Giannis Gionakis

Giannis Gionakis

Acting

September 18, 1922 — August 25, 2002
Athens, Greece
118 movies

Biography

Giannis Gionakis was a Greek actor in film and theater. Gionakis was born in Athens in 1922. He began his studies at the medical school, but was won over by acting and proceeded to study theatre at the Karolos Koun Dramatic School and the Greek Odeon. He became particularly well known for his comedic roles in movies, where he was associated with portrayals of kind but dim-witted people.

🎬 Giannis Gionakis's Filmography

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Hero Bunker
6.0

Following the torpedoing of the destroyer Elli on August 15, 1940 on Tinos by an Italian submarine, war was declared, and the Italians attacked the Albanian front on October 28. From an outpost on the Greek-Albanian border, a military truck unexpectedly comes under fire by Italian tanks. Petros, the only one who manages to escape death or captivity, saves a village girl, Maria. However, the Greeks manage to recapture the machine-gun nest, setting free the soldiers who had been pinned down. The platoon in question puts up a hard fight against the Italian invaders, while, at the same time, the Greek army is preparing for a counter-attack, which doesn't take long to happen. Right after, the Italians are forced to fall back; Northern Epirus is recaptured, and the army of the Badoglio is repulsed from the Adriatic.

Hero Bunker

1972
The cleaners

When Flora realizes that there is no way she can marry Kyriakos, with the three and twenty she saves per month, she decides to commit a robbery. That is, just enough to cover the wedding expenses. In this way, she also lures Kyriakos into this illegal act. However, the children are unlucky, because as soon as they enter the target they have chosen to rob, they are trapped in the building's elevator and stay there all night. When they are finally released in the morning, they are confronted by the store's employees and customers and are forced to immobilize them with their weapons in order to leave. However, the misfortune continues because the cleaning lady, who locked the door, lost the keys and so they have to wait for the locksmith. However, instead of the locksmith, the police arrive...

The cleaners

1987
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