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Dimos Starenios
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Dimos Starenios (September 15, 1909 – October 23, 1983) was a Greek actor. Dimos Starenios was born in Cairo, to Egyptian parents in 1909. At a young age, he settled in Greece and studied acting. He acted in many films, including with Lambros Konstantaras. He distinguished himself in "bad" roles, such as the usurer or the moneylender. He is also credited with the infamous line: "The Germans love us, they came as friends", as we can see in the film The Dawn of Victory. His performance in the television adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' book Christ Recrucified (1975) in the role of old Lada is considered legendary. He had first played the same role in 1956 in the theater with the Manos Katrakis…
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Dimos Starenios (September 15, 1909 – October 23, 1983) was a Greek actor. Dimos Starenios was born in Cairo, to Egyptian parents in 1909. At a young age, he settled in Greece and studied acting. He acted in many films, including with Lambros Konstantaras. He distinguished himself in "bad" roles, such as the usurer or the moneylender. He is also credited with the infamous line: "The Germans love us, they came as friends", as we can see in the film The Dawn of Victory. His performance in the television adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' book Christ Recrucified (1975) in the role of old Lada is considered legendary. He had first played the same role in 1956 in the theater with the Manos Katrakis troupe and in 1957 in the cinema, in the film of the same name by Jules Dassin. He was buried in the 2nd Cemetery of Athens.
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Dimos Starenios's Filmography
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Weak Spot
Kierion
Image of Love
The Abductors
The Dawn Of Victory
as Fratzeskos
The Deeds of Jealousy
as Stavropoulos
Provocation
as Professor
Captives of Pleasure
Frenzy
What a Waste!
as Mr. Adamopoulos
A Woman in the Resistance
as Απόστολος
A life without love
Martha, the Woman of Sorrow
A Man with a Conscience
Robbery in Athens
as Thomas Hristidis
Τα παιδιά του λιμανιού
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
Stratis Has Strayed
as Leon Antypas
In the vertigo of life
Oedipus the King
as Priest
Thanos and Despina
as Karavidas
Αντίο για πάντα
Queen of Clubs
as Teacher
The 7th Day of Creation
as Alekos' Father
Το κορίτσι με τα βουρκωμένα μάτια
Ου Κλέψεις
as Matthaios
Δύσκολοι δρόμοι
Casablan
Monemvasia
as Nicolaos Komninos
No Poster
Act of Reprisal
as The Mukhtar
The 300 Spartans
as Samos
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
as Scoubidouvitch
The Harbor Bum
as Chroutsoglou
Σαπφώ
Never on Sunday
as Skoupidis
Hymnographer Kassiani
For bread and love
as Manos
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
as Pilios Gousis
She's a Lunatic
as Agisilaos Fystikidis
The Man on the Train
as Old musician
He Who Must Die
as Ladas
Of Fortune The Written
Jeep, Pavilion and Love
as General
Capital adventures
Experts on the Football Field
We Have to Marry Them Off
Bitter Bread
as Employer
The She-Wolf
Bloody Christmas
as Junk Dealer
Engagement
as Roupis
Two Worlds
The Last Mission
as Informer
Zero for Conduct
as Tsirotos
Anna of Rhodes
as Pantelis
Forgotten Faces
as Petrakis
Double Sacrifice
as Commander
