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Stavros Tornes

Stavros Tornes

Director · 1932–1988 · Athens, Greece

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Biography

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.

Directed 8

1980s

  1. 1986

    Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician

    Director

  2. 1984

    Karkalou

    Director

  3. 1983

    Πλατεία Ιπποδαμείας

    Director

  4. 1982

    Balamos

    Director

  5. For the Poet Nikos Kavvadias

    Director

1970s

  1. 1977

    Coatti

    Director

  2. 1976

    Addio Anatolia

    Director

1960s

  1. 1968

    Thirean Matins

    Director

Acted in 23

2000s

  1. 2006

    Deserted and alone to make my pain go away

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1994

    Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South

    archive footage

1980s

  1. 1986

    Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician

    Fox Man

  2. 1985

    Topos

    Geropeismataris

  3. Varieté

    Old Man in the Corridor

  4. 1983

    Misunderstanding

    Movie

  5. 1982

    Balamos

    Balamos

  6. 1980

    City of Women

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    69

1970s

  1. 1979

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Movie

  2. 1977

    Coatti

    Movie

  3. 1974

    Kierion

    George Morgan

  4. Allonsanfan

    Gioacchino

    78
  5. 1973

    Lucky Luciano

    Man at Table (uncredited)

  6. 1971

    Nausicaa

    Michel

    65
  7. 1970

    Many Wars Ago

    General's Aide (uncredited)

    75

1960s

  1. 1967

    Open Letter

    Movie

  2. 1965

    The Roundup

    Movie

  3. 1962

    Glory Sky

    Movie

  4. The Beauty of Roumeli

    Movie

  5. 1961

    Sharp as a Needle

    police officer

  6. Our Tears Have Dried Up

    Movie

  7. 1960

    The Daywork of Happiness

    Nikos

  8. To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya

    Movie

Wrote 6

1980s

  1. 1986

    Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician

    Writer

  2. 1984

    Karkalou

    Screenplay

  3. 1983

    Πλατεία Ιπποδαμείας

    Writer

  4. 1982

    Balamos

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1977

    Coatti

    Screenplay

  2. 1976

    Addio Anatolia

    Writer

Produced 5

1980s

  1. 1986

    Danilo Treles: The Famous Andalusian Musician

    Producer

  2. 1984

    Karkalou

    Producer

  3. 1982

    Balamos

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Thirean Matins

    Producer

  2. 1962

    Glory Sky

    Production Manager

Edited 1

1970s

  1. 1977

    Coatti

    Editor

Appearances2

1980s

  1. 1982

    For the Poet Nikos Kavvadias

    Self

1960s

  1. 1961

    Fishermen and Fishing

    narrator