Thanassis VengosFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Director

  • Ola Ine Dromos

    Actors: Dimitris Katalifos, Thanassis Vengos, Giorgos Armenis

    Synopsis: Pntelis Voulgaris directed this three-part Greek anthology film in which three middle-aged men confront their personal demons. In the 40-minute "A Silver Coin on the Lips," a Macedonian archaeologist (Dimitris Katalifos) stumbles onto the remains of a soldier with a coin on his lips, payment to Read More

    1998

  • Ulysses' Gaze

    Actors: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanassis Vengos

    Synopsis: Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this drama centers on the Balkan conflict as viewed through the eyes of a filmmaker named A (Harvey Keitel). Director Theo Angelopoulos wrote the screenplay, drawing from personal experiences. A is a Greek émigré director who returns to his Read More

    1995

  • Isiches Meres Tou Avgoustou

    Actors: Themis Bazaka, Thanassis Vengos, Alekos Oudinotis

    Synopsis: The stories of three lonely people surviving a sweltering summertime in Athens are interwoven in this gentle romantic drama. Nikos used to be a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe to exotic places and testing his wits and his mettle in different situations. Now he is retired, living in Read More

    1991

  • O Anthropos Pou Etrehe Poly

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Greek comedian Thanassis Vengos directed himself in this freewheeling romp which was scripted by Yiorgos Lazaridis loosely enough to allow for plenty of the star's trademark improvisation and slapstick silliness. Vengos plays a watch salesman named Thanassis who is working like a dog to support Read More

    1973

  • Ti Ekanes Sto Polemo, Thanassi?

    Synopsis: In this award-winning Greek tragicomedy, Thanassis becomes an unwitting hero of the Resistance during the German occupation of World War II Greece. As the film begins, Thanassis has hunkered down to do his factory job and avoid calling the attention of the Gestapo to himself. However, he is swept Read More

    1971

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