Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer. She was born as Elpida Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Her first contact with cinema was with the comedy of Finos Film “Ela sto thio” in 1950, alongside Nikos Stavridis. Subsequently, she participated in about 30 films, with her notable appearance in the film “The Beauty of Athens” (1954), where she sang and danced with brio, femininity and temperament, the legendary song “Avto to Mambo to Brasiliero”. Her performance in the film “O Skliros Andras” (1961) has also remained a classic. Her last appearance in cinema was in 1999, in the comedy of Reppa – Papathanasiou, “Safe Sex”. In the early 80s, she revealed her writing talent, causing a sensation, because it was a dobra, without modesty and hypocritical acting style. She began with her autobiography, the book "I Dare" (1981), with simple, true and torrential language. Other books followed, such as "The Buns, the Theater and Me" (1982), "Honest Bordello" (1983), "My Capsule Review" (1985), "How I Got Fat on a Diet" (1996), "Who Will Tell Me the Truth" (1997), "Questions" (1999), "The Orgasm of Bravo" (2001), "The Charm of a Whore" (2003), "Trumpa" (2003), "Pepperata Authentika" (2005), "'Ela Kale Tora" (2005) and "O Epivitoras" (2007). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.

  • Title: Sperantza Vrana
  • Popularity: 0.5527
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1926-02-06
  • Place of Birth: Messolonghi, Greece
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  • Also Known As: Σπεράντζα Βρανά, Σπεραντζα Βρανα
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Sperantza Vrana Movies

  • 1984
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    Και κλάααμα... στα σχολεία

    Και κλάααμα... στα σχολεία

    4 1984 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Counterfeit Coin

    The Counterfeit Coin

    7.551 1955 HD

    Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.

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  • 1955
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    Party, Money and Love

    Party, Money and Love

    4.333 1955 HD

    Angelos, a law student in Athens, is expecting Lavrentis, his rich uncle from the village, hoping that with his money, his luck will change. His uncle though is very sick and the doctors suggest rest and calmness. Youyou, Angelos' girlfriend though suggests otherwise in order to push the rich uncle closer to his death. And so, Angelos, with two friends from his village, Damian and Sarantis start partying with Lavrentis whose health starts getting better and better. In the meantime Angelos meets Myrto, falls madly in love with her and decide to finish his studies and marry her.

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  • 1954
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    The Beauty of Athens

    The Beauty of Athens

    6.273 1954 HD

    A streetwise guy, according to a will, has to marry an extremely ugly old lady to get the money of the inheritance.So he tries to trick a poor devil into getting married with her.

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  • 1964
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    Everything the People Wants

    Everything the People Wants

    4 1964 HD

    Thanasis (Giannis Gionakis) succumbs to the pressure of his wife (Kati Lambropoulou) and buys an old car that turns out to be a shame. Until he can get rid of it and take back his money, there will be a number of misunderstandings and confusions, comic situations, and emotional fools.

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  • 1961
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    The Tough Guy

    The Tough Guy

    8 1961 HD

    Iraklis (Hercules) Leontopoulos is a low-paid employee with a heart of gold, who inherits a building together with its tenants. His easy disposition is his biggest problem because he can not collect any rents. In addition, he can not make any evictions nor can he demand any increase in the rents. Everything is about to change when his lawyer Aleka Palli makes him play the tough guy in order to collect the unpaid rents. The consequences of this transformation will be hilarious.

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  • 1959
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    The Heirs of Karampoumpounas

    The Heirs of Karampoumpounas

    2.333 1959 HD

    A notary calls in the office three brothers: Theophrastus, Telis and Kokkovio Karampoumpouna and announces the death of their distant uncle from Chicago, who left their legacy sixty thousand US dollars, provided to start a company together. Telis, the most intelligent, has its own photography and aims, with the help of his fiancée Bubi, eat whole heritage. Two friends Bubi, Mirka and Jenny, are employed, diplaronoun naive and the plan seems to be going well.

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  • 1966
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    The Drawer of Sin

    The Drawer of Sin

    7 1966 HD

    Greek melodrama about a woman shunned by her family after being raped by her sister's husband.

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  • 1984
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    Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης

    Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης

    7.7 1984 HD

    Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living by arranging marriages. He does not hesitate to dress up according to the occasion in order to satisfy his clients' whims. Everything goes well until he meets Eva and his heart beats wildly with love.

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  • 1986
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    I sexouala

    I sexouala

    1 1986 HD

    A midwife returns from America, Barbara, and stays at her younger daughter, Rena. There he strengthens the climate with his feminist views and endangers the happiness of the couple.

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  • 1979
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    The Bald Student

    The Bald Student

    4.8 1979 HD

    Thanasis, a family breadwinner who has been working for 17 years at the Ministry of Measure and Station without any promotion, is trying to cover his expenses by doing a second job. When he learns that he can not be promoted because he does not own a high school diploma, he decides to go back to school.

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  • 1968
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    Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά

    Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά

    6.5 1968 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Wicked World of Thanasis

    The Wicked World of Thanasis

    5 1979 HD

    The film presents seven short stories of everyday madness: parking in Athens. Thanasis, the soccer referee. Thanasis, the projectionist at a porn theater. Thanasis, the extra in a pasta commercial. Thanasis, the hospital director. Thanasis, the undertaker. Thanasis, the sailor who suspects his wife is cheating on him.

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  • 1963
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    My Nephew Manolis

    My Nephew Manolis

    4.5 1963 HD

    Aristides Papakatsikas welcomes two nephews to his home, the wealthy Manolis from America and the poor Manolis from Amaliada, whom he has never met in person. The two nephews, following a suggestion from Manolis in America, agree to switch roles so that the wealthy Manolis can understand the sincerity of his uncle's intentions.

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  • 1950
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    Come to Uncle

    Come to Uncle

    6.8 1950 HD

    Antonis is the nephew of the good-hearted grocer Harilaos Toukouras. He is slothful and lazy but he is the only heir to his uncle, who considers marriage as the only solution to his nephew’s problems. That’s why he is looking for a bride for him by checking the newspaper ads. Due to a printing error, an ad for the sale of a sewing machine appears in the personal ads column, bringing uncle and nephew to the house of a serious and honest estate agent who has two single sisters.

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  • 1957
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    Three Detectives

    Three Detectives

    4.2 1957 HD

    The three blunders unspeakable detective thalassonoun all their affairs.

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  • 1999
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    Safe Sex

    Safe Sex

    6.526 1999 HD

    A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.

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  • 1965
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    Eva Has Not Sinned

    Eva Has Not Sinned

    3.833 1965 HD

    A pretty and chubby woman, Eva, Fontas ex- wife, is now married to the neighborhood’s tavern owner, Menelaos, who gives her a hard time being unbelievably jealous. His jealousy is sparked off by the large number of admirers his wife has, as well as the malicious Fontas.

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  • 1953
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    The Driver

    The Driver

    6.8 1953 HD

    A poor taxi driver works hard in order to pay off his car and to marry his fiancee.

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  • 1986
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    Ράδιο Αρβύλα

    Ράδιο Αρβύλα

    4 1986 HD

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  • 1958
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    Lovers Without a Dime

    Lovers Without a Dime

    7 1958 HD

    Three poor men who have lost their jobs decide to swindle a wealthy Greek-American who returns to his homeland in search of his nephew.

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  • 1988
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    Η μάνα της φόνισσας

    Η μάνα της φόνισσας

    1 1988 HD

    Fanny, young daskalitsa, is in love with Lambros, student of Chemistry. Transferred to the Greek school in Munich and accepts the transfer, to raise money to set up their home, despite the objections of Lambros mother. But fate sets a bad game. When Fanny returned from Munich finds Lambros married with plousiokori Rena, his fellow student. Dreams of collapse and not having anyone in the world to build on going ...

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  • 1965
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    Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας

    Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας

    5 1965 HD

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  • 1980
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    Τώρα Θέλω... Τώρα!

    Τώρα Θέλω... Τώρα!

    10 1980 HD

    In a cosmopolitan hotel of Athens in Greece are gathered various people who are shooting a musical show for TV.

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  • 1986
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    Το φρικιό

    Το φρικιό

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1960
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    Pleasure and passion

    Pleasure and passion

    3 1960 HD

    A young journalist, Alexis, witnesses a political crime and is pursued by the killers. He then meets an unhappy girl, Marie, who has nowhere to sleep, and takes her home. He offers her support and treats her tenderly, but when he realizes that they are not compatible, he abandons her. The desperate young woman ends her life.

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  • 1987
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    O sofos kai i Sofia

    O sofos kai i Sofia

    1 1987 HD

    Stefanos Zalanis is a favorite author among women. However, he remains unmarried, especially after a failed relationship with Dora. But then Sofia enters his life, and despite the 20-year age difference between them, she falls in love with him and manages to make him fall in love with her too. However, this love will prove to be adventurous. One day, Stefanos is notified that Sofia has been arrested...

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  • 1964
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    In the Storm of Passion

    In the Storm of Passion

    1 1964 HD

    Christos and Maria, a couple living in poverty, hope for a better future. However, their love will be tested by the harsh reality and poverty that plagues them. When Christos loses his job, he abandons Maria for a wealthy woman. His life is filled with riches and comforts, but he soon realizes that his happiness lies with Maria. He searches for her and finds her at the home of Lola, a prostitute who has taken the unfortunate girl in. Their plans to claim their happiness are overturned once and for all when Lola's protectors rape Maria, who dies shortly afterwards in hospital. Christos takes his own life and Lola kills the man responsible for the girl's death.

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  • 1962
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    Sidewalk

    Sidewalk

    1 1962 HD

    Angelina is a prostitute. Her only friends are her colleague Nana and coachman Minas. George suddenly enters her life and confesses his love to her. Angelina begins to believe that her life can change, not suspecting that George has approached her on behalf of the drug dealer Nino.

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  • 1985
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    Ο Ράμπο απ' τα Τρίκαλα

    Ο Ράμπο απ' τα Τρίκαλα

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1982
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    Our Old Friends

    Our Old Friends

    9 1982 HD

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  • 1993
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    Ρίχτερ Μιούζικ

    Ρίχτερ Μιούζικ

    7 1993 HD

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