Christos Giannakopoulos
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1909
- Died
- February 12, 1963 (aged 54)
- Birthplace
- Athens, Greece
Biography
Christos Giannakopoulos (1909 – 12 February 1963) was a Greek playwright, screenwriter and journalist. He was self-taught in theatre writing and his first appearance as a playwright was in 1929, while until 1939 he collaborated with many writers on comedies, revues and operettas. From 1939 he began to collaborate closely with Alekos Sakellarios on revues and comedies, songs and film scripts: The Germans are Coming Back, A Hero in Slippers, Miss 39, Thanasakis the Politician, A Pebble in the Lake, Alas for the Young and other works. He wrote the comedies The Great and the Little and A Nettle Among the Violets alone. He sketched the character of the Greek petty bourgeois with the contradictions, illusions and dead ends he faced. He stood out for the directness of his writing, his sensitivity, optimism and intimacy. He died in February 1963.
Known For
Filmography
A Crazy, Crazy 40-Year-Old Woman
Movie · Original Story, Theatre Play
No cat, no harm done
Movie · Writer
O kerveros kai to doloma...
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
The foreign is sweeter
Movie · Writer
The Man Who Returned from the Heat
Movie · Writer
Monday's Theater
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Curtain Lecture
Movie · Theatre Play
A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman
Movie · Theatre Play
The Strongman Who Became a Lamb
Movie · Writer
Greek Pride
Movie · Theatre Play
The Rope Maker
Movie · Writer
Welcome Dollar
Movie · Writer
My Sister Deserves a Beating
Movie · Theatre Play
Yie mou... Yie mou...
Movie · Writer
A Matter of Earnestness
Movie · Theatre Play
I'll Make You Queen
Movie · Writer
Paras and Foukaras
Movie · Writer
World Gone Mad
Movie · Theatre Play
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
Movie · Theatre Play
Mr. Wing Commander
Movie · Writer
When the Cat is Missing!
Movie · Writer, Lyricist
Woe to the Young
Movie · Writer
Lost dreams
Movie · Writer
Makrykostas and Kontogiorgis
Movie · Writer
The Underdog
Movie · Writer
The yellow gloves
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
Movie · Writer
A Hero in His Slippers
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
Trouble for Fathers
Movie · Writer
At Night the Entanglements
Movie · Writer
Fanouris and His Kin
Movie · Writer
No Harm's Done
Movie · Writer
Thanasakis, the Politician
Movie · Writer
A Young Miss... Aged 39
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
Santa Chikita
Movie · Writer
A Ripple in the Pond
Movie · Writer
Those Not Allowed to Love
Movie · Screenplay, Writer
The Germans Strike Again
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
Better the Devil You Know
Movie · Writer