
Giorgos Zambetas
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Biography
Giorgos Zampetas (Pronounced 'Zabetas', Greek: Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας, sometimes romanized as George Zambetas / George Zabetas / Giorgos Zabetas; 25 January 1925 – 10 March 1992) was a Greek bouzouki musician. He was born in Athens, where he also died, but his origins were from the island of Kythnos. He was one of the most recognized Greek musicians of all times, working in the Greek cinema of those years with stars such as Aliki Vouyouklaki. He appeared in many Greek film productions, and his compositions used in many, one of the most famous being "Siko Horepse Sirtaki". He also worked with famous Greek composers, such as Manos Hadjidakis in 1959, and there after collaborated with various leading Greek musicians such as Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchakos and many others.
Known For

After his business' bankrupcy, Giorgos Alexiou decides to commit suicide. Rosa, his cousin's wife who stand to benefit form his death, hires a private detective to keep an eye on him in case he changes his mind. Minas, Giorgos' employee, becomes Giorgos' guardian angel preventing the suicide at the last minute.
To Be or Not To Be

A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman, whose daughter he is in love with. By pretending to be stupid, he manages to save the businessman from making major mistakes, winning his sympathy.
The Smart Aleck

A debt collector persistently pursues a spendthrift young man who owes a lot of money to the company he works for. Although he finds her unbearable at first, he soon falls in love with her.
Spend the first of the month

A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .
A Rich Without Money

Aris, Nikos Kourkoulos, is released from prison after three years, and he turns up at Troumpa, a slum area in Piraeus. His purpose is not to settle his own accounts but to find out if Lola (Tzeni Karezi), a young woman who works at Stelios’ cabaret, was among the ones who betrayed him. Aris loves and cares about Lola and wants to get her out of there, but Stelios, who is also in love with her, assigns a thug to kill Aris.
Lola

A nephew of three strange uncles loves a girl, but his uncles are against the marriage. A resourceful aunt takes the case and helps the couple.
The Grouch

A wretch employee wins a lot of money in the lottery and loses his mind. When he comes out of the mental hospital, he finds out that things at his home have changed radically.
The Right-Minded Madman

Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to collide with her father and the sociopolitical status of the time.
My Daughter, the Socialist

The late Pericles gets permission from God to return to earth and help his family, who has gone astray after his death. Invisible to all but present everywhere, he is able to eavesdrop on what's going on: his youngest daughter lives it up with some Teddy boys, his eldest do not intend to marry her fiancé, his son has become a crook, and his wife a gambler.
Descended from Heaven

An almost irresistible attraction between the rich daughter of a factory owner and a successful popular singer will lead to marriage against her father's will. Is he the good and honest man everybody says? Will money corrupt him, too?
My Dimitri... My Dimitri

A self-made owner of a soft-drink factory decides to give the entire plant to his naive nephew as a present. Now, as two women vie for his attention, he is entangled in the theft of an ancient statuette. Who is friend, and who is foe?
O agathiáris kai i atsída

Betty has become engaged, for her father’s sake, with a hard working and kind young man, Kostas, who works at a store selling electrical appliances that belongs to Betty’s father, Mr. Periklis. The latter values Kostas and truly wants to make him his son-in-law. Kostas saves the life of a sensitive girl, Mary, who tries to commit suicide because her English lover deserted her. Later on, he is persuaded to impersonate a rich Englishman in order to help Mary deal with her father, Mr. Kyriakos, who is trying to force her to marry someone against her will.
Groom from London

Mika is a young woman living in a crazy ... family. Her mother, Pasta Flora, is alienated, her little sister is uncontrollable, and her father is a good, but cowardly, man. She's engaged to Mikis but the day before their wedding she goes to Venice and marries Andreas, who, after meeting her family, he undertakes to make sense of them.
A Crazy Crazy Family

Anthology film with a number of sketches that satirize modern Greece.
Taste from Greece

Nikos is a short hairpin chandler, which has very high opinion of himself. Flirts shamelessly with the towering diva region, Clara, which has also been put on the eye and the irresistible charmer in the same area, Alekos, but she plays with both. The giggly maid mother of Clara, the Zambetas, is madly in love with Nick, but he snubbed the fanfare. One night the bouzouki, the Zambetas meets George Zambetas, who immediately recognized her talent and showcases a star of popular music, thereby becoming sought after bride
The Giant of Kypseli

With his pockets crammed with cash, a countryman in Athens becomes the target of a plotting compatriot and a beautiful singer who want to rinse him for every penny. But, he's already in love with the girl next door. Can he win this bet?
Get Up, Dance Sirtaki

Dimitris Lazarou is an incurable storyteller. He works as a ground attendant for Olympic Airways, but his big dream is to become a pilot. With his cousin, who is considered the best pilot in the company, as his role model, he never fails to reap the rewards of his cousin's achievements. However, this habit of his will soon get him into trouble...
The Storyteller

By a cruel fate, a pair of newborn twin brothers get separated, and one of them becomes a pampered Casanova, while the other, lands a job at the factory of his unknown sibling's stepdad. Will the polar opposite twins reunite?
The Twins

Xristos is married to the rich Rena. In fact the rich is his mother-in-law, who has big business abroad. In Greece the mother-in-law gives the hotel's managment to Xristos but also loads to him all the work. Desperate, he decides to slam the yoke and kill her ...
The Father-in-Law

A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con woman, falls in love with her. Against all logic, he refuses to turn her in to the police. Is there a future between them?