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Kostas Gousgounis
Acting
Biography
Konstantinos (Kostas) Gousgounis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κώστας) Γκουσγκούνης, Larissa, 21 March 1931 – Elefsina, 6 May 2022) was a Greek comedian and photographer, known mainly for the erotic and pornographic films in which he starred between 1965 and 1984. He is referred to in the media as "legendary", "king of sex", "cult", "sex symbol". He learned the art of photography in Larissa from his father Mimis Gousgounis and then went to Athens, where he later opened a photography studio in Cholargos. There he became known not only for his participation in erotic films, but also for his lines in them. His characteristic feature was that he always had his head shaved. Initially, he played in some films as an extra, or with a few lines, from 1952 to 1958 (Agni tou limaniou, The Aunt from Chicago, The Money, We Have a Life) and then starred in several erotic and detective films from 1965 to 1984, the best known of which are: He was worthy, Voyeurism, Sex...13 Beaufort etc. He has also acted in a play, but also on television, such as in Christ is crucified again on ERT (1975). Due to his fame, in 2010, at the age of 79, he again became the protagonist in an erotic film. On 6 May 2022, following his admission to Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina, he died of cardiac arrest at the age of 91. His funeral was held on 9 May in Artemida.
Filmography Movies
Acting
The Angry Hills
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is tricked into smuggling a list of resistance leaders out of the country and is pursued by the Germans.
The Overcoat
Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.
Sex... 13 Beaufort
A young woman (Liza Lorentzou) lives with her father (Lykourgos Kallergis) in a lighthouse on an island in the Aegean. The arrival of a fisherman (Kostas Gkousgkounis) changes her life when they become sexually involved. A yacht with three English women complicates the situation. In the end, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper chases the English women away from the island in order to be alone with her lover.
The Avenue of Death
A major member of the underworld is using the so-called "Death Avenue" to traffic hard drugs, as well as exploit young women. The police, who are aware of his activities and are monitoring him, have assigned one of their men to arrest him. The dismantling of his network and the end of the smugglers will be achieved with the effective assistance of the Coast Guard.
The Pervert
Police use a beautiful woman as bait for a maniacal killer of women, whose impotence was caused by a depraved female SS officer.
Radio Moscow
The Money
The sudden heritage, which is announced to two mercantiles, infuses their minds and begins to live richly, forgetting their previous lives.
Naked Cinema
In the early 70s Greek cinema entered in a period of crisis. One of its aspects was said "crisis of issues" and one of the exits heard in the name "erotic cinema". The genre was already acquaintance from the abundance of foreigner films, that was distributed in the grindhouses under the "adults only" motto and its Greek version had a lot of variants.
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