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Nikos Koundouros
Nikos Koundouros ( ; 15 December 1926 – 22 February 2017) was a Greek film director. Biography Koundouros was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1926. He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts. During the war he was a member of the left-wing resistance movement EAM-ELAS, and because of this was subsequently exiled to the Makronissos prison island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography. He started his career as a director of the film '' Magiki Polis'' (1954), where he combined his neorealism influences with his own artistic viewpoint. He cast Thanasis Veggos, who he had met at Makronissos, as one of the characters in ''Magiki Polis''.Great Greek Actor Thanasis Veggos Passes greekreporter.com, 3 May 2011. After the rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Nikolaos, Crete
Agios Nikolaos or Aghios Nikolaos ( ) is a coastal city on the Greece, Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island's capital Heraklion, north of the city of Ierapetra and west of the city of Sitia. In 2021, the Agios Nikolaos (municipality), Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which takes in part of the surrounding villages, had 27,785 inhabitants. The town sits partially upon the ruins of the ancient city of Lato pros Kamara. History Agios Nikolaos was settled in the late Bronze Age by Dorians, Dorian occupants of Lato, at a time when the security of the Lato hillfort became a lesser concern and easy access to the harbour at Agios Nikolaos became more important. The name Agios Nikolaos means ''Saint Nicholas''. Its stress lies on the second syllable of the word "Nikolaos". ''Agios Nikolaos'' or ''Ayios Nikolaos'' (alternative romanization of Greek, romanizations of the Greek ) is a common placename in Greece and Cyprus, since Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear For Best Director
The Silver Bear for Best Director () is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Robert Aldrich was the first winner of this award for his work on ''Autumn Leaves (film), Autumn Leaves'', and Philippe Garrel is the most recent winner in this category for his work on ''The Plough (film), The Plough'' at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023. History The award was first presented in 1956. The prize was not awarded on five occasions (1969, 1971, 1973–74, and 1981). In 1970, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the controversy over official selection film, ''o.k. (film), o.k.'' by Michael Verhoeven, which led to the resignation of the international jury. Mario Monicelli has received the most aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oi Fotografoi
Oi (also as OI) may refer to: In biology * Grey-faced petrel, also known by its Māori name ''oi'' * Orthostatic intolerance, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system * Osteogenesis imperfecta, a group of genetic bone disorders In business * Oi (telecommunications), the largest landline telephone company in Brazil * Operational intelligence, in business analytics * Organizational intelligence, in business manage In linguistics * Oi (digraph), a Latin-script digraph * Oi (interjection), an interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval * Oi language, a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos * Gha, a letter (Ƣ ƣ) erroneously referred to by Unicode as "oi" In music * Oi!, a subgenre of punk rock * "Oi!" (song), a 2002 hit song for British grime music crew More Fire Crew Organisations * Oi! (Hong Kong), a visual arts organisation in Hong Kong * Oi (Indonesia), an Iwan Fals fanbase foundation in Indonesia * Oriental Institute (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordello (the Film)
A brothel, strumpet house, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. For legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub parlours, studios, or by some other description. Sex work in a brothel is considered safer than street prostitution. Legal status On 2 December 1949, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The convention came into effect on 25 July 1951 and by December 2013, had been ratified by 82 states. The convention seeks to combat prostitution, which it regards as "incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person." Parties to the convention agreed to abolish regulation of individual prostitutes, and to ban brothels and procuring. Some countries not parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Venezis
Elias Venezis (; March 4, 1904 – August 3, 1973) is the pseudonym of Elias Mellos (), a major Greek novelist. He was born in 1904 in Ayvalık (Kydonies) in Asia Minor and died in Athens in 1973. He wrote many books, of which the most famous are '' Number 31328'' and ''Aeolian Earth''. He is considered to be one of the writers of "Generation of the '30s". Biography Elias Venezis was born and raised in "Aivali" (the hellenized pronunciation of ), where he completed high school. In 1914, Venezis’ family fled from Ayvalik to Lesbos to avoid persecution but returned to Asia Minor after the Greek army took over Smyrna and its hinterland in 1919. When the area was recaptured by the Turkish Army in 1922, Venezis was taken prisoner and enslaved in a “labour battalion Labour battalions have been a form of alternative service or unfree labour in various countries in lieu of or resembling regular military service. In some cases they were the result of some kind of discrimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number 31328
''Number 31328'' () is an autobiographical novel by Elias Venezis. It tells of his experiences as a captive of the Turkish Army on a death march into the Anatolian interior. Background During the Greek genocide, Venezis' family fled from Ayvali to Lesbos to avoid persecution but returned to Asia Minor after the Greek army occupied Smyrna and its hinterland in 1919. When the area was recaptured by the Turkish Army, Venezis was taken prisoner and enslaved in a labour battalion (otherwise known as ''Amele Taburlari'' or ''Amele Taburu''). He was 18 years old. The prisoners were forcibly marched into the interior, but few arrived at the destination, since most of them were either killed on the way, or died of the hardships they were exposed to. Of the 3000 "conscripted" into his "labour brigade", only 23 survived. When Venezis was released he was returned to Lesbos. There he met Stratis Myrivilis, who had founded the weekly newspaper ''Kambana'', and was encouraged by him to wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 (1978 Film)
1922 is a 1978 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Koundouros about the Greek genocide based on the autobiography of Greek novelist Elias Venezis, ''Number 31328''. The film is set in and around Smyrna ( Izmir) at the time the Turkish army entered the city in 1922, and follows the suffering of ethnic Greeks held as prisoners. Cast * Antigoni Amanitou - Loukia * Zaharias Rohas - Ilias * Nikos Kapios * Vasilis Kolovos * Katerina Gogou Katerina Gogou (; 1940–1993) was a Greek poet, author and actress. Personal life Katerina Gogou was born in 1940 during World War II and the Axis occupation of Greece, for which she did not spend a pleasant childhood. She had a strict fathe ... - actress * Minas Hatzisavvas * Olga Tournaki - Ilias's mother References External links * 1978 drama films 1978 films 1970s biographical drama films Greek biographical drama films 1970s Greek-language films 1970s Greek films Works about the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) {{Greece-fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Prosopo Tis Medousas
''Vortex, the Face of Medusa'' (, translit. ''To prosopo tis Medousas'' and also known as ''Vortex'') is a 1967 Greek-British drama film directed by Nikos Koundouros. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. It features a beautiful man-eating woman on a remote Greek island, eating stranded men.https://austin.com/event/afs-presents-vortex-the-face-of-medusa/ Cast * Philippo Vlachos as Alexis * Fanis Hinas as Filippos * Alexis Mann as Filippos' brother * Hara Angelousi as Filippos' girlfriend * George Willing * Assounda Arka * Jacqueline Blaire * Dimitris Coromilas * Yorgo Voyagis Yorgo Voyagis ( ; born 6 December 1945) is a Greek actor. Career as an actor Voyagis' film debut was in Michael Cacoyannis's ''Zorba the Greek'' (1964). He reappeared three years later in the Italian Western ''Killer Kid''. Voyagis then starre ... References External links * 1967 films 1967 drama films Greek drama films 1960s Greek films 1960s Greek-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Potami (film)
The River (, ) was a centrist and social-liberal political party in Greece. The party was founded in February 2014 by Stavros Theodorakis. The party did not run in the 2019 elections and had no seats in the Hellenic Parliament. History Party foundation The party was launched on 11 March 2014 in Athens by TV presenter Stavros Theodorakis. 2014 European Parliament election In April 2014, representatives of The River met the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and with representatives of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary groups. In the 2014 European Parliament election held on 25 May 2014, the party received 6.6% of the national vote and the mandate to elect two MEPs, Giorgos Grammatikakis and Miltos Kyrkos. On 27 May 2014, the two incoming MEPs announced their decision to sit with the S&D group in the European Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
