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Stelios Lionakis

Stelios Lionakis

Acting

Biography

Stelios Lionakis (Chania, Crete, 28 February 1936 – Athens, 11 April 2003) was a Greek actor. He made his debut on the stage in 1963, as a member of the troupe of Vasilis Diamantopoulos and Maria Alkaios. He performed dozens of roles in the classical repertoire with his collaborations, among others, with the Art Theater, the Greek People's Theater, the National Theater, etc. while he also took part in several films, as well as in well-known television series, in characteristic character roles. Furthermore, as a member of the SEI he was involved in trade unionism.

Known For

The Nets of Shame
7.5

The poor fishermen of a small village in the Evros region are trying to set up a cooperative so that they can resist the relentless exploitation of the merchants who buy their catch for a pittance. Leading the effort is an educated young man, Stefanos, who strives to encourage the fishermen to overcome their hesitation.

The Nets of Shame

1965
Kamikazi, agapi mou
6.0

Stathis loves bikes, Rena wants to dance all the time and Aleksis goes crazy for rock music. They are three crazy siblings. One of them, Stathis, doesn't seem capable to keep a job and when he loses his girlfriend, his mother decides to give him what he loves the most, a motorcycle!

Kamikazi, agapi mou

1983
The Hunters
7.7

During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…

The Hunters

1977
The Travelling Players
7.2

A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.

The Travelling Players

1975
Φόνος Χωρίς Ταυτότητα
7.0

No description available.

Φόνος Χωρίς Ταυτότητα

1990
The garden with the statues
7.0

No description available.

The garden with the statues

1981
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
6.3

A wild tale of mistaken identity set during the Nazi occupation of Greece and starring the great Thanasis Vengos. Thanasis is called upon, during the Occupation, to testify at the trial of a tavern owner accused of serving cat meat to his customers. He too is accused of perjury and imprisoned with some resistance fighters. The resistance fighters escape, but Thanasis remains in his cell. He is accused of being Ivan, the notorious ringleader of certain revolutionaries.

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?

1971
The Gigolo of Athens
5.2

A zigolo falls victim to a well-intentioned plan that aims to incriminate him for killing a foreign agent.

The Gigolo of Athens

1982
The Children of the Swallow
6.0

A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was separated due to political turmoil. They locate some of its members, who tell their dramatic stories that began with the Civil War. The two men’s search is interrupted when a key person refuses to speak

The Children of the Swallow

1987
Bouzouki Strumming
7.2

One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki musicians happen to pass by. They listen, enchanted by his limpid voice, and suggest that he becomes a member of their orchestra. Thus, the newly-wed day laborer gets a second job at Mr. Lefteris’ night club. His wife, Marina, soon joins him at the club, and, before long, she too goes on stage, cuts capers and charms everyone. Her success, however, has a negative impact on the couple’s relationship, since Marina’s admirers as well as those of Grigoris’, turn one away from the other.

Bouzouki Strumming

1966
The Terrorist
6.0

With the end of the dictatorship, three friends create a Humanitarian Movement to save Greece. In order to raise money, they kidnap a wealthy businessman and threaten to kill him if he does not give them the money they need. Things get complicated when they realize that the businessman's relatives are not interested in him.

The Terrorist

1975
My Love Ua Ua
6.3

A writer is going through a serious crisis, since neither his career nor his marriage are going well. His talent, and friends, seem to have abandoned him. The only one standing by his side is a girl from Africa, who has come to Greece to study, and, in order to make ends meet, she works as a maid in his home. Naive and kind, she manages to restore a happy atmosphere in the home.

My Love Ua Ua

1974
Lieutenant Natassa
6.9

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

Lieutenant Natassa

1970
The Iron Gate
8.5

In a poor neighborhood of Athens, Andreas and Eftyhis are struggling to eke out a living. Making the most of the adventurism inspired in them by the post-war era and trying to make a life for themselves against the backdrop of the post-dictatorship conservative regime, the two heroes gradually lose their political conciousness and social identity and are led to ruin.

The Iron Gate

1978
Educate Yourself My Son
7.5

The most important political, post-military junta satire about the nation, the religion, the education, the family.

Educate Yourself My Son

1981
The Wicked World of Thanasis
5.8

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.

The Wicked World of Thanasis

1979
My Sister Deserves a Beating
6.5

A mad man, Spyros, wants to marry Marianna, his lively sister. He wants to give her a dowry apartment, but his money is not enough for that. So he has to ask for a loan from his boss. The boss refuses to serve him but as soon as he knows Marianna, he changes his mind. Spyros tries to think of Marianna, who is smirked for his boss's mistress, but he only manages to lose his job. He wants to marry her with the poor and honest electrician Manolis, who is in love with her.

My Sister Deserves a Beating

1966
Evidence
5.5

A documentary presenting people and events connected with the most important political developments from the student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic in 1973 until the first year of democratic rule after the dictatorship collapsed in 1974.

Evidence

1975
Ζητείται δράκος
10.0

No description available.

Ζητείται δράκος

1983
The madness goes on ... schools
7.5

Nana with her mother come from Thessaloniki to settle in Athens. The mother and daughter relationship is completely liberated from social taboos. Nana written at Athens High School, but from day one faces the bad faith of the classmate. All classmates are girls, the authorities of feminism is the guiding principle of their conduct. Nana between them looks like the fly in the milk and this bothers

The madness goes on ... schools

1987