Takis Simonetatos
Directing
Biography
Takis Simonetatos was born in 1940 in Patra, Greece. He was a director and producer, known for To kokkino treno (1982) and Allos gia ton Paradeiso (1983). He died in August 2007.
Known For
Liza is the only daughter of a millionaire and at an art exhibition she meets Alexis Valvis, who, although unemployed and penniless, pretends to be a wealthy shipowner in order to find a rich bride. He invites Liza to his yacht and picks her up in his car. In reality, both belong to Liza, but she has borrowed them through various schemes. Liza does not reveal to him that the yacht and the car are hers...
O proikothiras kai to manouli
Captain Angelos and the soldier Memos participate in a group of experienced ELAS's guerrillas. The team assumes the dangerous mission to reach the center of Athens, under the control of the English and the Greek regular army, and blow up the headquarters of the British headquarters located in the hotel of "Great Britain". When after a fight they manage to reach and place the explosives, the order is revoked. Their headquarters were afraid of the consequences of the possible death of British Prime Minister Wilson Churchill, who suddenly arrived in Athens and so the whole business was canceled.
The Red Train
In this offering, Kostas Tsakonas (a champion of the SOV comedy of the era) as a wimpy poor guy & petty thief who lives with his nephew, is chosen by the arch-Dracula to rule Greece, since he's a long lost relative of the vampire family, and since the current Prime Minister has sucked the Greeks dry (yes, there's some awful not-so-subtle dated attempts at political satire in there as well). What follows is Tsakona's transformation and consequent attempts to adjust to his new vampiric lifestyle, while a clumsy exorcist and some of his fellow villagers are after him.
Count Tsakona and His Draculettes
Christina, a student, is involved with Alexis, a shy, studious boy from her school. Her life is changed by Kostas, a motocross racer who seduces her and then gets her hooked on drugs and prostitution.
Tahytita kai agapi
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The Green Guard
Father Antonis tries to bring people to church in order to raise money for his unfortunate parishioners. But no one attends his church. So, in order to achieve his goal, he is forced to find ways that go beyond the established perception of priests, resulting in him getting involved in unpredictable situations.
The Papakavala
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Η πολυτεχνίτισσα
The honorable Ieremias Ayioklimas has a car accident and is driven to Heaven, where he asks God to allow him a temporary return to Earth in order to pay his debts to the bank. God agrees and sends him back, together with another dead man named Machos and the Archangel Ezekel.
Anyone Else for Heaven?
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Αλλού παπάς αλλού τα ράσα του
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Το διαβολοθήλυκο
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Πονηρές διακοπές
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Η φάπα της χρονιάς
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Η μαμά μας ζητάει γαμπρό
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Αθήνα-Νέα Υόρκη: Το μεγάλο κόλπο
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