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Filmmaker · Greece

Orestis Laskos

Died in 1992

Orestis Laskos, born in Eleusis in 1907 or 1908 into a family of wealthy landowners, briefly studied medicine and then attended a military school, learned acting at the school of Dimitrios Gaziadis and appeared in a small role in a Dag Film production. He wrote screenplays, founded the company Astro Film in 1930, then made about fifty films over forty years, several of them for Finos Film. A poet since adolescence, he published eight collections. Brother of the naval officer Vasilis Laskos, a hero of the Second World War, he died on 17 October 1992 and is buried in Eleusis.

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