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
GenreComedy
Created byVasilis Spiliopoulos
Vicky Alexopoulou
Constantine Ganosis
StarringPavlos Chaikalis
Vasiliki Andritsou
Charis Asimakopoulos
Vilma Tsakiri
Vaso Laskaraki
Giannis Tsimitselis
Antigoni Glykofridi
Martha Voursi
Dimiris Kouroumpalis
Elena Asimakopoulou
Opening themeI Agapi pou menei by Michalis Hatzigiannis
Ending themeI Agapi pou menei by Michalis Hatzigiannis
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of episodes132
Production
Executive producerVasilis Thomopoulos
Production locationAthens
Running time45-48 minutes
Production companyAnosis A.E
Original release
NetworkMega Channel
ReleaseOctober 6, 2008 (2008-10-06) –
May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27)
Related
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003)

Plot

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This 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

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Main 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 -
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