Vangelis Kazan

Vangelis Kazan (Greek: Βαγγέλης Καζάν) (1936 – 10 March 2008) was a Greek character actor. Kazan was born in Nafplion. His career in theater, cinema and television spanned for half a century. He repeatedly collaborated with Theo Angelopoulos and was awarded the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1975 for his part in The Travelling Players. He died in Athens.

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Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Erland Josephson  •  Maia Morgenstern  •  Thanasis Vengos

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Erland Josephson  •  Maia Morgenstern  •  Thanasis Vengos

Days of '36 (1972)

The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage, throwing in the government into disarray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Vangelis Kazan  •  Kostas Pavlou  •  Thanos Grammenos  •  Giorgos Kyritsis

The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage, throwing in the government into disarray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Vangelis Kazan  •  Kostas Pavlou  •  Thanos Grammenos  •  Giorgos Kyritsis

Conflict of Emotions (1971)

A drug addict meets an aristocratic woman who married a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omiros Efstratiadis
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Betty Arvaniti  •  Anestis Vlahos  •  Perry Poravou

A drug addict meets an aristocratic woman who married a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omiros Efstratiadis
CAST:  Udo Kier  •  Betty Arvaniti  •  Anestis Vlahos  •  Perry Poravou

The Man with the Carnation (1980)

The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Tzimas
CAST:  Alekos Alexandrakis  •  Manos Katrakis  •  Angelos Antonopoulos  •  Foivos Gikopoulos

The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Tzimas
CAST:  Alekos Alexandrakis  •  Manos Katrakis  •  Angelos Antonopoulos  •  Foivos Gikopoulos

Ένας Νομοταγής Πολίτης (1974)

A young man who grew up beneath the heavy shade of autocratic and avaricious mother, son Gregory, has lost initiative and the minimum footprint. The servility of his mother against his boss, which facilitates the solicitations of the latter to his sister, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errikos Thalassinos
CAST:  Sotiris Moustakas  •  Nora Katseli  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos  •  Vangelis Kazan

A young man who grew up beneath the heavy shade of autocratic and avaricious mother, son Gregory, has lost initiative and the minimum footprint. The servility of his mother against his boss, which facilitates the solicitations of the latter to his sister, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errikos Thalassinos
CAST:  Sotiris Moustakas  •  Nora Katseli  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos  •  Vangelis Kazan

Jenny Jenny (1966)

Jenny Skoutari, a student and the daughter of a party local commander Kosmas Skoutaris, gets use to visit the private library of - her father's political rival - the shipowner Miltos Kassandris. Kassandris prepares his nephew - and a childhood friend of Jenny - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dinos Dimopoulos
CAST:  Jenny Karezi  •  Andreas Barkoulis  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos  •  Labros Konstadaras

Jenny Skoutari, a student and the daughter of a party local commander Kosmas Skoutaris, gets use to visit the private library of - her father's political rival - the shipowner Miltos Kassandris. Kassandris prepares his nephew - and a childhood friend of Jenny - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dinos Dimopoulos
CAST:  Jenny Karezi  •  Andreas Barkoulis  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos  •  Labros Konstadaras

The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man (1969)

Vasilis Karatzoglou is a successful singer who lives with his mother and sister having lost his father in the destruction of Smyrni. From an old man learns that his father did not die but was arrested by the Turks. He decides to follow the scientific mission of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Apostolos Tegopoulos
CAST:  Nikos Xanthopoulos  •  Antzela Zileia  •  Miranda Kounelaki  •  Katerina Vasilakou

Vasilis Karatzoglou is a successful singer who lives with his mother and sister having lost his father in the destruction of Smyrni. From an old man learns that his father did not die but was arrested by the Turks. He decides to follow the scientific mission of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Apostolos Tegopoulos
CAST:  Nikos Xanthopoulos  •  Antzela Zileia  •  Miranda Kounelaki  •  Katerina Vasilakou

Trouba '67 (1967)

A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals are trapped. They fight their way against economic forces and their status in life, and love might conquer all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigoris Grigoriou
CAST:  George Foundas  •  Kaiti Theohari  •  Betty Arvaniti  •  Yorgos Moutsios

A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals are trapped. They fight their way against economic forces and their status in life, and love might conquer all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigoris Grigoriou
CAST:  George Foundas  •  Kaiti Theohari  •  Betty Arvaniti  •  Yorgos Moutsios

The Colors of Iris (1974)

A mysterious disappearance takes place during the shooting of a commercial on the beach in the early morning hours. An unknown man suddenly comes into the shot, then walks into the sea holding an umbrella and seizes to exist, before the bewildered eyes of the whole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Panayotopoulos
CAST:  Nikitas Tsakiroglou  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Elena Kyrana  •  George Dialegmenos

A mysterious disappearance takes place during the shooting of a commercial on the beach in the early morning hours. An unknown man suddenly comes into the shot, then walks into the sea holding an umbrella and seizes to exist, before the bewildered eyes of the whole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Panayotopoulos
CAST:  Nikitas Tsakiroglou  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Elena Kyrana  •  George Dialegmenos

Lysistrata (1972)

Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Zervoulakos
CAST:  Jenny Karezi  •  Kostas Kazakos  •  Anna Fonsou  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Zervoulakos
CAST:  Jenny Karezi  •  Kostas Kazakos  •  Anna Fonsou  •  Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Provocation (1971)

Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omiros Efstratiadis
CAST:  Anna Fonsou  •  Udo Kier  •  Elena Nathanail  •  Eleni Anousaki

Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omiros Efstratiadis
CAST:  Anna Fonsou  •  Udo Kier  •  Elena Nathanail  •  Eleni Anousaki

Weak Spot (1975)

Greece 1974 - during the brutal era of the military government, and innocent tourist manager (Ugo Tognazzi) is accused of being a member of the illegal resistance movement. Two secret agents (Michel Piccoli and Mario Adorf) are bringing the innocent victim to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Fleischmann
CAST:  Eva Krini  •  Nina Andoulinaki  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Dimos Starenios

Greece 1974 - during the brutal era of the military government, and innocent tourist manager (Ugo Tognazzi) is accused of being a member of the illegal resistance movement. Two secret agents (Michel Piccoli and Mario Adorf) are bringing the innocent victim to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Fleischmann
CAST:  Eva Krini  •  Nina Andoulinaki  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Dimos Starenios

Girls in the Sun (1968)

A shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasilis Georgiadis
CAST:  Giannis Voglis  •  Anne Lonnberg  •  Kostas Bakas  •  Miranta Myrat

A shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasilis Georgiadis
CAST:  Giannis Voglis  •  Anne Lonnberg  •  Kostas Bakas  •  Miranta Myrat

End of an Era (1994)

In late-1960s Athens, a student forms a strong friendship with a group of young dreamers, against the backdrop of the military dictatorship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonis Kokkinos
CAST:  Dimosthenis Papadopoulos  •  Kostas Kazanas  •  Peggy Trikalioti  •  Despina Kourti

In late-1960s Athens, a student forms a strong friendship with a group of young dreamers, against the backdrop of the military dictatorship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonis Kokkinos
CAST:  Dimosthenis Papadopoulos  •  Kostas Kazanas  •  Peggy Trikalioti  •  Despina Kourti

The Travelling Players (1975)

This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Eva Kotamanidou  •  Aliki Georgouli  •  Stratos Pahis  •  Vangelis Kazan

This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Eva Kotamanidou  •  Aliki Georgouli  •  Stratos Pahis  •  Vangelis Kazan

The Hunters (1977)

During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Mairi Hronopoulou  •  Stratos Pahis  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Giorgos Danis

During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Theo Angelopoulos
CAST:  Mairi Hronopoulou  •  Stratos Pahis  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Giorgos Danis

Treason (1964)

Karl (Petros Fyssoun) is a German officer who falls for a young Greek woman of Jewish ancestry in this symbolic war drama. He wants to marry Lisa (Elli Fotiou), but he dutifully turns her over to the Gestapo when she reveals she is Jewish. Karl learns of the Nazi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kostas Manoussakis
CAST:  Petros Fyssoun  •  Manos Katrakis  •  Dimitris Myrat  •  Elli Fotiou

Karl (Petros Fyssoun) is a German officer who falls for a young Greek woman of Jewish ancestry in this symbolic war drama. He wants to marry Lisa (Elli Fotiou), but he dutifully turns her over to the Gestapo when she reveals she is Jewish. Karl learns of the Nazi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kostas Manoussakis
CAST:  Petros Fyssoun  •  Manos Katrakis  •  Dimitris Myrat  •  Elli Fotiou

The Woman Driver (1964)

Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary’s friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn’t find about her new affair. The case of the car crash is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alekos Sakellarios
CAST:  Alekos Alexandrakis  •  Maro Kodou  •  Giorgos Panjas  •  Giorgos Konstantinou

Mary and Nikos are a happily married couple whose life turns upside down when Mary’s friend, Lilly, borrows their new car. When Lilly crashes the car, she asks Mary to cover for her so that her husband doesn’t find about her new affair. The case of the car crash is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alekos Sakellarios
CAST:  Alekos Alexandrakis  •  Maro Kodou  •  Giorgos Panjas  •  Giorgos Konstantinou
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