Vasilis Vasilikos

Vasilis Vasilikos

Vassilis Vassilikos (Greek: Βασίλης Βασιλικός, born November 18, 1934) is a prolific Greek writer and diplomat. A native of the northern Greek island of Thassos, Vassilikos grew up in Salonika, graduating from law school there before moving to Athens to work as a journalist. Due to his political activities, he was forced into exile following the 1967 military coup, where he spent the next seven years. Between 1981 and 1984 Vassilikos served as general manager of the Greek state television channel ET1. Since 1996, he has served as Greece's ambassador to UNESCO. As an author, Vassilikos has been highly prolific and widely-translated. He has published more than 100 books, including novels, plays and poetry. His best known work is the political novel Z (1967) (English language ISBN 0-394-72990-0 or ISBN 0-941423-50-6), which has been translated into thirty-two languages and was the basis of the award-winning film Z directed by Costa-Gavras (with music by Mikis Theodorakis). In 2008, Vassilikos was among to 41 other personalities of Greece that condemned the action of the withdrawal of Ersi Sotiropoulos's book Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees from the Greek school libraries, after the appeal of insurance measures by Konstantinos Plevris against to the Ministry of National Education of Greece for this issue. In 2001, Petros Tatoulis had asked the withdrawal of this specific book and he characterized this as pornographic due to the provocative sexual scenes that it contains. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vassilis Vassilikos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Vasilis Vasilikos
  • Popularity: 1.827
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1934-11-18
  • Place of Birth: Kavala, Thasos, Greece
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  • Also Known As: Βασίλης Βασιλικός, Vassilis Vassilikos
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Vasilis Vasilikos Movies

  • 1985
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    Varieté

    Varieté

    5 1985 HD

    An actor's troupe puts up a variety show.

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  • 2019
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    Adults in the Room

    Adults in the Room

    6.533 2019 HD

    A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the...

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  • 1979
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    L'amore

    L'amore

    1 1979 HD

    Returning to her small town, Anna, the widow of an Italian soldier whom she married during the occupation, revives her old teenage love in the face...

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  • 2005
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    Elias Petropoulos: An Underground World

    Elias Petropoulos: An Underground World

    6.3 2005 HD

    “I present the world with a very different approach, not as it was taught to us at school or in the army. I believe that each one has the right...

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  • 1966
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    The Steps

    The Steps

    1 1966 HD

    An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present.

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  • 2014
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    The Limousine

    The Limousine

    4.4 2014 HD

    Three friends from 60s Paris attempt a road trip to modern-day Greece, looping in and out of fantasy and questioning absolutely everything. A...

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  • 1969
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    Z

    Z

    7.8 1969 HD

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  • 1987
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    Broken April

    Broken April

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1989
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    L'isola alla deriva

    L'isola alla deriva

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Night with Silena

    The Night with Silena

    5.3 1986 HD

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  • 1963
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    Young Aphrodites

    Young Aphrodites

    6.6 1963 HD

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  • 1998
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    Loneliness Everywhere, Loneliness Nowhere

    Loneliness Everywhere, Loneliness Nowhere

    3.8 1998 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Steps

    The Steps

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

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