Alekos Sakellarios

Alekos Sakellarios Greek ?????? ??????????? 13 November 1913 in Athens 28 August 1991 in Athens was a Greek writer and a director He was born in Athens and grew up in Agios Panteleimonas and began to study journalism and acting at a young age He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called The King of Halva He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing He directed mainly with Christos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works The most popular include The Germans Strike Again Thanassakis o politevomenos I theia ap to Chicago Dikoi mas Anthropoi Ena votsalo sti limni Kalos ilthe to dollario Ta kitrina gantia Otan Leipei i Gata I Soferina Laterna Ftocheia kai Filotimo Alimono stous Neous Woe to the Young and more Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to the cinema with notable success He also wrote the lyrics of many songs over 2000 Among them were the successes Garifallo st Afti Ypomoni Asta ta Malakia sou sung by Fotis Polymeris Eho ena Mystiko and more The significant journalist Fredy Germanos called him the most clever Greek of the 20th century He died in 1991 and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens in a family grave