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Thanasis Papageorgiou

Thanasis Papageorgiou

Acting

Biography

Thanasis Papageorgiou is a Greek director and actor. It has staged approximately 130 plays and is in its 53rd theatrical season. He was born in Kaisariani on February 16, 1938. He studied Theater at the Drama School of Christos Vachliotis. His first theatrical appearance took place in 1962 in the troupe of K. Livadeas. Until 1965 he collaborated with the troupes V. Diamantopoulou-M. Alkaiou, Titou Vandis, Mirandas-Barkoulis, United Artists, Eleftheras Skenis, etc. so he leaves the theater and works in Cinema, shooting as a director, screenwriter and actor the film "Epi eschatis prodossia" (1968) On television he directed plays for the Monday Theater. He also directed, together with Paul Slave, and starred in the series "Madame Soussou". He participated in the series "The Lottery" (N. Alevras), "Mikres adgieli", "Mikori magolii" (Aris Papatheodorou) and "13th box" (T. Psarras) and Postcard directed by Giorgos Papavasiliou based on short stories by Victoria Hislop. Also on television, he has directed and performed roles in adaptations of the Lodge's plays as well as stand-alone children's films. In cinema, he has starred in Elina Psykou's film "Son of Sophia"(2015), where he was honored with the Best Actor award from the Hellenic Cinema Academy and in Zacharias Mavroides' film "The retired" (2018) and had friendly participations in films by Tsberopoulos and Perakis (Sudden Love, Goodbye, Life and Politics).

Known For

On High Treason
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In a small village, Michalis, who suffers from amnesia, does not remember that he and three of his fellow villagers were surrounded by the enemy. Specifically, on their way back to their village after the collapse of the Albanian front and the German invasion, somewhere in the Larissa area, the men were supposed to meet up with resistance fighters. However, Michalis does not remember the trap they fell into, where his two companions were killed and he himself was wounded, while the fourth was absent. Yannis had disappeared but suddenly returns to his home, and his presence upsets Michalis. Yannis' father quickly understands why: his son, in order to save his own skin, had betrayed his friends to the Germans. An honest man and a fiery patriot, he tries his son on charges of high treason, finds him guilty, and executes him.

On High Treason

1968Movie