Hristos Tsaganeas

Known for ActingBorn 1906-07-02Died 1976-07-02Braila, Romania

Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater. When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree. For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say. During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry. A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.Read more

Movies & web series

Long live the poor children

Five Thousand Lies

Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι

Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web

Artesta

We Parted Ways One Evening

Η πικραγαπημένη

What the Night Hides

Ο άνεμος του μίσους

Σέργιος και Άννα

Μια γυναίκα φεύγει

Love that time does not fade

The Misogynist

That's How My Life Ended

We Have Only One Life

Wrong Path

The Drawer of Sin

Boat of Joy

Rich Without Money

The Bedroom

If Luck Favors You

The Hurdy-Gurdy

The Germans Strike Again

Doctor Z-Vengos

Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla

The Pain of Separation

Affection

Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος

With Many Children

Uncompromising in Life

Sidewalk

Death Will Return

Something Hot

The Hamini

Vacation in Kolopetinitsa

The Happy Beginning

Madame Sousou

Fallen Angels

Maiden's Cheek

Murder Backstage

Theodore and the gun

Joe, the Amazing

The Unbeatable Was Beaten

To Fintanaki

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

Greek Pride

Betrayed love

My friend, Lefterakis