
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
8.3As 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
7.5An 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
7.3Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.
Lion of the Desert
1981
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.
The Jazz Age
1968
6.7Sinbad 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
6.3During 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
Film credits
1970s · 8 titles
6.7Sinbad 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
5.6In 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
6.4A 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
8.1A 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
6.4An 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
6.2Proud 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
8.0Antigone 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
4.5A love affair between a Greek and a middle-class Australian divorcee.
Kostas
1979
1960s · 21 titles
8.3As 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
7.5An 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
6.3During 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
7.0Living 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
5.7A 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
6.0This 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο
1966
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)
1966
6.5200 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
6.2This films tells four different stories, all connected by the banks of a river.
The River
1960
6.2A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO.
The barker
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές
1965
9.0The 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
5.6Ten 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
7.1During 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
8.0An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present.
The Steps
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Damned love
1968
6.3He 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
7.5The 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
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Ου Κλέψεις
1965
7.0It 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
Series credits
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.
The Jazz Age
1968
6.8Who Pays the Ferryman? was a television series produced by the BBC in 1977. The title of the series refers to the ancient religious belief and mythology of Charon the ferryman to Hades. In ancient times it was the custom to place coins in or on the mouth of the deceased before cremation so that the deceased could pay the ferryman to go to Hades. The eight-part series was written by Michael J. Bird.
Who Pays the Ferryman?
1977
NRLevkas Man is a 1981 mini series about a doctor who goes to the Greek island of Levkas to prove a theory about prehistoric man. It was shot on location in Greece. Paul Gerrard is a man in search of his missing father - a wayward archaeologist who has disappeared from Greece.
Levkas Man
1981
