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Finos Films
Finos Film (Greek: Φίνος Φιλμ) is a Greek film production and distribution company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977. It was founded by Filopimin Finos in 1942 during World War II. It was the biggest film production company in Greece at the time and one of the biggest, in terms of productivity, in southeast Europe. After 34 years, Finos Films returned to the Greek film scene with the Greek-Italian co-production 'Urania' (2006). Additionally, the company re-releases its old movies on DVD completely remastered and in Dolby digital 2.0 sound on a monthly basis. History In 1954 Finos moved his company's headquarters for the last time to the old soap factory building of Papoutsanis at 53 Chios Street, near the Larisis station. In the neoclassical building of Chios Street, the workshops are developed, from the appearance to the final copy (displays, editing, mixing, etc.), the offices and the production planning of the company. At the same time, Finos is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philopemen Finos
Philopemen Finos (; 1 September 1908– January 26, 1977) was a Greek film producer of 186 films and the founder of Finos Film, whose first film was in 1939. He built the first sound recording device in Greece, and shot the first colour film with stereo sound Stereophonic sound, commonly shortened to stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configurat .... Finos died in January 1977 after suffering cancer for seven years and he left no heir. Selected filmography * '' The Parting Song'' (1939) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1943) References * 1908 births 1977 deaths People from Amfikleia-Elateia Greek film producers 20th-century Greek businesspeople Deaths from cancer in Greece {{film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolby
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (Dolby Labs or simply Dolby) is a British-American technology corporation specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and high-dynamic-range television (HDR) imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers. History Dolby Labs was founded by Ray Dolby (1933–2013) in London, England, in 1965. In the same year, he invented the Dolby Noise Reduction system, a form of audio signal processing for reducing the background hissing sound on cassette tape recordings. His first U.S. patent on the technology was filed in 1969, four years later. The method was first used by Decca Records in the UK. After this, other companies began purchasing Dolby’s A301 technology, which was the professional noise reduction system used in recording, motion picture, broadcasting stations and communications networks. These companies include BBC, Pye, IBC, CBS Studios, RCA, and Granada. He moved the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Methystakas
The Drunkard (), is a 1950 Greek drama film written and directed by George Tzavellas. It was the highest grossing Greek film in 1950, selling 304,438 tickets. Plot Haralambos Lardis ( Orestis Makris) is a poor cobbler in Plaka who has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of his neighborhood after the death of his son during the Greco-Italian War. His daughter, Anna, (Billy Konstantopoulou) falls in love with the son of her boss Alec Bakas ( Dimitris Horn) and they plan to marry. Her father attempts to overcome his addiction not wanting to embarrass himself in front of the rich family of his future son-in-law, but gets drunk before meeting the Bakas family. Realizing that he is an obstacle to his daughter's happiness, he commits suicide bringing the two families closer. Cast * Orestis Makris ..... ''Haralambos Lardis'' * Dimitris Horn ..... ''Alec Bakas'' *Billy Konstantopoulou ..... ''Anna Lardi'' *Athanasia Moustaka ..... ''grandmother'' * Nikos Rizos ..... ''pub customer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taxi Driver
''The Taxi Driver'' (Greek: ''To soferaki'') is a 1953 Greek comedy film directed by Yorgos Tzavellas and starring Mimis Fotopoulos, Smaroula Giouli, and Nikos Rizos. Cast * Mimis Fotopoulos as Vangos * Smaroula Giouli as Lela * Nikos Rizos * Giorgos Vlahopoulos * Sperantza Vrana * Thanasis Tzeneralis * Lela Patrikiou * Jenny Stavropoulou * Giannis Ioannidis * Lola Filippidou * Elsa Rizou * Giorgos Loukakis * Kostas Papahristos Kostas Papachristos (; 1916 – 29 September 1995) was a Greek actor who was known for his comedic acting roles. Biography He was born in Volos in 1916 and died in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and to ... References Bibliography * Vrasidas Karalis. ''A History of Greek Cinema''. A&C Black, 2012. External links * 1953 films 1953 comedy films 1950s Greek-language films Greek comedy films Greek black-and-white films {{Greece-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Theia Ap' To Chicago
''The Auntie from Chicago'' ( ''Ê theía apó to Sikágo''; also known as ''Aunt from Chicago'') is a 1957 Greece, Greek theatrical comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and produced by Finos Films. The film made 142,459 tickets. Plot A middle-aged man's (Makris) conservative life is disturbed, when his sister (Vasileiadou) returns to Greece, after many years in Chicago. Her arrival breathes new air to the family, and some extreme ideas of how to get her shy nieces to marry. Cast *Orestis Makris as Harilaos Bardas *Georgia Vasileiadou as Kalliopi Papas *Eleni Zafeiriou as Efterpi Barda (wife of Harilaos) *Gelly Mavropoulou as Eleni Barda (daughter) *Tzeni Karezi as Katina Barda (daughter) *Margarita Papageorgiou as Angeliki Barda (daughter) *Pantelis Zervos as Xenofon Vlassopoulos *Stefanos Stratigos as Nikos Kadris *Thodoros Dimitriou as Takis Zerigkas *Dimitris Papamichael as Kostakis *Vangelis Ploios as guy from the beach *Kostas Papahristos as police officer External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astero (1959 Film)
''Astero'' () is a 1959 Greek drama film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Aliki Vougiouklaki - Astero * Titos Vandis - Mitros Pithokoukouras * Dimitris Papamichael - Thymios Pithokoukouras * Georgia Vasileiadou - Stamatina * Stephanos Stratigos - Thanos * Yorgos Damasiotis - Thanasis * Kostas Papachristos Kostas Papachristos (; 1916 – 29 September 1995) was a Greek actor who was known for his comedic acting roles. Biography He was born in Volos in 1916 and died in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and to ... - Mitsos * Athanasia Moustaka -Pithokoukoura * Giannis Avlonitis * Niki Linardou - (as Bebi Koula) External links * 1959 films 1950s Greek-language films 1959 drama films Greek black-and-white films Films directed by Dinos Dimopoulos Finos Film films Films shot in Epirus Films set in Greece Greek drama films 1950s Greek films {{Greece-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downhill (1927 Film)
''Downhill'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine and Isabel Jeans, and based on the play ''Down Hill'' by Novello and Constance Collier. The film was produced by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington studios. ''Downhill'' was Hitchcock's fourth film as director, but the fifth to be released. Its American alternative title was ''When Boys Leave Home''. Plot At an expensive English boarding school for boys, Roddy Berwick is school captain and star rugby football, rugby player. He and his best friend Tim Wakeley are approached by a shopgirl, Mabel, who invites them to her shop during off-hours to dance and make merry with her. Shortly after, Mabel tells the boys' headmaster that she is pregnant and that Roddy is the father. However, Tim is the father, and he cannot afford to be expelled because he needs to win a scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. Promising Tim that he will never reveal the truth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipolochagos Natassa
''Ipolochagos Natassa'' (Greek: ''Υπολοχαγός Νατάσσα'', ''Lieutenant Natasha'', also known outside Greece as ''Battlefield Constantinople'') is a 1970 Greek film. It starred Aliki Vougiouklaki as Natassa, Dimitris Papamichael as Orestis, and Costas Carras as Max. The story about the German occupation of Greece and the resistance by the Greeks. The director of the film is Nikos Foskolos. Cast *Aliki Vougiouklaki .... ''Natassa Arseni'' *Dimitris Papamichael Dimitris Papamichael ( ; 29 August 1934 - 8 August 2004) was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη Greek pronunc ... .... ''Orestis'' * Costas Carras .... ''Max Reuter'' * Eleni Zafeiriou .... ''Natassa's mother'' * Kakia Panagiotou .... ''Liza'' * Andreas Filippidis .... ''Natassa's father'' * Spyros Kalogirou .... ''major'' External links * Greek war drama films 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Brands
Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek **Mycenaean Greek, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC) **Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC **Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity **Medieval Greek or Byzantine Language, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople **Modern Greek, varieties spoken in the modern era (from 1453 AD) *Greek alphabet, script used to write the Greek language *Greek Orthodox Church, several Churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church *Ancient Greece, the ancient civilization before the end of Antiquity *Old Greek, the language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around 1500 AD *Greek mythology, a body of myths or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
