Giorgos Kotanidis
Giorgos Kotanidis (23 May 1945, Drama - 28 January 2020, Athens) was a Greek actor, director and writer. Until the age of twelve, he lived in Drama, the birthplace of his parents who had come as refugees from Pontus. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre, abandoning his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was one of the creators of the Free Theatre in Allos Pagratiou and later during his theatrical career he collaborated with many troupes and directors, playing theatrical roles of all kinds. He also played several roles in Greek and international cinema, as well as on television. Politicized and integrated into the Left, he participated in the student movement. For his action against the dictatorship, he was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as MayorWhen a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in...
Movie pagePretty Smart
as Professor RajiIn this adolescent-oriented drama, a young woman is forced to attend a posh finishing school in...
Movie pageHardbodies 2
as KidnapperA film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done...
Movie pageWhich Way to the Septic Tank?
as KostasA conscientious tanker driver, Thanasis Papathanasis, works hard to help his sister Afroditi...
Movie pageElectric Angel
as uncreditedA typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the...
Movie pagePater Familias
as PapalevizosA young writer takes to edit the autobiography of a popular folk singer then, however, falls...
Movie pageLiving Dangerously
as Petros SavvidisA gifted electrician, Michalis Karamanos works for Greek Telecommunications Organization and it...
Movie pageParangelia!
as PolicemanThe true story of Nikos Koemtzis, a man who stabbed three men to death in 1973 Athens for...
Movie pageNo Sympathy for the Devil
as DevilA modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice. A romance in extremes set at a dystopian future by the...
Movie pageThe Very Poor, Inc.
as Giorgos HaramisOdysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr...
Movie pageThe Girl From Mani
as CalchasFor Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.
Movie pageWhen the Greeks
as uncreditedAt the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are...
Movie pageMisunderstanding
as uncreditedRemake of Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Doulos."
Movie pageOne More Dance
as uncreditedMrs. Kaiti prepares a birthday party for Giannis, her husband. Her love for him has always been...
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