Manos Katrakis
Biography
Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film. Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori in 1943. He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS[citation needed] and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos. In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films. In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos.
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Movies (50)
Voyage to Cythera
as Spyros
1984
The years of the storm
as Old Man
1984
The Man with the Carnation
as Nikolaos Plastiras
1980
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
as Petros
1980
A Dream of Passion
1978
The sun of death
as Papa-Giannis
1978
Makarios, I megali poreia
as Narrator
1977
The Murderess
as Narrator (voice)
1974
Οιδίπους τύρρανος
as Οιδίποδας
1974
The Trial of the Judges
as Theodoros Kolokotronis
1974
The Protectors
1973
Rebels Of The Cities
as Fotis' Father
1972
Χωρίς Συνείδηση
1972
With Fear and Passion
as Alexandros Viaskos
1972
Aliki the Dictator
as ‘Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος’
1972
Abuse of authority
as Kanelos Vasilopoulos
1971
I Love Only You
1970
The Jungle of Cities
as Lysias Sekeris
1970
Face to Face with Death
as Lykourgos Venetis
1970
Visibility Zero
as Horst Richter
1970
Hours of love, hours of war
1970
Refugee Girl on the Run
as Argyris
1969
The Seal of God
as Giannis
1969
A woman's sacrifice
1969
For Honor and for Love
1969
Treason Avenue
as General Gerakaris
1969
Η ώρα της αλήθειας
1969
The Refugee
as Athanasios Daoutis
1969
Bad, Cold, and Cantankerous
as Alekos Valiris
1969
Κουρέλι της ζωής
1969
The Cannon and the Nightingale
1968
Η Λυγερή
1968
So Many Dreams on the Streets
as Mose Aron
1968
The Heart of a Tramp
as Μάνος Σαρρής
1968
Jane Eyre
1968
I will turn my heart to stone
as Pantelis
1968
Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου
1968
Concert for Machine Guns
as Major General Dareios
1967
Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός
as Mr. Razis
1967
Lampiris against the outlaws
1967
Ο Δραπέτης
as καπετάν-Νικόλας
1967
Tears for Electra
as Tasos Patridis
1966
I blame the People
as Elefterios Dimitropoulos
1966
Thankless
1966
Αιχμάλωτοι του πεπρωμένου
1966
The Exodus of Messolongi
1966
Blood on the Land
as Father Hormovas
1966
Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)
as Nikolas
1966
Now that I am leaving life
1966
Slaves of fate
as Mr. Delipetrou
1966