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Dimos Starenios

Dimos Starenios

Born: 1909-09-15 • Cairo, Egypt

Dimos Starenios (September 15, 1909 – October 23, 1983) was a Greek actor. Dimos Starenios was born in Cairo, to Egyptian parents in 1909. At a young age, he settled in Greece and studied acting. He acted in many films, including with Lambros Konstantaras. He distinguished himself in "bad" roles, such as the usurer or the moneylender. He is also credited with the infamous line: "The Germans love us, they came as friends", as we can see in the film The Dawn of Victory. His performance in the television adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' book Christ Recrucified (1975) in the role of old Lada is considered legendary. He had first played the same role in 1956 in the theater with the Manos Katrakis troupe and in 1957 in the cinema, in the film of the same name by Jules Dassin. He was buried in the 2nd Cemetery of Athens.

Filmography
Weak Spot poster
Weak Spot
1975
Kierion poster
Kierion
1974
Image of Love poster
Image of Love
1972
The Abductors poster
The Abductors
1972
The Dawn Of Victory poster
The Dawn Of Victory
1971 • Fratzeskos
The Deeds of Jealousy poster
The Deeds of Jealousy
1971 • Stavropoulos
Provocation poster
Provocation
1971 • Professor
Captives of Pleasure poster
Captives of Pleasure
1971
Frenzy poster
Frenzy
1971
What a Waste! poster
What a Waste!
1970 • Mr. Adamopoulos
Martha, the Woman of Sorrow poster
Martha, the Woman of Sorrow
1970
A Woman in the Resistance poster
A Woman in the Resistance
1970 • Απόστολος
A life without love poster
A life without love
1970
A Man with a Conscience poster
A Man with a Conscience
1969
Robbery in Athens poster
Robbery in Athens
1969 • Thomas Hristidis
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man poster
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
Stratis Has Strayed poster
Stratis Has Strayed
1969 • Leon Antypas
In the vertigo of life poster
In the vertigo of life
1969
Τα παιδιά του λιμανιού poster
Τα παιδιά του λιμανιού
1969
Oedipus the King poster
Oedipus the King
1968 • Priest
Thanos and Despina poster
Thanos and Despina
1967 • Karavidas
Αντίο για πάντα poster
Αντίο για πάντα
1967
Queen of Clubs poster
Queen of Clubs
1966 • Teacher
The 7th Day of Creation poster
The 7th Day of Creation
1966 • Alekos' Father
Το κορίτσι με τα βουρκωμένα μάτια poster
Το κορίτσι με τα βουρκωμένα μάτια
1966
Ου Κλέψεις poster
Ου Κλέψεις
1965 • Matthaios
Δύσκολοι δρόμοι poster
Δύσκολοι δρόμοι
1965
Casablan poster
Casablan
1964
Monemvasia poster
Monemvasia
1964 • Nicolaos Komninos
No Image
Act of Reprisal
1964 • The Mukhtar
The 300 Spartans poster
The 300 Spartans
1962 • Samos
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece poster
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
1961 • Scoubidouvitch
The Harbor Bum poster
The Harbor Bum
1961 • Chroutsoglou
Never on Sunday poster
Never on Sunday
1960 • Skoupidis
Hymnographer Kassiani poster
Hymnographer Kassiani
1960
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom poster
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959 • Pilios Gousis
The Man on the Train poster
The Man on the Train
1958 • Old musician
She's a Lunatic poster
She's a Lunatic
1958 • Agisilaos Fystikidis
He Who Must Die poster
He Who Must Die
1957 • Ladas
Of Fortune The Written poster
Of Fortune The Written
1957
Jeep, Pavilion and Love poster
Jeep, Pavilion and Love
1957 • General
Capital adventures poster
Capital adventures
1956
Experts on the Football Field poster
Experts on the Football Field
1956
We Have to Marry Them Off poster
We Have to Marry Them Off
1953
Bitter Bread poster
Bitter Bread
1951 • Employer
The She-Wolf poster
The She-Wolf
1951
Bloody Christmas poster
Bloody Christmas
1951 • Junk Dealer
The Engagement poster
The Engagement
1950 • Roupis
Two Worlds poster
Two Worlds
1949
The Last Mission poster
The Last Mission
1949 • Informer
Zero for Conduct poster
Zero for Conduct
1949 • Tsirotos
Anna of Rhodes poster
Anna of Rhodes
1948 • Pantelis
Forgotten Faces poster
Forgotten Faces
1946 • Petrakis
Double Sacrifice poster
Double Sacrifice
1945 • Commander
Maya the Gypsy poster
Maya the Gypsy
1943