Dimitris Myrat
Acting
Biography
Dimitris Myrat (Athens or Boyati, Attica, 5 December 1908 - 10 January 1991) was a Greek actor, director, troupe leader and theatre theorist, son of Mitsos Myrat and Chrysoula Kotopouli (sister of Marika).
Born: December 5, 1908
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
Known For
Fate Writes History
Anna is been abondoned by her lover and she's forced to give her newborn child for adoption.
I am innocent
At first there was the theatrical adaptation, by Manolis Skouloudis, of the legendary Dreyfus Affair (an adaptation based on the novel by Emile Zola). It was then transferred to the cinema. The subject: the early 20th century and the military establishment, with the help of a money-loving and womanizing junior officer (Alekos Alexandrakis), accuses Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Dimitris Myrat) of treason, because he allegedly handed over secrets to the Germans. After a mock trial, where expediency prevailed, Dreyfus was convicted and imprisoned. However, Emile Zola firmly believes in his innocence and, through the press, fights a brave and effective battle, which will lead to the uncovering of the conspiracy and the restoration of the honor of the unjustly slandered captain.
The Counterfeit Coin
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.
The Murderer Loved Very Much...
Doctor Alexis Karatos is the protector of young Alikis Loizou.
The Trial of the Judges
A true story: The trial of judges Polizoidi and Tertseti for disobedience and their triumphant acquittal during the three men regency council, when king Othon of Greece was a minor. The cast of the film was enormous, with almost half of the theatrical people participating.
Wrong Path
Christina and Chrysoula are two teenage friends in Zakynthos and they are completely different as characters. Christina is ugly but honest, while Chrysoula is beautiful, but scandalizes the neighborhood with her provocative behavior. First fully sound-synchronized Greek motion picture. The film was shot in Constantinople by the director of the National Turkish Theatre, Muhsin Ertugrul with a script by Grigorios Xenopoulos, based on his novel by the same name. It was shown as one of the first contemporary Greek films to include full sound and conversation.
Blind Date
A young woman who is married with an older man, she is getting bored more and more as she feels ignored and unfulfilled. One rainy day she meets a lonely painter at his little beach house.
A Bullet Through the Heart
Francesco, a young Sicilian aristocrat, scars an aging gangster who has set out to take away his property. The gangster vows to obtain vengeance, and Francesco is forced to flee across Greece with his girl friend, pursued by his antagonist's vicious henchmen.
Treason
A Nazi officer arrives in occupied Athens in 1941 and falls in love with a Jewish girl, unaware of her true identity.
Marina
An island girl comes to Athens and ends up as a singer in a cabaret. There she meets a sailor called Vasos. Her nostalgia for her island and Dimitris, a young man who loves her and waits for her to return, cannot be extinguished by the city's temptations. When Marina returns to the island, she marries Dimitris and has a child with him. After many years, Vasos comes to the island by chance, and Marina asks him not to reveal her past to Dimitris in order not to disturb their happy life together.
Filmography
as βασιλιάς Γεώργιος Α'
as King George
as δικηγόρος
as Ioannis Kapodistrias
as Narrator(voice)
as Ζαπάντης
as Father Ierotheos
as Kostas Zanitos
as Dr. Heinrich Stockmann
as Alfred Dreyfus
as Alexis Karatos
as Father
as Dimitris
as Kostas Botis
as Peter Spirus
as Narrator
as Dimitris
as Nionios