Movies and TvShows featuring "athenian" theme.
Greek general Themistocles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by Xerxes and Artemisia. Themistocles seeks help from Sparta and faces the challenge of defeating a much larger Persian navy. He must also confront his own personal demons and make difficult choices to protect Greece.
Delve into the rich history and captivating stories of ancient Greek mythology. From the mythological creatures to the tragic tales of gods and heroes, immerse yourself in this captivating journey through the world of the Great Myths.
Safe Sex is an anthology comedy that explores the sexual desires, fantasies, and mishaps of Athenians in a satirical manner. The movie revolves around various characters and stories including an advertising company, a male model, a phone sex operator, and a couple struggling with infidelity. Through humor and wit, Safe Sex sheds light on the complexities of human relationships, unfulfilled desires, and the importance of sexual safety.
In Athens, Greece during the 1950s, a blind beggar finds a counterfeit coin and sets off a chain of events that intertwines the lives of various individuals. From a curmudgeonly artist to a young couple facing eviction, the fake coin has a profound impact on their fates and desires. As secrets are revealed and relationships tested, the characters navigate through themes of love, fate, devotion, and the pursuit of happiness in a city filled with both hope and imperfection.
A nephew of three strange uncles loves a girl, but his uncles are against the marriage. A resourceful aunt takes the case and helps the couple.
Never on Sunday (1960) is a comedic drama set in Athens, Greece. It revolves around an American man who falls in love with a Greek woman. The movie explores their relationship and the cultural differences between them.
Lieutenant Natassa is a film set in Athens, Greece during the 1940s. The story follows Natassa, a talented conservatoire performer, who joins the Greek resistance against the German occupation. Through her impersonation skills, she infiltrates the enemy ranks and helps in liberating concentration camps. The film explores themes of sacrifice, forgiveness, and the price of freedom.
I Die for You is a romantic comedy set in Athens, Greece. The story revolves around a young couple who meet and fall in love in the ancient city of Athens. It is based on a play and showcases the beauty and charm of Greece.
When an open-hearted folk man, a butcher of the profession, buys an apartment to stay with his family in a block of flats in a lush neighborhood, the tenants are colluding in order to get him away. The only defenders are the concierge and a general who will think of a clever way to correct the situation.
Viky, a Greek from Africa, returns in shock to her homeland after the riots in the Congo, where she saw almost all of her family killed before her very eyes. In Athens, the businessman Angelos von Zirach, of German origin, helps her brother avoid financial disaster, but also helps her launch a career as a singer and dancer. Viky falls in love with him and agrees to marry him, inviting the wrath of his secretary and lover Tzina, who, in order to get even with him, reveals to Vicky that Angelos' ships don't transport food, medicine and indispensable articles to Africa, but guns, ammunition and even mercenaries. Viky is shocked. She turns in von Zirach to the police and leaves. After some years, she returns to him with their son Freiderikos, when von Zirach has donated his fortune to the orphans of Biafra.
A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.
A retired general in 1950s Greece, struggling with poverty, finds purpose when he becomes a hero through his sculpting. With the help of his cousin, he creates a statue to honor the fallen soldiers of World War Two and becomes an inspiration to his community.
When Vassili, a conservative book publisher, wins the lottery, he finds himself in a mental hospital after a series of ironic and unfortunate incidents. In the hospital, he undergoes a transformation that challenges his sanity and relationships with his colleagues and family. Based on a play set in 1960s Athens, Greece, this comedy explores themes of fate, wealth, and the contrasting values of progressive and conservative ideologies.
After the death of her kind stepfather and Pontian Greek refugee, a young woman arrives in Athens to track down her biological father who is missing since the blood-drenched Pontic genocide in Asia Minor. Will she ever find him?
In ancient Athens, a poor painter falls in love with a woman from a wealthy family who lives in the same courtyard. He disguises himself as a servant to get closer to her, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and romantic complications.
Rena Varlamou (Rena Vlahopoulou), a female queen and a captain, takes up the election campaign of her fiancé Pericles Arapis (Stavros Xenides), a tavern who has founded a party and wants to become a member. He tries to land him in reality, but he does not, and when Pericles is not elected, he takes off. The reason is the sudden death of the uncle of Iakovos Menexes, a political career, who had re-elected a Member on their island. Menexes had included it on his ballot, as a runner-up, and Rena took his place, becoming the first female MP and struggling to make some important works in her place.
The movie follows a male police officer who gets involved in a series of comedic situations, including impersonation, burglary, and a stolen diamond ring.
Years ago, Grigoris was forced to sell four velvet armchairs to the junk dealer. After the death of his aunt, he was informed that her entire legacy, which was a box of jewelry, was hidden in one of those four armchairs. In the meantime, the armchairs had been sold to other people, and so a desperate quest for the right armchair begins, resulting in many and sometimes grotesque adventures.
In a small village in Greece, two families have been locked in a bitter blood feud for generations. When a young man from one family falls in love with a woman from the other family, chaos ensues as they try to find a way to be together without starting a war. Along the way, they encounter misunderstandings, secret alliances, and a pistol-wielding pacifist.