Giorgos Iordanidis
Actor · 1921 – 2005 · Eskişehir, Turkey
George Iordanidis (June 21, 1921 - June 23, 2005) was born in Eskisehir (ancient Dorylaion) in Asia Minor. His parents are Ioannis Iordanidis and Ermioni Hatzopoulou – Iordanidis. With the Asia Minor Disaster of 1922, his parents immigrated to Egypt (Cairo), where his mother's siblings were already settled.
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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?
Movie6.8DramaMichalis returns to the tobacco growers of his rural village after having spent some time in the city and persuades them to form a collective, rather than suffer the poverty-inducing prices they are paid for their crops by tobacco brokers. They agree not to sell to any of the brokers and start to form a farmers' group. When one of the farmers breaks the agreement and is found dead, Michalis is accused. However, rather than expose the farmers' plight and give publicity to the brokers' greed, the motive the government gives for the killing is thi asimanton aformin, for unimportant reasons.
Movie7.5DramaHistoryThe days of May 1936 in Thessaloniki and the events that led to the bloody clashes between the tobacco workers and the army are described in this film in a clear way. The people are the protagonists, and the narrative does not insist on drama or exaggeration. Of particular importance is also the presentation of the way in which the country was led, through a specific plan, to the dictatorship of Metaxas, on August 4, 1936.