Theano Ioannidou
Actor · 1930 – 2009 · Athens, Greece
Theano Ioannidou (Greek: Θεανώ Ιωαννίδου) was born in Athens in 1930 and was an actress with a long theatrical career, serving mainly in the classical repertoire at the National Theatre. She studied at the National Theatre School, where she immediately stood out for her figure and voice. She made her debut as a student of the School in a Dance of ancient drama. Her professional debut was alongside Vassilis Diamantopoulos, in “Fioro tou Levante” (1953). She collaborated with the troupes of Katerina (Andreadis), Manos Katrakis, Kostas Mousouri, Nikos Hatziskos, Dimitris Myrat, Mary Aroni, Vilmas Kyrou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Dimitris Papamichael, Kostis Michaelides, Daphne Skouras, Gelis Mavropoulou, Marietta Rialdi, etc. Her last theatrical role was in "Bernarda Alba's House", directed by Kostas Tsianos, with the Municipal Theatre of Larissa.
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Movie7.0ActionHistoryLiving 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.
Movie3.3ComedyAchilleas, 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.
Movie5.6HistoryDramaIoannina, in the beginning of the 19th century. The whole Greece is under Turks. Ioannina is governed by the fierce and vulgar Ali Pasas. Ali’s eldest son, Muchtar, falls in love with a young Greek widow, Frosyni. The problem is, he’s married to the vindictive and cruel Chanife. And the muslim penalty for having an affair with a married man is death…
Movie6.5RomanceComedyOn a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Movie6.2ComedyWhen 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.
Movie4.2DramaThis and The Hot Month of August, both made in Greece, were acquired by DORIS WISHMAN for release in the United States. However, she somehow or other lost the dialogue sheets needed for dubbing the films into English. With the original dialogue a mystery, and not understanding Greek in the first place, the Grand Dame of Sexploitation simply re-invented the entire plot blissfully dubbing it away without any clue as to what was really being said, and then adding some steamy sex scenes with her own anonymous adulterers to liven things up.
Passion Fever
1969 · 9 votes
Movie7.0ComedyManolis, who works in the coffee house of Agisilaos, complains to his mother that he gets very tired at work, but she gets into trouble when she realizes that her son's boss is flirting with her.
Movie5.6DramaThe tragic story of a couple that upset Athenian society at the end of the 19th century. Michail Mimikos (Andreas Barkoulis) is a doctor in the Greek army, and Mary Weber (Aliki Vougiouklaki) is an upper-class girl. The two want to get married, but Mary’s parents want her to marry a rich man. When Mimikos leaves abruptly for Nauplion for professional reasons, he writes her a letter which she never gets, leading to tragic consequences...
Movie6.1ComedyRomancePenniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?
Movie7.0DramaAkis abandons Mary, the poor girl he loves, without knowing that she is expecting his child. When her father learns that his daughter is going to give birth to an illegitimate child, he kicks her out of the house.
Movie8.0ComedyPelopidas and his wife, Pelagia, receive a visit from their fiery daughter, Dora, who announces that she is separating from her husband, Haris. Before they have time to recover from the shock, their other daughter, Yuli, bursts in and announces that she is also getting divorced. The reason for all this is the new fashion of mini skirts, as women demand the freedom to choose how they dress, but men do not accept the mini. The youngest daughter follows her sisters' example and breaks off her engagement, as does their voluptuous aunt, who also leaves her husband. Pelopidas, trying to reason with his daughters, also asks for a divorce from Pelagia, who leads him by the nose.
Movie5.0DramaHistoryByzantium, 6th century AD, and Emperor Michael II convenes a meeting to elect a wife for his regent, Theophilus, who, although charmed by the nineteen-year-old princess Cassiane, ultimately chooses Theodora. His general, Acillas, who is in love with Cassiane, is appointed commander of the forces in Sicily and, before leaving, obtains Cassiane's promise that she will marry him, even though she does not love him. In Sicily, the noblewoman Irene falls in love with him, but he cannot forget Cassiane. Theophilus secretly meets Cassiane, who has begun to write religious hymns. Rumors that Cassiane is the regent's mistress reach the ears of Aquila, who rushes to Constantinople with the intention of killing Theophilus, but is himself killed by the palace guards. After this, Cassiane locks herself away in a monastery and devotes herself to hymnography.
Movie8.2DramaFamilyA boy escapes from the reformatory and hides in a young girl’s house. The two kids become friends...
Movie8.0DramaRomanceA rich young woman loves a poor singer, and her mother, who wants to prevent their marriage at all costs, confesses to her that he is her brother.