Giorgos Lazaridis — Playwright (18)
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Boom Taratajum (1972) IMDb TMDB
Μπουμ Ταρατατζούμ
director: Errikos Thalassinos actor: Giorgos Konstantinou / Katia Dandoulaki …
other title: Μπουμ Ταρατατζούμ
Two itinerant actress, the Vlakometros and Poniridis, arrive at Adira, a city of ancient Greece groaning under the despotic rule of the tyrant Hippias, to give a performance. Because Vlakometros is identical to Hippias, the dissident intellectuals will try to use it to overthrow the tyrant. A series of incredible comedic misunderstandings and unexpected will follow in this brilliant political satire, which had experienced serious problems with censorship when the Junta was.
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King of Liars (1971) IMDb TMDB
Ο Αρχιψεύταρος
director: Errikos Thalassinos actor: Giorgos Panjas / Anna Fonsou …
other title: Ο Αρχιψεύταρος
Achilleas, who works together with his friend Paminos at Prokopis’ gas station, tries, via correspondence, to find a rich woman from abroad to marry and, in this way, hit the jackpot.
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The Wicked World of Thanasis (1979) IMDb TMDB
Ο Παλαβός Κόσμος του Θανάση
director: Dinos Katsouridis actor: Thanasis Veggos / Stefanos Linaios …
other title: Ο Παλαβός Κόσμος του Θανάση
The film presents seven short stories of everyday madness: parking in Athens. Thanasis, the soccer referee. Thanasis, the projectionist at a porn theater. Thanasis, the extra in a pasta commercial. Thanasis, the hospital director. Thanasis, the undertaker. Thanasis, the sailor who suspects his wife is cheating on him.
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The Taxi Driver (1970) IMDb TMDB
Η ταξιτζού
director: Kostas Karagiannis actor: Despoina Stylianopoulou / Nikos Rizos …
other title: Η ταξιτζού
A taxi driver, Despina, falls in love with her colleague Anastasis, but he does not reciprocate her feelings. Anastasis wants to become a movie star, but it is Despina who accidentally becomes a star when her talent is revealed.
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Rough Seas (1966) IMDb TMDB
Φουσκοθαλασσιές
director: Orestis Laskos actor: Mary Aroni / Dionysis Papagiannopoulos …
other title: Φουσκοθαλασσιές
The message of the return of Captain Nikoli sfakianes Andros, after four years of absence, will bring great inconvenience to his house. His wife Chrisoula will scrape together the three daughters of the party on the beaches and transform them appropriately, knowing how severe is the captain. The change is so successful that Captain Nikolas disappointed by their appearance ...
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The Man Who Ran a Lot (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ο άνθρωπος που έτρεχε πολύ
director: Thanasis Veggos actor: Thanasis Veggos / Katerina Yioulaki …
other title: Ο άνθρωπος που έτρεχε πολύ
Thanasis Zevedaios (Thanasis Vengos) has a shop with watches and running but not enough! Time and the clocks have become obsessed after running nonstop in an effort to nourish their relatives. The 'philosopher' brother dies and leaves another four mouths under his protection. The day is divided between the shop, his sister and his niece to marry, and his beloved, who works in a supermarket, while the economic situation and their obligations do not allow them to marry.
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Fifis the Unbeatable (1966) IMDb TMDB
Φίφης ο ακτύπητος
director: Kostas Lyhnaras actor: Stavros Paravas / Niki Linardou …
other title: Φίφης ο ακτύπητος
A tough sailor, Fotis, returns to Greece to marry his beloved and to settle certain inheritance issues with his twin brother Fifis, who is an effeminate artist. Their striking resemblance will upset the lives of both of them equally.
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World and Kosmakis (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Κόσμος και Κοσμάκης
director: Orestis Laskos actor: Nikos Stavridis / Giannis Gionakis …
other title: Κόσμος και Κοσμάκης / Kosmos kai kosmakis …
Yearning to make a fast buck, a suave swindler and his statuesque fiancée approach a factory owner and his wife who thirsts to break into the high-end social circles, unbeknownst to them that he is on to them. Will he get rid of them?
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Thieves out! (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Έξω οι Κλέφτες!
director: Kostas Andritsos actor: Orestis Makris / Dionysis Papagiannopoulos …
other title: Έξω οι Κλέφτες! / Exo oi kleftes
When the general manager who possesses 70% of the shares of a steelworks learns that he is sick and has to go abroad to be cured, he hands his shares to Timoleon Adamantas (Orestis Makris), his brother, a teacher, with whom he hasn’t spoken for almost 30 years. Timoleon, being an honest and goodhearted man, aided by his brother’s secretary, Margarita (Martha Karagianni), with whom his son Andreas is in love, finds out a number of great administrative irregularities. Immediately, he throws out his brother’s number one assistant, Kleftodimos (Dionysis Papagiannopoulos) and Margarita as well and puts everything in order.
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A Man for All Jobs... (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Άνθρωπος για Όλες τις Δουλειές...
director: Giorgos Konstantinou actor: Giorgos Konstantinou / Stavros Xenidis …
other title: Άνθρωπος για Όλες τις Δουλειές... / Anthropos yia oles tis doulies
A cynical young man, Giorgos, who believes that in this life you need to steer clear of principles and attachments, clashes with his father, captain Manolis and abandons the management of the family’s shipyard. Determined to build his life again, he gets a job as a waiter in a large hotel and believes that he can also get rich by taking advantage of the sorrows and the loneliness of the wealthy.
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Wake up, you sucker... (1969) IMDb TMDB
Ξύπνα Κορόιδο...
director: Errikos Thalassinos actor: Eleni Anousaki / Dionysis Papagiannopoulos …
other title: Ξύπνα Κορόιδο...
The Tasia chasing the impostor Lepoura Vangelis arrives with hitchhiking in Athens. Gaining confidence wholesaler Kyriacou Bolore and taken to his house as a maid. The daughter of Kiriakos, Lia, presents the writer Phaedon Tramountana and asks him to finance the scenario. His son Lakis, wants to succeed in the profession of wholesaler and prefers to deal with the rock band. His sister Ismene has in mind only the deck.
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Eftyhos... trellathika! (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ευτυχώς... Τρελάθηκα!
director: Kostas Andritsos actor: Nikos Stavridis / Gelly Mavropoulou …
other title: Ευτυχώς... Τρελάθηκα!
Charilaos Maraziotis owns a store and owes so much money both to his lenders and to the state, that he is in danger of going to jail. He decides to pretend to be a psychopath and is sent to an asylum. His lenders, upon hearing the news about his mental health, change their attitude towards him and release him from his debts.