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Manos Katrakis

Aug 14, 1908 - Sep 02, 1984 (76 years old) in Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece

Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film.

Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori in 1943.

He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS[citation needed] and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos.

In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films. In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos.

Known For

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Voyage to Cythera
Spyros
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Electra
The Tutor
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The Red Lanterns
Nikolas Maroukis, ship captain
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Synoikia to Oneiro
Nekroforas
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Antigone
Creon
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Crazy Blood
Pontikakis
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The dangerous
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Η ώρα της αλήθειας
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The Cannon and the Nightingale
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A Dream of Passion

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