I Polykatoikia (The Block of Flats) (Greek: H Πολυκατοικία), is a popular Greek Comedy television series, originally broadcast on Mega Channel and lasting for three seasons, from October 6, 2008 until May 27, 2011. It consists of 132 episodes. The script of each of the first 90 episodes was taken from the Spanish series Aquí no hay quien viva.
| I Polykatoikia | |
|---|---|
| H Πολυκατοικία | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Vasilis Spiliopoulos Vicky Alexopoulou Constantine Ganosis |
| Starring | Pavlos Chaikalis Vasiliki Andritsou Charis Asimakopoulos Vilma Tsakiri Vaso Laskaraki Giannis Tsimitselis Antigoni Glykofridi Martha Voursi Dimiris Kouroumpalis Elena Asimakopoulou |
| Opening theme | I Agapi pou menei by Michalis Hatzigiannis |
| Ending theme | I Agapi pou menei by Michalis Hatzigiannis |
| Country of origin | Greece |
| Original language | Greek |
| No. of episodes | 132 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Vasilis Thomopoulos |
| Production location | Athens |
| Running time | 45-48 minutes |
| Production company | Anosis A.E |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mega Channel |
| Release | October 6, 2008 – May 27, 2011 |
| Related | |
| Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) | |
Plot
editThis is a story of a "typical" apartment building at 19 Alamanas Street in downtown Athens. Thanasis Balafoutis (Pavlos Chaikalis) is the apartment manager and he's working hard to support his wife Margarita, his son Petros and his daughter Natali. Konstantinos, Natali's boyfriend, is a resourceful person who is currently unemployed and he doing Janitor services. Natali is also unemployed and kind of lazy.
Loukia works in a magazine as the manager of her boyfriend Takis but they keep their relationship as a secret at work. Tzovani is an immigrant from Albania with a wealthy job. He is married with Tzouli, ex Miss Albania and they have a daughter Romina who managed to pass the exams in medicine school. Markos and Hristos are a gay couple and Vasiliki(who also is still a virgin),Panagiota and Mary are the oldest tenants who are still looking to find their partners.
Eleni is lyrics writer with a low income. She is insecure and she believes that she has bad luck, especially with guys. Everyone will go through difficult situations which are transferred to the public with hilarious manner. Surface nobody likes anyone but when they are in trouble conspire together for one purpose: "the good of the apartment building."
Cast
editMain Characters
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Pavlos Chaikalis | Thanasis Mpalafoutis |
| Vasiliki Andritsou | Eleni Sotiropoulou |
| Charis Asimakopoulos | Markos Androutsos |
| Vilma Tsakiri | Mary Stathatou |
| Vaso Laskaraki | Loukia Asimaki |
| Giannis Tsimitselis | Takis Peristeris |
| Antigoni Glykofridi | Vasiliki Stathatou |
| Martha Vourtsi | Panagiota Petrocheilou |
| Dimitris Kouroumpalis | Manolis Galatsanos |
| Elena Asimakopoulou | Aliki Kontogiorgou |
| Nikos Poursanidis | Christos leventis |
| Nikoleta Vlavianou | Margarita Mpalafouti |
| Alexandros Giannou | Tzimis Fitros |
| Christodoulos Stylianou | Apostolis Petrocheilos |
| Kostas Flokatoulas | Argyris Galatsanos |
| Andreas Kontopoulos | Stavros Zacharakis |
| Despoina Mpougiatioti | Natali Mpalafouti |
| Giorgos Liatis | Petros Mpalafoutis |
| Giannis Vouros | Andreas Matsoukas |
| Yolanda Mpalaoura | Elpida Matsouka |
| Dimitris Tsoukalas | Nikos Matsoukas |
| konstantinos Famis | Giorgos Matsoukas |
| Eftychia Sideri | Anna |
| Nikoleta Karra | Tzouli Skreki |
| Pavlos Orkopoulos | Tziovani Skrekis |
| Evgenia Tsaousi | Romina Skreki |
| Giannis Papazisis | Konstantinos |
| Dimitris Liakopoulos | Stefanos |
Cameo Characters
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Eleni Krita | Litsa Mpalafouti |
| Eudokía Roumelioti | Mpetti |
| Nefeli Orfanou | Tzortzia Sotiropoulou |
| Ilias Zervos | Pantelis Asimakis |
| Thanasis Tsaltampasis | Miltos |
| Titika Siriggouli | - |
| Apostolia Zoi | Stella |
| Rea Karagiannidou | Katia |
| Grigoris Stamoulis | Michalis |
| Natassa Marmataki | Meni |
| Theofania Papathoma | Elektra |
| Giannis Evaggelidis Evagelidis | Filippos |
| Spiros Poulis | - |