The best Eleni Zafeiriou’s drama movies

Eleni Zafeiriou

Eleni Zafeiriou

01/01/1916- 02/09/2004
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Εσένα Μόνο Αγαπώ

Εσένα Μόνο Αγαπώ
4.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/10/1970
A poor and refined water fisherman, Zafeiris Kassis (Nikos Xanthopoulos), who was invited by the barba - Minas pop singer in Athens, maintains his mother and his sister's widow's family. In the center where he sings, Renata, the daughter of the millionaire big publisher Derku and editor of one of his newspapers, is visiting him. At their first meeting, they strongly argue because of a girl's article in the newspaper and his own response. When they happen to meet again in Hydra, where they know better, a strong and mutual feeling develops between them. Renata's father and his environment are opposed to this relationship, while Renata is forced to leave Zafire. But her love for him is unshakable.

Lieutenant Natassa

Lieutenant Natassa
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 12/12/1970
  • Character: Natassa's Mother
The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

A Matter of Dignity

A Matter of Dignity
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/02/1958
  • Character: Katerina
During one of her parents many parties, Chloe learns they're bankrupt. She's being courted by Niko, a wealthy Greek American, so she decides to charm him. He's quickly captivated. That night, she also meets the masculine Galanos and sparks fly. Niko proposes, Chloe accepts, Galanos tries to change her mind. Her father wants to disclose their finances to Niko, her mother argues against it as a matter of dignity. The family's long-time servant must care for her son, who's had an accident. She's has not been paid in months, reminds Chloe to send money, and waits in her village as hospital bills mount. The servant comes back to Athens, confronts Chloe's mother, and a crisis ensues.

Ζούσα Μοναχός Χωρίς Αγάπη

Ζούσα Μοναχός Χωρίς Αγάπη
3.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1971
A talented young musician, Petros Apostolou, arrives in Athens and soon manages to record his first album. The success comes along with the love of young Anna, the niece of the director of the recording company, Mr. Theoharis. Despite her uncle's objections, Anna marries him, stays pregnant and dies at birth, but brings a little boy to the world. The blow is too heavy for Peter, who abandons everything.

O Astrapogiannos

O Astrapogiannos
6.9/10
The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

Η ηλιογέννητη

Η ηλιογέννητη

A Girl in Black

A Girl in Black
7.8/10
Hot on the heels of his breakthrough film Stella, Greek moviemaker Michael Cacoyanis came up with To Koritsi Me Ta Mara. Released worldwide as A Girl in Black, the film stars Ellie Lambetti as the title character. Because of her mother's loose reputation, Lambetti is considered "easy" by the male population of the tiny Greek island where she lives. She ultimately finds true love in the form of vacationer Dmitri Horn. The lovers' relationship is placed in sharp contrast with the cruelty and implicit degeneracy all around them.

Άδικη κατάρα

Άδικη κατάρα
5.4/10

Η Σφραγίδα του Θεού

Η Σφραγίδα του Θεού
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/09/1969
  • Character: Andreas' mother

Lily of the Harbor

Lily of the Harbor
6.9/10
Captain Giakoumis makes the big decision to forsake the sea and live peacefully close to his wife and his adopted son, Andreas, who is about to sit for examinations in order to become a lieutenant. However, a terrible secret burdens his soul. He has a daughter, Agni, whom he had years ago when he had an affair with Maria, a prostitute from Troumpa. Maria, before she died, expressed the wish that Giakoumis recognize their daughter as his child. He, however, refused, since Agni ended up becoming a prostitute. The girl, to take revenge on her father, starts an affair with her half-brother with the intention of dragging him down into the mud. In the end, however, she falls in love with him, and this love blesses everyone and everything.

Ο Κατατρεγμένος

Ο Κατατρεγμένος
4.7/10

Ταπεινός Και Καταφρονεμένος

Ταπεινός Και Καταφρονεμένος
3.9/10
Manousos is the biggest child of a poor and crowded family living in the province. After finishing his term, he decides to work in Athens to help his mother. His friends and acquaintances are detestable, but he will find work as a singer in a nightclub. Soon she knows success and marries Eleni. But her brother wants to spoil their happiness.

Το παρελθόν μιας γυναίκας

Το παρελθόν μιας γυναίκας
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/02/1968
  • Character: Despina Moutousi

Ένας Άνδρας με Συνείδηση

Ένας Άνδρας με Συνείδηση
3.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/08/1969

The Lagoon of Desire

The Lagoon of Desire
6.1/10
Greece's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957.

Dead City

Dead City
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1951
  • Character: Gianna
Dead City (Greek: Nekri politeia) is a 1951 Greek drama film directed by Frixos Iliadis. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

The Avenue of Hate

The Avenue of Hate
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/10/1968
  • Character: Stamos' mother
An unconscious driver fatally injures a woman and leaves her helpless to die. The victim was the wife of investigator Kostas Kyriazis, who, six years later, is called upon to solve a similar incident. He will not be able to perform his work without emotional involvement and passion, as he leads to the conclusion that the driver being treated is the same as the person responsible for the death of his wife.

Αγάπη που δε σβήνει ο χρόνος

Αγάπη που δε σβήνει ο χρόνος
3.3/10

Love and Blood

Love and Blood
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Aliki Argouzi
The abysmal hatred which exists between two landowners is transferred to their natural environment as well. Whatever crosses the river separating the two families, be it man or beast, dies. The film is yet another rendering of the Romeo and Juliet tale, with intense emotions, dominated by the extreme behavior of the heroes. The film tries to imitate the style, atmosphere and action of westerns.

Sky

Sky
7.5/10
During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

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