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Artemis Matsas

Acting Born Jan 1, 1930 Athens, Greece 24 credits

Biography

Artemis Matsas (1930 – 7 September 2003) was a Greek actor, film critic and director. He acted in theatre and in a significant number of films and television from 1949 to 1988. He became widely known for his portrayal of traitors in plays set during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II. His brother was the writer and director Nestoras Matsas. It is characteristic that his name is used in publications several years after his active involvement, to denote a traitor or a traitor. Artemis Matsas had studied at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory and worked as a film and art editor in newspapers and magazines. His first films in which he acted in cinema were Erotic Journey (1949) and The Engagements (1950). As a director, he had the troupe "Dream Studio". He died at the age of 73 in Athens.

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Full filmography

  • Jerk in Istanbul (1967)
  • Τα Μπακούρια (1992)
  • Never on Sunday (1960) as Lawyer
  • Εις θάνατον
  • The Beauty of Athens (1954) as Matsas
  • Bouboulina (1959)
  • Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου (1968)
  • Το αγρίμι (1960)
  • Ματωμένο Πέπλο (1960)
  • Savage Hunt (1980) as The Chief Torturer
  • Telecannibals (1986) as Sakis
  • Conspiracy in the Mediterranean (1975) as David Azaria
  • Party, Money and Love (1955)
  • The Road to Corinth (1967)
  • Η απολύτρωση (1961)
  • Underwater Papanikolis (1971) as Ιταλός μηχανικός (αιχμάλωτος)
  • If All the Women in the World (1967)
  • A Bullet Through the Heart (1966) as Giuseppe Tassara
  • Erotic Journey (1949)
  • Nightwalks (1964)
  • Όλα και τη ζωή μου ακόμα (1963)
  • Triantafyllo ki agathi (1988)
  • Rose and Thorn: Part II (1988)
  • Δρόσω η αρχοντοπούλα (1967)