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.
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.
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.
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.
Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?
A young bumbler from a village in Greece moves to Athens seeking employment. He stumbles through various jobs, including working as a waiter, a photographer, and even a referee for a boxing match. With his clumsiness and ineptitude, he creates chaos wherever he goes.
A formerly heroic air force pilot, now an alcoholic loser with a failed marriage, is appointed by his older brother in the Ministry of Commerce to investigate a tragic plane crash that killed 28 people. As he goes through the motions in an alcoholic daze, he gradually comes to realize that the wreck was due to criminal negligence and failure to follow mandatory safety regulations.
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.
The movie follows a male police officer who gets involved in a series of comedic situations, including impersonation, burglary, and a stolen diamond ring.
A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?
Windfall in Athens follows the story of a lucky lottery winner who finds himself in a series of comedic and chaotic situations in Athens, Greece. From exploring the scenic views of the Acropolis to getting involved in a street parade, the protagonist embarks on a rollercoaster ride of events that challenge his newfound wealth and test his luck.
Chronis employed by a company, the chairman of which is a consequential, terrible moralist man, who is of the opinion that its employees must follow its own life and perception patterns. One day his sister Chronis, Eve, organizing home parties and invite Emilios, the president's son. Among them a fiery romance develops. The other day the president makes strict remarks to Chronis, who expects nothing anymore his dismissal ...
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.
Two friends (Thanasis Vengos and Vasilis Diamantopoulos) meet after many years and recollect the tragi-comic events they went through during the German occupation.
A poor but very decent teacher, Telis, who has resigned from his job, finds a winning lottery ticket in the street. Suddenly, his life changes radically. But he then discovers that someone has put it in front of him deliberately.
A hopeful Miss Europe 1966 and her girlfriends fall for an aircraftman and his friends. To be together, they take advantage of their commander's adoration for the famous actress, Rena Vlahopoulou. Who says no to a rendezvous with love?
Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.