NikosKoundouros &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:NikosKoundouros @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:48:47 +0200 Οι παράνομοι [Oi paranomoi / The Outlaws] (Nikos Koundouros, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ct5n <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Οι παράνομοι [Oi paranomoi / The Outlaws] (Nikos Koundouros, 1958)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Survival Day/div div class="img" Οι παράνομοι (1958)/div div class="caption" One of the convicts and the woman. DP: Giovanni Varriano./div div class="txt" Convicts: a convict settlement in Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788 marks what is considered the founding of Australia. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #AustraliaDay #SurvivalDay #InvasionDay #convicts #NikosKoundouros #TitosVandis #PetrosFyssoun #AnestisVlahos #NellyAngelidou #GiorgosOikonomou #ManosHatzidakis #GiovanniVarriano #drama #war #Greece #1950s/div /section ]]>

Οι παράνομοι [Oi paranomoi / The Outlaws] (Nikos Koundouros, 1958)

Jan

26

Survival Day

Οι παράνομοι (1958)

One of the convicts and the woman. DP: Giovanni Varriano.

Convicts: a convict settlement in Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788 marks what is considered the founding of Australia.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #AustraliaDay #SurvivalDay #InvasionDay #convicts #NikosKoundouros #TitosVandis #PetrosFyssoun #AnestisVlahos #NellyAngelidou #GiorgosOikonomou #ManosHatzidakis #GiovanniVarriano #drama #war #Greece #1950s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ct5n Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/o-drakos-1956-b1p7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos Koundouros, 1956)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" Martini/div div class="img" Ο Δράκος (1956)/div div class="caption" The boss, Hondros (Giannis Argyris), pours out a stiff drink on the floor of his cabaret with Mr Tomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) in the background. DP: Kostas Theodoridis./div div class="txt" The first film dinner of 2024. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #NikosKoundouros #DinosIliopoulos #GiannisArgyris #MargaritaPapageorgiou #MarikaLekaki #ManosHatzidakis #KostasTheodoridis #FilmNoir #satire #crime #holidays #romance #drama #music #Greece #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos Koundouros, 1956)

Jan

2

Martini

Ο Δράκος (1956)

The boss, Hondros (Giannis Argyris), pours out a stiff drink on the floor of his cabaret with Mr Tomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) in the background. DP: Kostas Theodoridis.

The first film dinner of 2024.

#FilmDinner #NikosKoundouros #DinosIliopoulos #GiannisArgyris #MargaritaPapageorgiou #MarikaLekaki #ManosHatzidakis #KostasTheodoridis #FilmNoir #satire #crime #holidays #romance #drama #music #Greece #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/o-drakos-1956-b1p7 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:17:54 +0100 Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/o-drakos-1956 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos Koundouros, 1956)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" New Year's Eve/div div class="img" Ο Δράκος (1956)/div div class="caption" Men in identical white shirts and dark slacks dancing in the club during after hours. Their upper bodies seem top-heavy, tending to lunge towards the ground. DP: Kostas Theodoridis./div div class="txt" New Year's Eve celebrations. &nbsp; A mousy bank clerk (Dinos Iliopoulos), who bears an uncanny resemblance to a criminal on the run, finds himself hiding in a shady cabaret on New Year's Eve instead of spending a quiet evening alone. During his forced stay at the nightclub, he comes to enjoy and identify more and more with his newfound persona and assumes the role of the notorious "Drago". &nbsp; An initial box office dud, it is now considered one of the top ten all-time best Greek films. &nbsp; Happy new year, everyone! On to many more cinematic discoveries!/div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NewYearsEve #NikosKoundouros #DinosIliopoulos #GiannisArgyris #MargaritaPapageorgiou #MarikaLekaki #ManosHatzidakis #KostasTheodoridis #Zeibekiko #FilmNoir #satire #crime #holidays #romance #drama #music #Greece #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos Koundouros, 1956)

Dec

31

New Year's Eve

Ο Δράκος (1956)

Men in identical white shirts and dark slacks dancing in the club during after hours. Their upper bodies seem top-heavy, tending to lunge towards the ground. DP: Kostas Theodoridis.

New Year's Eve celebrations.

 

A mousy bank clerk (Dinos Iliopoulos), who bears an uncanny resemblance to a criminal on the run, finds himself hiding in a shady cabaret on New Year's Eve instead of spending a quiet evening alone. During his forced stay at the nightclub, he comes to enjoy and identify more and more with his newfound persona and assumes the role of the notorious “Drago”.

 

An initial box office dud, it is now considered one of the top ten all-time best Greek films.

 

Happy new year, everyone! On to many more cinematic discoveries!

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NewYearsEve #NikosKoundouros #DinosIliopoulos #GiannisArgyris #MargaritaPapageorgiou #MarikaLekaki #ManosHatzidakis #KostasTheodoridis #Zeibekiko #FilmNoir #satire #crime #holidays #romance #drama #music #Greece #1950s ★★★★☆

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