Loafing and Camouflage

Loafing and Camouflage 1984

7.40

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...

1984

Wheel Bag and Kopana

Wheel Bag and Kopana 1982

5.60

A major hit in the Greek cinemas at the time, this comedy by Omiros Efstratiadis is about a bunch of teenagers who make things difficult for their teachers.

1982

Klearchos, Marina and Short

Klearchos, Marina and Short 2015

3.80

Thessaloniki, 2015. The mature family man Klearchos (Greek City) constantly flirted shamelessly, throwing the blame on innocent groom, Fight. In order to meet in Istanbul beautiful neighbor, Iro, used again as a cover for the groom. So while the Mahos goes City for massages and treatments in sore hand, the Klearchos agrees with his wife, Marina, to follow him secretly and perhaps has a mistress. But a twist of fate will bring the Marina, along with their daughter, Town unexpected results.

2015

The Sorceress

The Sorceress 1967

1

A young doctor, Spyros, falls in love with a poor singer, Eleni, who is under the extortionist urge of her fiancé Peter, who is unbearably pushing her to marry a wealthy old man so that he can pay his debts on paper. Spyros is driven for his sake by separation from his spoiled and wealthy fiancé, Katerina, and the usual problems in such cases begin. In the pre-existing class differences, the hatred of the people in his circle, who do everything they can to prevent it, is added. Spyros, however, is totally determined to cope with life the way he thinks - and eventually succeeds.

1967

The Referee

The Referee 1963

1

A kind-hearted little man, Menelaos, who runs a neighborhood grocery store, turns into an impartial soccer referee every Sunday, often ending up in the hospital from the beatings he receives from fans of the losing teams. His vivacious sister Christina is in love with a young doctor, Petros, who previously had an affair with a sexy movie star, Pepita. Pepita undertakes to seduce Menelaos so that he will not referee the championship final and thus Petros' mother will win at PROPO.

1963

The Grouch

The Grouch 1952

7.00

A fastidious family man torments his wife and his niece with his nagging. He opposes his niece's double-dating with his partner and a client of his.

1952

The Swindlers

The Swindlers 1954

5.70

Three friends living day by day on the streets of Athens by put-up jobs.

1954

Mania

Mania 1985

4.30

It is on Ascension Day that Zoe, a brilliant computer analyst, visits the National Park in the center of Athens with her daughter, Katerina. That afternoon in the park, Zoe experiences an overwhelming array of instinctive compulsions and transforms into an ancient Maenad in ecstatic frenzy, even capable of murder. Instincts and animals get loose and panic takes over.

1985

Thanasakis, the Politician

Thanasakis, the Politician 1954

6.20

The young daughter (Anna Synodinou) of a well-off family comes back from Switzerland after completing her studies, married to a young scientist, Thanasakis (Byron Pallis), who comes back to Greece determined to serve his country as a politician. With the financial support of his brother-in-law (Dinos Iliopoulos) he enters the election with no results. Soon though, another election is announced and he decides to run for a second time, again asking support from his brother-in-law who insists that a new campaign would be financial suicide for the family.

1954

The Virgin Hunter

The Virgin Hunter 1980

5.00

An employee of an insurance company, Hercules (Sotiris Moustakas) undertakes with the help of two friends (Stathis Psaltis and Antonis Papadopoulos) to protect the chastity of his daughter (Katie Finos) an entrepreneur (Yiannis Michalopoulos). The possible failure in this mission can be the end of the company. Are the shadow of the girl and get entangled in various comic situations.

1980

I Sinned for My Child

I Sinned for My Child 1950

4.00

Pantelis, a building contractor, is informed that the mother of his adopted daughter Julia has been released after many years in prison. He decides to speak to the girl about her mother's past and character. The story began in Aegina, where his partner Agis and he had undertaken the construction of a pier in the harbor. There they met her mother, orphan Roi, who worked at Jimmy's taverna. Agis fell passionately in love with her, but, due to other obligations, he had to leave the island and return to the capital, without knowing that Roi was already pregnant.

1950

Agries plakes sta thrania

Agries plakes sta thrania 1983

5.00

The teachers at a high school are unable to control their students, until a literature teacher arrives who has her own way of getting them to study.

1983

Living Dangerously

Living Dangerously 1987

6.50

A gifted electrician, Michalis Karamanos works for Greek Telecommunications Organization and it seems that he is the only one who hasn't been completely absorbed by the corrupt and all-devouring system. Acting as a member of the revolutionary organization Constitutional Struggle, which is fighting against the unpopular policy of the government, he connects the computer of the director of OTE to an explosive device. He threatens to destroy the telecommunications of the country if he is not allowed to broadcast on television his revolutionary message during the broadcast of an important football game. The Authorities, thinking that he has gone crazy, try to bring him around using his old friends from the army, whom they pick up one by one as intermediaries. This is a situation comedy with excellent, mature plot development, plenty of suspense as well as masterful criticism of sociopolitical reality.

1987

The Sentimentalists

The Sentimentalists 2014

6.10

An aged , above any suspicion, bourgeois by the nickname 'The Master', lives isolated in a luxurious beachfront villa with his teenage daughter. In reality, however, he is an illicit trade in antiquities, a loan shark and a black market trader of antiquities. The 'Master' has two henchmen to do his 'dirty work', Mercury and John, both of committing a fatal mistake: while Mercury falls for the daughter of 'Master', John is obsessed with a prostitute. Both of them , as 'sentimentalists', must be whacked.

2014

The Poor Demons

The Poor Demons 1964

6.30

Two pickpockets get involved in a bank robbery organized by an American, at the urging of a colleague. Dissatisfied with the division of the loot, they confess their crime to the priest and the police officer. In the end, the perpetrators are arrested and the poor devils have a chance to earn their bread honestly.

1964

Kamikazi Tsantakias

Kamikazi Tsantakias 1982

5.00

Poseidon is a peaceful man who cares about nothing more than his job at the factory and his violin at home. One day, he discovers that his brother, Michalis, whom he considered a conscientious medical student, has become involved with a gang of pickpockets. To save him and bring him back into line, he transforms himself into a kamikaze pickpocket...

1982

Commando and Manoulias

Commando and Manoulias 1982

3.00

A 35-year-old reservist is called up for retraining in new weapons. He has been engaged for nine years to a Cretan girl, whose brother threatens to kill him if he does not set a wedding date immediately. So he sees his conscription as a saving grace, but he is assigned to a paratrooper commando unit and endures hell during training. At the camp, he hangs out with three other guys his age who are turning the universe upside down. However, the difficult life at the camp eventually convinces him to get married and become a good family man.

1982

The Pontians: New Generation

The Pontians: New Generation 2011

4.80

Director Haritidis undertakes to adapt his friend, Prefect Panagiotis Psomiadis' book about their parents' adventures for the cinema. The book is about two children who unwittingly witness a mafia clash but, more importantly, see where these people hid a treasure. Years later, the two boys, crippled by debt, decide to search for it. Unfortunately for them, a convent has been built on the site. The adventures begin when the two men, now grown up, try to devise ways to enter the convent and search for the treasure undisturbed.

2011

The Red Daisy

The Red Daisy 1990

5.00

An employee of a pharmaceutical company is unjustly accused of doping a racehorse and finds refuge in a provincial troupe, where he becomes the man for all errands.

1990