Stavros Tornes

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Stavros Tornes

Directing January 1, 1932

Athens, Greece

Stavros Tornes (Greek: Σταύρος Τορνές) was a Greek film actor and director. Tornes was born in 1932 in Athens. He studied at the Ioannidis School in 1957 and worked as an assistan…

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City of Women

City of Women

7.0 1980 Movie
Many Wars Ago

Many Wars Ago

7.3 1970 Movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

7.2 1979 Movie
Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano

6.3 1973 Movie
Allonsanfan

Allonsanfan

6.9 1974 Movie
Nausicaa

Nausicaa

6.3 1971 Movie
Glory Sky

Glory Sky

7.1 1962 Movie
Balamos

Balamos

7.2 1982 Movie
Varieté

Varieté

5.0 1985 Movie
Topos

Topos

6.9 1985 Movie
Karkalou

Karkalou

5.8 1984 Movie
The Roundup

The Roundup

6.9 1965 Movie

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Stavros Tornes (Greek: Σταύρος Τορνές) was a Greek film actor and director. Tornes was born in 1932 in Athens. He studied at the Ioannidis School in 1957 and worked as an assistant director and as an actor in films of the 1950s and 1960s. In 1967 he directed his first short film "Theraikos orthros" together with Kostas Sfikas. During the dictatorship he went to Italy where he participated in a group of exiles, fighting against the military junta. In 1973 he secretly visited Greece and filmed the documentary Students. In Italy (Rome) he appeared in many films, such as Many Wars Ago and Christ Stopped at Empoli by Francesco Rossi, and Alonzanfan by the Taviani brothers. It is worth noting that he played the leading role in the television film Nausicaa by Agnès Varda. He also painted. After the fall of the dictatorship, he returned to Greece and filmed the film Balamos, which was screened at the 1982 Thessaloniki Film Festival. With co-screenwriter Charlotte van Gelder, he also directed the films Karkalou, Danilo Treles and A Heron for Germany. He died in July 1988 and was buried in the Caesarean Cemetery.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    Deserted and alone to make my pain go away

    Movie

  2. 1994
    Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South

    Movie archive footage

  3. 1988
    Witches

    Movie

  4. 1988
    Heron for Germany

    Movie Polydoros

  5. 1986
    Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician

    Movie Fox Man

  6. 1985
    Topos

    Movie Geropeismataris

  7. 1985
    Varieté

    Movie Old Man in the Corridor

  8. 1984
    Karkalou

    Movie Director

  9. 1983
    Misunderstanding

    Movie

  10. 1983
    Πλατεία Ιπποδαμείας

    Movie Director

  11. 1982
    Balamos

    Movie Balamos

  12. 1982
    For the Poet Nikos Kavvadias

    Movie Self

  13. 1980
    Exopragmatiko

    Movie Director

  14. 1980
    City of Women

    Movie Party Guest (uncredited)

  15. 1979
    Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Movie

  16. 1977
    Coatti

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1976
    Addio Anatolia

    Movie Director

  2. 1974
    Kierion

    Movie George Morgan

  3. 1974
    Allonsanfan

    Movie Gioacchino

  4. 1973
    Lucky Luciano

    Movie Man at Table (uncredited)

  5. 1971
    Nausicaa

    Movie Michel

  6. 1970
    Many Wars Ago

    Movie General's Aide (uncredited)

  7. 1968
    Thirean Matins

    Movie Producer

  8. 1967
    Open Letter

    Movie

  9. 1965
    The Roundup

    Movie

  10. 1962
    Glory Sky

    Movie

  11. 1962
    The Beauty of Roumeli

    Movie

  12. 1961
    Sharp as a Needle

    Movie police officer

  13. 1961
    Our Tears Have Dried Up

    Movie

  14. 1961
    Fishermen and Fishing

    Movie narrator

  15. 1960
    The Daywork of Happiness

    Movie Nikos

  16. 1960
    To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya

    Movie