Dimitris Horn in the movie "We have only one life".

Dimitris Horn - Δημήτρης Χορν (1921-1998) was a Greek theatrical and cimatographic performer. He is widely regarded as the greatest Greek actor of modern times. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Biography

Dimitris Horn was born in Athens in 1921, the son of Pantelis Horn, a famous dramatist. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece, where he made his stage debut in 1941. During his career, he co-operated many times with the National Theater and made personal stage groups with famous actors such as Mary Aroni, Alekos Alexandrakis and Ellie Lambeti (who was also his life companion from 1953 to 1958). Dimitris Horn established from an early stage a reputation as "the best actor of his generation", giving outstanding performances in classics such as Gogol's "The diary of a madman", Shakespeare's "Richard III", Molière's "Don Juan", Pirandello's "Henry IV" etc. Equally important was his screen work; he starred in only 10 films, but most of them have attained legendary status, like "The Counterfeit Coin" (1954), "The Girl in Black" (1956) and "We Have Only One Life" (1958). Later he married shipping heiress Anna Goulandri, and became the first director of the Greek State Radio and Television after the restoration of democracy. He died in 1998, but will always be fondly remembered as the "jeune premier par excellence" of the Greek stage and screen. The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь) (March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Molière, engraved frontispiece to his Works Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. ... Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936) was an Italian dramatist and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. ...

Filmography

• Athens by Night - I Athina tin nychta 1962
• Woe to the young - Alimono stous neous, 1961
• A Thieve's first chance - Mia tou klefti, 1960
• We Have Only One Life - Mia zoi tin echoume, 1958
• The Girl in Black - To Koritsi me ta mavra, 1956
• The Counterfeit Coin - Kalpiki lira, 1955
• Windfall in Athens - Kyriakatiko xypnima, 1954
• The Drunkard - Methistakas, 1950
• Applause - Hirokrotimata, 1944
• Voice of the Heart - I Foni tis kardias, 1943