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name: "Manos Hatzidakis"
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born: "22 October 1925"
died: "15 June 1994"
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# Manos Hatzidakis

Composer. Born 22 October 1925 in Xanthi, Greece. Died 15 June 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 October 1925, Xanthi, Greece
- **Died:** 15 June 1994
- **Also known as:** Μάνος Χατζιδάκις, Μανος Χατζιδακις, Manos Hadjidakis, Mános Hadjidákis
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos_Hatzidakis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447433, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17558

## Biography

Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer. He wrote the music for the 1963 film *America America*.

He is known for his film scores, including *Never on Sunday* (1960), *The 300 Spartans* (1962), *Topkapi* (1964) and *Dry Summer* (1963). In 1960 he received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the title song from *Never on Sunday*.

Born in Xanthi, Greece, he died in Athens on 15 June 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, greekreporter.com, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Béjart, 3 regards 2025* (2026), Music
- *castelporziano ostia dei poeti* (2025), Music
- *Húmus* (2018), Music
- *Love Knot* (1995), Music
- *Quiet Days in August* (1991), Music
- *Heron for Germany* (1988), Music
- *Memed My Hawk* (1984), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Athens, Return to the Acropolis* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Honeymoon* (1979), Music
- *C.I.A. Secret Story* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet Movie* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Pedestrian* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Love Songs* (1973), Music, Producer, Songs
- *The Thin Thread* (1971), Musician
- *The Invincible Six* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Blue* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Assignment Skybolt* (1968), as Songs · Music
- *Topkapi* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Dry Summer* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *America America* (1963), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *Aliki My Love* (1963), Music
- *Throbs at the Desk* (1963), Music
- *The 300 Spartans* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *It Happened in Athens* (1962), Music
- *Lisa and the Other Woman* (1961), Music
- *Woe to the Young* (1961), Music
- *Dreamland of Desire* (1961), Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
- *Love and storm* (1961), Music
- *Lost dreams* (1961), Music
- *Alice in the Navy* (1961), Music
- *Madalena* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The River* (1960), Music
- *Never on Sunday* (1960), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *The Young Lady's Fool* (1960), Music
- *Date in Corfu* (1960), Music
- *Madame Mayor* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Maiden's Cheek* (1959), Music
- *Erotic Stories* (1959), Music
- *Lisa, Tosca of Athens* (1959), Music
- *One Street Organ, One Life* (1958), Music
- *A Hero in His Slippers* (1958), Music
- *The Outlaws* (1958), Music
- *We Have Only One Life* (1958), Music
- *A Matter of Dignity* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Bed of Grass* (1957), Music
- *The Lagoon of Desire* (1957), Music
- *Laterna, Poverty and Carnation* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Of Fortune The Written* (1957), Music
- *Horse and Carriage* (1957), Music
- *At Night the Entanglements* (1957), as Songs
- *The Coffee Reader* (1956), Music
- *Jealous like a Cat* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Ogre of Athens* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Dollars and Dreams* (1956), Music
- *The Counterfeit Coin* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Hurdy-Gurdy* (1955), Music
- *The Magic City* (1955), Music
- *Stella* (1955), as Pianist · Music, Songs
- *The Acacia Road* (1954), Music
- *Night Adventure* (1954), Musician, Original Music Composer
- *Grousouzis* (1952), Music
- *Lily of the Harbor* (1952), Music
- *Dead City* (1951), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Unsubdued Slaves* (1946), Music

## Gallery

- ![Manos Hatzidakis](https://film.one/media/person/1241379/gallery-8c0eca718d8d.jpg) Manos Hatzidakis — Nikos D. Karabelas, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Hatzidakis_Nicopolis_1987.jpg/1280px-Hatzidakis_Nicopolis_1987.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Manos Hatzidakis](https://film.one/media/person/1241379/gallery-5438a3eb8b66.jpg) Manos Hatzidakis — Image via TMDB
- ![Manos Hatzidakis](https://film.one/media/person/1241379/gallery-7cc66d9eaf60.jpg) Manos Hatzidakis — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1961: Best Original Song (won), for *Never on Sunday*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1968: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Illya Darling*
- Herder Prize 1965: Herder Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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