Hristos Tsaganeas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 2, 1906
- Died
- July 2, 1976 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Braila, Romania
Biography
Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater. When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree. For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say. During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry. A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.
Known For
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Filmography
Σέργιος και Άννα
Movie
Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla
Movie
Curtain Lecture
Movie · as Makromihaleas
Manolios Strikes Again
Movie
Μια γυναίκα φεύγει
Movie
Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι
Movie · as Mr. Alexiou
The Unbeatable Was Beaten
Movie · as Androklis Hardoupis
A Tough Guy in the Salons
Movie · as Gerasimos Nikolaou
Greek Pride
Movie · as Kriton Stefanis
Doctor Z-Vengos
Movie · as Babis
Satrapis
Movie
The Clown
Movie · as Theodoros
Apollo Goes on Holiday
Movie · as Ambassador
Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
Movie · as ceremony man
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Movie · as Gerasimos Karras
Aspasia's dollars
Movie
Boat of Joy
Movie
The Drawer of Sin
Movie · as Filonas
Love that time does not fade
Movie
Five Thousand Lies
Movie · as Patroklos Sokratidis
A Ship Full of Papadopoulos
Movie · as Pel Pap
Artesta
Movie · as Ilias
We Parted Ways One Evening
Movie
Θυσία
Movie
The Pain of Separation
Movie · as Marios Peresiadis
Affection
Movie · as Kleopas Hatzigeorgiou
Η πικραγαπημένη
Movie
Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος
Movie · as Kostas Pergialis
Είναι βαρύς ο πόνος μου
Movie · as Gialouris
Something Hot
Movie · as Mr. Petridis
If Luck Favors You
Movie · as Fokion Karyadis
With Many Children
Movie · as Pafsanias Karatsoukalas
Uncompromising in Life
Movie
My friend, Lefterakis
Movie · as doctor
What the Night Hides
Movie
Theodore and the gun
Movie · as Pantelis
The Miss Of The Mister
Movie · as Theofanis Delakis
The Devil and His Tail
Movie · as Charalabos
Betrayed love
Movie · as Impresario
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Movie · as Mikes Zargantis
Sidewalk
Movie · as Ninos
Death Will Return
Movie · as Doctor
Poor Bums
Movie · as Leonidas Dekrisis
Τα νιάτα θέλουν έρωτα
Movie
Murder Backstage
Movie · as Pavlos Stefanou
Rich Without Money
Movie · as Mr. Ploutidis
Crime in Kolonaki
Movie · as Kostas Floras
The Hamini
Movie · as Nikiforos
Vacation in Kolopetinitsa
Movie · as Iordanis Mouratoglou
Maiden's Cheek
Movie · as school headmaster
Long live the poor children
Movie · as Ploutarhos Pahoulos
We Have Only One Life
Movie · as Bank Manager
The Misogynist
Movie
Joe, the Amazing
Movie · as Lavrentios Kalyvas
To Fintanaki
Movie · as Giavrousis
The Hurdy-Gurdy
Movie · as Benardis
Happy Beginning
Movie · as program manager
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
Movie
That's How My Life Ended
Movie
Madame Sousou
Movie
The Germans Strike Again
Movie · as madman
Fallen Angels
Movie · as Hristos Terakis
Αγνούλα
Movie
Wrong Path
Movie · as Dimos