Manos Katrakis

Biography

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 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.

Most Known For

The Red Lanterns

as Nikolas Maroukis, ship captain

Ο Δραπέτης

as καπετάν-Νικόλας

Voyage to Cythera

as Spyros

Blood on the Land

as Father Hormovas

Antigone

as Creon

Electra

as The Tutor

Synoikia to Oneiro

as Nekroforas

The Trial of the Judges

as Theodoros Kolokotronis

Face to Face with Death

as Lykourgos Venetis

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)

as Nikolas

Κατηγορούμενη απολογήσου

The Roundup

Treason

as Professor Victor Kastriotis

Concert for Machine Guns

as Major General Dareios

The Protectors

I Love Only You

Visibility Zero

as Horst Richter

A Dream of Passion

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927

as Petros

So Many Dreams on the Streets

as Mose Aron