Dimitris Stavrakas
Biography
Dimitris Stavrakas was born in Athens in 1938. In 1966 he made his first short film, "The Gas". In 1979 he shot "Betty", which was shown in cinemas together with Federico Fellini's "Orchestra Rehearsal". In 1983 he made his first feature film, "The Misunderstanding", with which he won the State Quality Award. In 1999, with his film, "The Canary Bicycle", he won the 2nd Prize for Best Film and the 1st Prize for Best Actor at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, as well as awards at festivals in Cairo, Isfahan, Iran, Houston, Texas and in Zlin, Czech Republic. In the same year he filmed "The Passage", in Turkey and Bangladesh.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as reporter #1
On the morning of the World Cup final, Karamanos, an employee of the Greek Telecommunications Organization (TOE), connects his commander's personal computer to a devilishly complex and explosive device. He threatens to blow up the floor and the satellite dishes above if he is not allowed to appear on the national network 10 minutes before the football match to denounce all the wrongs that plague the lives of Greek citizens and make them victims of a partisan and corrupt state.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
We are in Athens, in August, when the residents are away on vacation. An eccentric music teacher wanders and daydreams in the streets of the half-empty city. In the winds of Plaka, he meets Anna, a strange girl lost in her fantasies, who is always waiting for her beloved to return and take her away, as he promised her exactly one year ago when they met. The two heroes try to get closer to each other, with successive dialogues and monologues that border on the absurd.