Manos Katrakis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-08-14
Day of Death
1984-09-02 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece
Manos Katrakis
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[citation needed] 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.
Known For
Acting
(1984)
Voyage to Cythera
as Spyros
(1984)
The years of the storm
as Old Man
(1980)
The Man with the Carnation
as Nikolaos Plastiras
(1980)
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
as Petros
(1978)
The sun of death
as Papa-Giannis
(1978)
(1977)
Makarios, I megali poreia
as Narrator
(1974)
The Murderess
as Narrator (voice)
(1974)
The Trial of the Judges
as Theodoros Kolokotronis
(1974)
Οιδίπους τύρρανος
as Οιδίποδας
(1973)
(1972)
With Fear and Passion
as Alexandros Viaskos
(1972)
Rebels Of The Cities
as Fotis' Father
(1972)
Aliki the Dictator
as ‘Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος’
(1971)
Abuse of authority
as Kanelos Vasilopoulos
(1970)
Face to Face with Death
as Lykourgos Venetis
(1970)
Visibility Zero
as Horst Richter
(1970)
(1970)
The Jungle of Cities
as Lysias Sekeris
(1970)
(1969)
Treason Avenue
as General Gerakaris
(1969)
The Seal of God
as Giannis
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Refugee Girl on the Run
as Argyris
(1969)
The Refugee
as Athanasios Daoutis
(1969)
(1969)
Bad, Cold, and Cantankerous
as Alekos Valiris
(1968)
(1968)
I will turn my heart to stone
as Pantelis
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
The Heart of a Tramp
as Μάνος Σαρρής
(1968)
So Many Dreams on the Streets
as Mose Aron
(1967)
Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός
as Mr. Razis
(1967)
Concert for Machine Guns
as Major General Dareios
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Tears for Electra
as Tasos Patridis
(1966)
(1966)
I blame the People
as Elefterios Dimitropoulos
(1966)
(1966)
Slaves of fate
as Mr. Delipetrou
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
Blood on the Land
as Father Hormovas
(1966)
(1966)
Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)
as Nikolas
(1965)
Story of a Lifetime
as Mikes Papadimas
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Persecution
as Priest
(1964)
Treason
as Professor Victor Kastriotis
(1964)
(1963)
The Red Lanterns
as Nikolas Maroukis, ship captain
(1963)
Brother Anna
as Father Vasileios
(1963)
Crazy Blood
as Pontikakis
(1963)
Innocent or Guilty
as Alekos
(1962)
Electra
as The Tutor
(1962)
Triumph
as Bournokos
(1961)
Antigone
as Creon
(1961)
Synoikia to Oneiro
as Nekroforas
(1961)
(1955)
The Magic City
as observer - narrator
(1954)
(1953)
Eva
as Alekos
(1948)
Marinos Kontaras
as Marinos Kontaras
(1946)
The Raid of the Aegean
as Ραΐδης
(1932)
True Love
as Liakos
(1931)
(1929)