Pireas is an international port city within Athens (not to be confused with downtown Athens). The song title "Ta Pedia Tou Pirea" translates to "The Guys of Pireas". Actress Katina Paxinou borrowed an Oscar statuette for him to pose with while waiting for his own award to be shipped to Greece. Later, this song also became known as "Never on Sunday".ĪBOUT THE PHOTO: Manos Hatzidakis, the composer of this song, was not able to travel to the Academy Award ceremony to receive his Oscar in person. In this movie, she sang, "Ta Pedia Tou Pirea" ("Τα Παιδία Του Πειραιά"), the song which received worldwide recognition, including an Academy Award in 1960 for Original Music, Best Song. For her work in this film, Merkouri received the Best Actress award at the Cannes festival in 1960. The film featured the beautiful Greek actress Maria Amalia Mercouri, whose stage name was Melina Merkouri. According to the credits, the associate producer was Vassili Lambiris, and it was written and directed by Jules Dassin. In 1960, the motion picture Never on Sunday ( Ποτέ την Κυριακή) made international headlines and attracted many awards and nominations.
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