Tasso Kavadia
1921 - 2010Kavadia was born on 10 January 1921 in Patras. She studied piano in Athens, writing and decoration in Paris, scenario and clothing with Giannis Tsarouchis, and acting at the Drama School at the Art School with Karolos Koun. She became commonly associated with roles of strict and bad-tempered women, mothers-in-law, etc.
From 1954 until 1967, Kavadia worked as a radio journalist and radio executive. From 1955 until 1969, she was a newspaper reporter.
Kavadia died on 18 December 2010 in Athens and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.
Στέλλα
Mihalis Kakogiannis
Melina Mercouri, George Foundas
The story of a young,wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young football player, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice.
Stella
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Yorgos Tzavellas
Maro Kodou, Giorgos Konstantinou
When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Κυριακάτικο Ξύπνημα
Mihalis Kakogiannis
Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn
On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Windfall in Athens
Donusa
Angeliki Antoniou
André Hennicke, Hristina Papamihou
Donusa is a small island in the Aegean, visited by the mainline ship once a week. One winter day a young German photographer, Stefan, arrives and soon feels strangely attracted to a local girl called Eleni. The stranger’s presence works as a catalyst shedding light on Donusa’s conventions.
Donusa
Ξύπνα Βασίλη
Giannis Dalianidis
Giorgos Konstantinou, Elena Nathanail
Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.
Wake up Vassili
Phaedra
Jules Dassin
Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins
A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, marries the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.
Phaedra
Το χρονικό μιας Κυριακής
Takis Kanellopoulos
Thanasis Tzeneralis, Tasso Kavadia
This film narrates six different stories in a very lyrical way: a coachman wanders around town; two elderly people go to the park every Sunday; a man leaves flowers in various neighbourhoods in memory of a friend who was killed during the war; a boy narrates how they celebrated his father’s name-day; a member of the resistance lives his last moments; a woman keeps waiting for a letter which never arrives. (Greek Film Archive)
Memories of a Sunday
Η Στεφανία
Giannis Dalianidis
Zoe Laskari, Spiros Focás
18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is actually a prison, and one of the worst and most squalid of its kind. It's a real hell. Two dozens of ragged girls are crammed into a dormitory, locked by a thick iron door, two in each bed. Meals and work is carried out in other sections of the building, separated by iron bars. A young doctor shall investigate the newcomer. When they meet, they immediately recognize each other. It is Giorgos, the doctor that treated Stefania's mother a couple of years ago, and then had a little flirt with Stefania. He has been thinking of her ever since. He immediately falls in love with her, and wants to help her. Stefania is thinking about any possibility to get out from the prison. She flirts with the ugly yard guard Armandos, and with the truck driver coming with foodstuff, but in vain...
Stefania
Ένας μεγάλος έρωτας
Dinos Dimopoulos
Jenny Karezi, Nikos Kourkoulos
The Maro is in love with Alexis balm, in which the parents did not approve because known play-Boys. The peers aunt Lena undertakes to assist the other to the party that will organize to get to know the parents of Alexis Maro, Lena and Alex will feel a strange attraction. Lena, however, is married with a child and trying to control her emotions.
A Great Love
Το Μεγάλο Κόλπο
Christos Theodoropoulos
Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Mimis Fotopoulos
Two young people are trying to make their common life although have to face the obstacle of an authoritarian mother. The young man, trying to overcome his financial difficulties, will be involved with a suspected man in a hypothetical big bay.
The Daywork of Happiness
Φοβού τους Έλληνες
John Tatoulis
Lakis Lazopoulos, Zoe Carides
Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered his grandfather 57 years ago surfaces there. While the reluctant Manos is tutored in the art of revenge by old friend Stephanos, he also attempts to patch things up with his former fiance Nicki.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Φρενίτις
Giannis Hristodoulou
Giannis Voglis, Angelos Antonopoulos
A woman murders her disabled husband and informs his brother (with whom she is having an affair), but she realizes she has misdialed and accidentally confessed her crime to a stranger. The caller attempts to blackmail her, but when he tries to rape her she kills him in the struggle. Worse still, her doctor and lover inform her to say nothing because her husband has been dead for eight months and everything that has happened she has imagined.
Frenzy
Όλγα Αγάπη Μου
Giannis Dalianidis
Zoe Laskari, Faidon Georgitsis
Olga, a young girl from a wealthy family, knows and falls in love with Peter, a poor civil engineer who has just taken his degree and with honors. The future of the young do not seem bright because the job needs capital and appropriate dating to climb the stairs of success. The social gulf that separates them is huge and the reactions of her mother Olga creates another major obstacle in their relationship. Despite the difficulties, however, the two young decide to join their lives and try to build a common course with the only help their love and dreams to create a happy family. The inability But Peter stabilize at a job because of irritable character and economic problem facing will bring very fast the first dark clouds in their relationship and will go through great tribulations love.
Olga My Love
