The Red Lanterns
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Acting
Dimitris Papamichael (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ 1934–2004) was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece. The star couple remained married for a decade, co-starring in several films that marked the "golden era" of Greek cinema.
Dimitris Papamichael's film debut was in 1956 in the (color) "Agapetikos tis Voskopoulas" by Elias Paraskevas. The very next year he made his first appearance in a Finos Film film with a small role in "Theia apo to Chicago" by Alekos Sakellarios and later in "I Kyra mas i Mammi" (1958) he met again Alekos Sakellarios, Orestis Makris and Georgia Vasiliadou. However, as he himself said, his first substantial film was "Teletaio Psemma" (1958) by Michalis Cacogiannis, also for Finos Film.
Filopoimenas Finos was the one who would “pair” Dimitris Papamichael with Aliki Vougiouklaki in the cinema, choosing them to play together in “Astero” (1959). The couple became established in the public consciousness as commercial successes followed one another: “The Wood Came Out of Paradise” (1959) by Alekos Sakellarios, “Mantalena” (1960) by Dinos Dimopoulos and of course “Alice in the Navy” (1961) by Alekos Sakellarios.
During the same period, Dimitris Papamichael starred in the films "Never on Sunday" (1960) and "Phaedra" (1961) under the directorial guidance of Gilles Dassin. He also tries his hand without Aliki in interesting productions such as "Lost Dreams" (co-produced by Finos Film with Damaskinos-Michaelidis, 1961), "Company of Miracles" (1962), "The Loustrakos" (1962), "Don't Fall in Love on Saturday (Kronos Film, 1962)", "The Red Lanterns" (Damaskinos-Michaelidis, 1963) but also in the film noir "Death Will Rise Again" (Finos Film, 1962) with the role of the demonic detective that clearly demonstrates the breadth of his acting range.
The Dimitris-Aliki duo proves to be a guarantee of commercial success for the producers, while at the same time they become a couple in the theater and in life. They filmed together for Damaskinos-Michailidis the films "Heartbeats at the Desk" (1963), "Modern Cinderella" (1965), "My Daughter the Socialist" (1966), "Diplopenies" (1966), "The Brightest Star" (1967), "Ah This Woman of Mine" (1967) and for Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos the "Luna Park Girl" (1968), "Our Love" (1968).
Gradually, Dimitris Papamichael leaves behind the type of handsome, elegant and kind-hearted young man, and chooses more "popular" roles, often utilizing his vocal and dancing abilities. The couple returned to Finos Film in 1968 with great successes such as "The Lady and the Tramp" (1968), "The Teacher with the Golden Hair" (1968), "The Fairy and the Boy" (1969) and of course with the legendary "Lieutenant Natasha" (1970). His performance in the film "Papaflessas" (1971) by Errikos Andreou is considered one of his top film works and is one of the roles that stood out to him. In 1974 he closed his cycle at Finos Film with "Dream Lovers" by Yannis Dalianidis with partner Zoe Laskari, and decided to devote himself to theater. However, in 1978 he could not refuse the offer of Gilles Dassin for a role in "The Cry of Women", while after two indifferent roles ("Wild Hens" and "Second Class Citizens") he closed his film career in 1996 with the film "Towards Freedom" by Haris Papadopoulos alongside Mary Chronopoulou.
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The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daughters of ric...
A smart young man is forced to pretend to be stupid in order to get a job in the office of a strict businessman...
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises his four dau...
Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call t...
Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a nav...
Rena’s father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn’t even want to hear a...
Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She...
Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return o...
A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a deb...
Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Me...
Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to coll...
Amid blinding prejudice, a vivacious blonde teacher gets married to an honest man, only to see him leave for th...
A poor but very decent teacher, Telis, who has resigned from his job, finds a winning lottery ticket in the str...
Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.
A debt collector persistently pursues a spendthrift young man who owes a lot of money to the company he works f...
A man finds out that his boss had a quarrel with his wife, so he now tries to present her as his housemaid.
A girl from the slums of Athens becomes a famous singer while falling in love with her songwriter.
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20...
The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the...
Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio...
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village.
One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki...
Dimitris Lazarou is an incurable storyteller. He works as a ground attendant for Olympic Airways, but his big d...
This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly e...
The life and work of the hero of 1821 Papaflessas that during the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the...
A young woman arrives in Athens with her dog after the death of her father, the head of a bouzouki band that br...
A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a statuesque con...
Under the guise of a false identity, a cardiothoracic surgeon finds happiness again in the shape of a lively am...
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionai...
Anthoula has lost her mother and her father is swept away by his new love, Martha, and moves away from Anthoula...
An actress who shone during the "golden age" of Greek cinema now lives far from the limelight, almost isolated,...
A young lady, Maria, is hired at Mrs Elsa's house to watch her mother-in-law. But she does not realize that her...
Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Briga...