
Ilia Livykou
Acting
Biography
Ilya Livykou or Ilia Livykou (Greek: Ίλυα Λιβυκού; born 1919, Heraklio – died 6 September 2002, Athens, Greece) was a Greek actress, a partner with Vassilis Logothetidis. Her real name was Amalia Hatzaki or Hadjaki (Αμαλία Χατζάκη), later Kozyri (Κοζύρη). She began her education in javelin throwing and studied law in Athens. She brought her tests and marked excellently at the Dramatic School of the Royal Theatre. Her first part was at the theatre that she done in 1947 and from 1948 until 1960, played with Logothetidis. Her first film was The Germans are Coming by Alekos Sakellarios (1948). In 1985 when her daughter Eva (one of the three children of her first husband Agissilaos Kozyris) suffered brain tumor and died in Kypseli. She is buried in Kaisariani next to her daughter.
Known For

Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
The Counterfeit Coin

4 years after the Nazi occupation in Greece, the Greeks are involved in a Civil War and they are killing each other. Theodoros, a quiet and modest man, disgusted and disappointed, falls asleep and has a nightmare. Hitler is alive and the Nazis strike back with new, more powerful weapons.
The Germans Strike Again

George finished his studies and returned to Greece and his father, Anthony Delistavrou, assigned to the plant in order himself to live his life. He thinks it has conquered Rena, which, however, is a friend of George. Anthony will be forced to land when the learned but would COMFORT her friend Rena, Bill........
Trouble for Fathers

The wife of an industrialist who doesn't care about her creates a plot with her cousin to make him jealous.
Jealous like a Cat

A peaceful, though extremely mean, family man, Manolis, is married for ten years to Veta. Some night he spends an astronomical amount of money at a night club, with his partner Giorgos and two pretty and cheerful Greek-American girls, Margaret and Evelyn. However, to his bad luck, Evelyn is no other but Vangelitsa, his wife’s cousin, who visits the next day for lunch.
A Ripple in the Pond

A poor man accepts the money someone offers him to marry a foreign woman so that she can stay in Greece.
Santa Chikita

In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
Antigone

Two friends, a military and a journalist, after the collapse of the Albanian front, go to Macedonia to organize resistance against the Bulgarians.
The Brave Bunch

A 19-year-old temptress caught in the intoxicating vertigo of passion ends up in prison. Her secret diary tells her side of the story, but unanswered questions arise.
Vertigo

Manos, owner of an entertainment center, is being watched by a mysterious woman. At the same time, the club's singer tries to get close to him, gaining the trust of his wife. She senses that something is wrong and, seduced by the appearance of an old flame, she leaves her husband, only to regret it immediately afterwards.
Betrayed

August 1944, and a captain in the Greek army in the Middle East, Jason, secretly disembarks on an island with the mission of gathering information on the state of the German defensive positions, in view of the imminent landing of the Allied Forces. To complete his mission, he makes contact with some rebels, but the Germans are aware of his presence and arrest twelve men to force him to surrender. Shortly before the deadline expires, a local man who had been declared a deserter shortly before the war began and had been in hiding, presents himself at his post and is executed, making his wife and son proud.
There Are No Deserters

After the murder of a brutal landowner, and six long years of incarceration, unarmed Tasos returns to his village, only to face the deceased's murderous brothers. Is Tasos willing to honour his promise to his late mother?
The mother's curse

A Middle East allied Force commander, Themis, parachutes in occupied Greece to organize a sabotage in the Meteora region but betrays the Germans and falls into ambush. Before retiring, he calls Fotis, a student who had hidden his house, and urges him to go to Athens and meet an Aristides. Despite the mobilization of the Germans who perform all the hostages they have captured, including his father, Fotis finally arrives in Athens, meets with Aristides and accepts to cooperate with him. With the name of Kostas Alexandrou he catches a room in the Papadima family home, falls in love with their daughter Anna and becomes a "friend" with the German Major Karl Asberg. He accepts the co-operation proposed by Carl - to become his agent - to supposedly trap the guerrillas. But he actually misleads the conquerors about blowing a munitions train. His fate is the same as the fate of every patriot who is sacrificed for his homeland.
Rebels Of The Cities
A veteran general, living poorly but honestly with his wife and his daughter, is visited by his future son-in-law who informs him that he is going to immigrate to Australia. On the same day, his cousin Apostolos pays him a visit as well and tells him that the government intending to honor him has decided to construct his statue and place it at the small square in front of his house.
A Hero in His Slippers

The film is based on real events and tells the story of a group of Greeks who successfully escape from the Boules camp and return to Greece. Boules was a town that took in Greek refugees from the Civil War of 1945-1949. The escape took place because the exiled leaders of the illegal Communist Party of Greece began to exterminate their former comrades who did not share the views of the clique of the party's new secretary general, Nikos Zachariadis. The atmosphere in the camp was unbearable in every respect.
Fugitives from Bulkes

Telemachus, an unhappy old man, still lives with his sister, whom he expects to restore so that he marries the woman he loves. In the end, he is persuaded by a friend to put an ad in the newspaper to find her bridegroom, without mentioning her real age and highlighting her dowry. Finally, two bridal candidates appear: A retired and a Greek-Argentine landowner...
A Young Miss... Aged 39

A young hoodlum tries to separate himself from his gang, while at the same time taking on behalf of his boss the blackmail of a businessman's wife.
The Secrets of Sinful Athens

The last days of the historic siege of Messolonghi. The film depicts the whole situation that prevailed in the city after the Turkish siege for many months, and tells the courageous effort of its defenders who are attempting a heroic and desperate exodus.
The Exodus of Messolongi

Two childhood friends are steered apart by their parents
The Winner

A popular and honest man, Dimitris (Dimitris Papamichael), who works at the Perama yards, sings at a local tavern in the evenings. One day, his revered brother proposes to break a villa, and to prove to him that these things do not need any special capacity, he accepts the challenge. The noise they do, however, awakens the daughter of the owner, Zoitsa (Zoe Laskari). The two invaders are surprise. Zoitsa, who understands that Dimitris is not a villain, asks her not to hand him over to the police and is listening. Shortly thereafter, the girl visits the owner of the shipyards in which Dimitris works. The two young men are reunited.