
Person
Manos Katrakis
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 14, 1908
- Died
- Sep 2, 1984
- From
- Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece
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 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. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Credits

Voyage to Cythera

Electra

The Red Lanterns

Antigone

Blood on the Land

Synoikia to Oneiro

The Magic City

Visibility Zero

Story of a Lifetime

The Man with the Carnation

The Roundup

Concert for Machine Guns

Face to Face with Death

Tears for Electra

Brother Anna

I blame the People

The Jungle of Cities

Treason