969

Electra poster
7.0

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Electra

1962

The Magus poster
5.7

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

The Magus

1968

Oedipus the King poster
6.0

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

Oedipus the King

1968

Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο

1966

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway) poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)

1966

Young Aphrodites poster
6.5

200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.

Young Aphrodites

1963

The River poster
6.2

This films tells four different stories, all connected by the banks of a river.

The River

1960

The barker poster
6.2

A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO.

The barker

1964

Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές

1965

Bloody earth poster
9.0

The daughter of a powerful husband in a mountainous village in Greece is being forced to marry a wealthy villager while loving a poor lad. Her beloved will leave the village, giving an oath to return and marry her.

Bloody earth

1967

Amok poster
5.6

Ten women hide out on an deserted island in the Ageian after an prison break where seven men, led by an ex-Nazi, arrive on the island to search for a buried treasure and force the women to dig for them, until one strong-willed woman, named Sarah, decides to plot a revolt.

Amok

1963

Glory Sky poster
7.1

During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

Glory Sky

1962

The Steps poster
8.0

An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present.

The Steps

1966

Damned love poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Damned love

1968

He And She poster
6.3

He is a pure child of nature. She comes from the sinful city. They find themselves together in unspoiled nature, but soon she grows bored. Suddenly she finds herself guilty of treason in the court of ordinary people, and he erupts primitively.

He And She

1967

The Nets of Shame poster
7.5

The poor fishermen of a small village in the Evros region are trying to set up a cooperative so that they can resist the relentless exploitation of the merchants who buy their catch for a pittance. Leading the effort is an educated young man, Stefanos, who strives to encourage the fishermen to overcome their hesitation.

The Nets of Shame

1965

Ου Κλέψεις poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ου Κλέψεις

1965

The Avengers poster
7.0

It is 1882, and while negotiations for the cession of Thessaly to Greece are underway, the bandit Stelios Karanasos and his men, taking advantage of the Ottomans' indifference to the region, plunder and terrorize the mountain villages. When his gang robs and burns down the house of the Zorba brothers, they kidnap Karanasos' sister, Krini, and demand a ransom for her release. During the three days she remained with them, Dimitros, the youngest of the four brothers, fell deeply in love with her. The feeling is mutual. After her release, Dimitros tries to visit her secretly at her home, but Karanasos captures him. His brothers then attack the house to free him and, during the clash, Karanasos is killed. Dimitrios and Krinio are now free to enjoy their union and live happily ever after.

The Avengers

1966

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