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Manos Katrakis

Acting Born Aug 14, 1908 Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece 24 credits

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 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.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Known for

Film

The Red Lanterns

as Nikolas Maroukis, ship captain
Film

Electra

as The Tutor

Full filmography

  • Voyage to Cythera (1984) as Spyros
  • The Red Lanterns (1963) as Nikolas Maroukis, ship captain
  • Electra (1962) as The Tutor
  • Χωρίς Συνείδηση (1972)
  • Synoikia to Oneiro (1961) as Nekroforas
  • Ο Δραπέτης (1967) as καπετάν-Νικόλας
  • Brother Anna (1963) as Father Vasileios
  • Antigone (1961) as Creon
  • So Many Dreams on the Streets (1968) as Mose Aron
  • Η ώρα της αλήθειας (1969)
  • Tears for Electra (1966) as Tasos Patridis
  • The Roundup (1965)
  • Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου (1968)
  • Blood on the Land (1966) as Father Hormovas
  • A Dream of Passion (1978)
  • Η φλόγα της ελευθερίας (1962) as Narrator(voice)
  • Αιχμάλωτοι του πεπρωμένου (1966)
  • The Refugee (1969) as Athanasios Daoutis
  • Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 (1980) as Petros
  • The Murderess (1974) as Narrator (voice)
  • Face to Face with Death (1970) as Lykourgos Venetis
  • Κατηγορώ τους δυνατούς (1970)
  • I blame the People (1966) as Elefterios Dimitropoulos
  • Rag of life (1969)