Despo Diamantidou

Acting

Despo Diamantidou

Born — Died

1916-07-13 — 2004-02-18

Place of birth

Piraeus, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003. She played Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976. Source: Article "Despo Diamantidou" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

Skipper Straad poster
8.0

A seaman finds himself out of work and stranded in a distant port. He shares a cheap room. They take turns sleeping, some in the morning, some at night. Grief! When he will go back to sea? And there! The scent of woman drifts up to seduce him! He realizes he had shared his bed with a lady of the night.

Skipper Straad

2003

Hard Goodbyes: My Father poster
4.2

Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole family. On the eve of his departure for a long business trip he promises his son that he'll be back in time to watch the moon landing on TV together, but he is killed in a car accident. While Elias' mother and his elder brother deal with the loss in their own way, Elias refuses to accept his father's death. He creates an imaginary world, in which his father is alive. He shares fictitious stories with his friends, he sends letters to his grandmother on behalf of his father and he dreams of places like he did with him. Elias' mother and his godfather, who do everything to bring him back to reality, take him to a summer house. On the night of the moon landing Elias meets his father in his own way and comes to terms with his loss.

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

2002

The Devil Turned Holy Mother poster
NR

Anna is the Jewish daughter of a Spanish mother and a Greek father. She has returned to her family's house in Greece

The Devil Turned Holy Mother

2003

Anna's Summer poster
5.3

A widow reminisces on her life after returning to her family home in Greece.

Anna's Summer

2001

1970s · 12 titles

Love and Death poster
7.5

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Love and Death

1975

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight poster
5.2

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971

Υπόθεση Πολκ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Υπόθεση Πολκ

1978

The Werewolf of Washington poster
3.9

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

The Horsemen poster
6.3

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his village, especially his father. After losing his leg below the knee, Uraz, to regain his honor, must learn to ride again and win with a special, one-of-a-kind horse.

The Horsemen

1971

Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών

1976

Something for Everyone poster
6.5

In post-war Austria, an opportunistic young man begins working as a footman to a widowed countess and uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.

Something for Everyone

1970

A Dream of Passion poster
6.2

Maya is a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda, a Bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.

A Dream of Passion

1978

No artwork available
9.0

A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma of repossession and property without destroying its heritage.

Nicky's World

1974

Made For Each Other poster
5.5

An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.

Made For Each Other

1971

Promise at Dawn poster
5.5

A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.

Promise at Dawn

1970

The Cabaret Girl poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Cabaret Girl

1979

1960s · 30 titles

The Sunday girl poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Sunday girl

1964

Topkapi poster
6.5

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

Topkapi

1964

Never on Sunday poster
6.8

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Never on Sunday

1960

Σαπίλα και Αριστοκρατία poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Σαπίλα και Αριστοκρατία

1965

The Red Lanterns poster
7.2

The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.

The Red Lanterns

1963

Death Will Return poster
5.0

Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.

Death Will Return

1961

Alice in the Navy poster
6.5

Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!

Alice in the Navy

1961

No, Mr. Johnson. poster
6.0

A tomato juice seller of a major American company arrives in Greece to promote his company's product.

No, Mr. Johnson.

1965

Madalena poster
6.0

Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.

Madalena

1960

Lazy like a dog poster
5.6

A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?

Lazy like a dog

1963

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband poster
7.4

When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband

1965

The despised poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The despised

1965

Snow White and the 7 Old Boys poster
7.4

Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is studying abroad. Her stepmother treats her cruelly and forces her to escape from home. Alexia finds herself in an isolated area by chance, where she is discovered by seven brothers who live together in a nearby house. The seven bachelors put her up and treat her like a member of their own family.

Snow White and the 7 Old Boys

1960

Μάνα κάνε κουράγιο poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Μάνα κάνε κουράγιο

1962

Wedding like... Greek poster
6.1

Mina is dreaming of becoming a painter and Petros works in a company. They meet and fall in love during the carnival, but later lose contact. They meet again without recognizing each other and eventually get married. However they have no idea how hard marriage is.

Wedding like... Greek

1964

my father and i poster
5.3

A bankrupt cosmopolitan arrives with his daughter in Lagonisi, with the aim of finding a rich groom to guarantee financially.

my father and i

1963

Erotes sti Lesvo poster
NR

A Greek-American expatriate with six months to live embezzles millions from his New York City company and flees to his hometown of Mytilene. But law and fate never forget, and a chance encounter with love complicates matters.

Erotes sti Lesvo

1967

Sunday's Date poster
7.0

Anthoula has lost her mother and her father is swept away by his new love, Martha, and moves away from Anthoula to live in Aphrodite's house. Aphrodite pushes Anthoula into the arms of her son Thanos, with her sights set on her fortune. But Alekos, who truly loves Anthoula, will reveal the plot, and her father will leave Martha.

Sunday's Date

1960

Queen of Clubs poster
6.8

A model (Elena Nathanail) is on vacation with her sailor husband (Thodoros Roumpanis), and she falls in love with an employee (Spyros Fokas) who works in the hotel where they are staying. She confesses her feelings to her husband, and he abandons her. The young woman hooks up with with the employee, who goes with her to Athens. There, their passion – and her crisis - will reach their peak.

Queen of Clubs

1966

Make Me A Woman poster
5.3

A proud sponge-diver revolts against a cruel noblewoman, who exploits the islanders. When she finds out that her daughter is in love with him, she marries her off to his friend, and now, the knives have the final say. Can reason prevail?

Make Me A Woman

1965

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday poster
6.0

A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con woman, falls in love with her. Against all logic, he refuses to turn her in to the police. Is there a future between them?

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

1962

Loustrakos poster
6.2

The small loustrakos Vasilis Maras alongside the school of fine on the streets of Athens to make money. The mother finds injustice in prison for the murder of Demetrias. With the persistence of the king, however, and the help of a lawyer, the Karelia, the mother of leaving prison.

Loustrakos

1962

Ruthless poster
6.8

After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned many years ago to find his mother, who has been missing from the time of the German Occupation. When he meets Othonas, however, they quarrel because the detective hadn’t worked seriously enough on the case. Afterwards, Stathis takes control of his old gang again and sets up a few new scams, selling dreams and hopes to simple people. He soon realizes that he has lost his old love, Vana, who, while he was in prison, had become involved with his second-in- command, Michalis. Nevertheless, his bitterness is softened by Stella, Vana’s sister, who works at the Red Cross. He falls for her, and she responds in kind.

Ruthless

1965

Stefania poster
4.7

18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is actually a prison, and one of the worst and most squalid of its kind. It's a real hell. Two dozens of ragged girls are crammed into a dormitory, locked by a thick iron door, two in each bed. Meals and work is carried out in other sections of the building, separated by iron bars. A young doctor shall investigate the newcomer. When they meet, they immediately recognize each other. It is Giorgos, the doctor that treated Stefania's mother a couple of years ago, and then had a little flirt with Stefania. He has been thinking of her ever since. He immediately falls in love with her, and wants to help her. Stefania is thinking about any possibility to get out from the prison. She flirts with the ugly yard guard Armandos, and with the truck driver coming with foodstuff, but in vain...

Stefania

1966

Betrayed love poster
6.3

Anna, who lives with her aunt, is afraid that Stratos, the man she loves, is cheating on her with another woman. She decides to leave for America, where she will spend a year with another aunt. When she returns to Athens, her aunt will try to marry her off to a rich young man, but she is still in love with Stratos.

Betrayed love

1962

The Punk Of Fokionos Negri poster
6.0

A ruthless young man puts on eye the estate of a girl and after he is presented as in love with her, he is trying to convince her to give him all the money she has

The Punk Of Fokionos Negri

1965

Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα

1962

We Parted Ways One Evening poster
9.0

Fani returns from abroad after her father's suicide. She accepts the harsh treatment of her relatives and distances herself from their environment. She meets the son of the man responsible for her father's financial ruin and falls in love with him. When she realizes who her beloved is, she leaves him. However, despite his father's objections, he finds her and marries her. His father regrets the harm he caused Fani and her family.

We Parted Ways One Evening

1966

Short break poster
9.0

Yannis meets and falls in love with the leading actress of a play, Emma. She convinces him to propose one of his plays to the theater director. The director agrees to stage it, but in a more commercial version. Yannis feels guilty because he has allowed his play to be compromised and ruined. Soon, his relationship with the actress will be shaken by the weight of their character differences. He will eventually leave Emma, shortly before the play's premiere.

Short break

1966

For You My Love poster
7.0

Maroula comes from Syros, established in Athens, to work as a servant in a wealthy home, but the hostess takes her off. So he is forced to seek refuge in the house of three poor musicians whom he met on board: Flax, Tramp and Maneta. She thinks to return to her island, but they persuade her to stay with them and become a singer. Maroula falls in love with Lino, but at the same time her heart is beating for Mars (the son of the family who drove her, whom he has met by chance on the street). A little exaggeration makes her feel that Linus does not love her as much as he wants, so he recruits to Mars, but his mother does everything to separate them. Eventually he does. Linos comforts Maroula and even follows her in Syros, while Aris, who then decides to marry her, loses the ship.

For You My Love

1960

1950s · 6 titles

A Matter of Dignity poster
7.4

A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.

A Matter of Dignity

1958

The Fairy Tale Girl poster
5.5

A young girl, who lives in a poor neighborhood with her little brother, falls in love with a rich young man.

The Fairy Tale Girl

1956

The Duchess of Plakendia poster
7.3

After leaving Nafplio, the first capital of the newly founded Greek Nation, the affluent French Duchess of Plaisance and ardent philhellene, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, moves to Athens with her young daughter, Eliza, circa 1834.

The Duchess of Plakendia

1956

Amaryllis poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amaryllis

1959

Thanasakis, the Politician poster
6.8

The young daughter (Anna Synodinou) of a well-off family comes back from Switzerland after completing her studies, married to a young scientist, Thanasakis (Byron Pallis), who comes back to Greece determined to serve his country as a politician. With the financial support of his brother-in-law (Dinos Iliopoulos) he enters the election with no results. Soon though, another election is announced and he decides to run for a second time, again asking support from his brother-in-law who insists that a new campaign would be financial suicide for the family.

Thanasakis, the Politician

1954

The Girl of the Neighbourhood poster
4.6

Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are the shoe shiner Tsichlas and the drunkard Barba-Stamos. One day, he decides that the time has come to ask for Pitsa's hand in marriage. The poor neighborhood and its people pressure Pitsa, who can't take it anymore and runs away from home during the engagement. She runs into Didi, a playboy who, in an effort to pay off his debts, supplies beautiful girls to a rich old man.

The Girl of the Neighbourhood

1954

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