In 1948, the American journalist George Polk arrives in Thessaloniki for an interview with Markos Vafeiadis, a few days after “The Government in the Mountains” was formed. The Greek-American Papas...
It is an articulated film comprised of three free-standing stories with a common theme: the attitude of the Greeks under the yoke of a foreign power. The Clock, the first story, is a comedy set on the...
This is a composite, three-part film comprising three independent stories with a common theme: Greek behavior when placed under foreign yoke. The first part, entitled “The Clock”, is a comedy se...
Theophilos Chatzimichail (Dimitris Kataleifos), the legendary painter from Lesbos, drops western garb and begins to wear the traditional Greek outfit. He often dresses like the national heroes he pain...
During World War II in occupied Greece, a doctor (Vasilis Mitsakis) takes care of a wounded Austrian officer (Christos Politis), whose detail was wiped out in a surprise attack by the resistance fight...
This film narrates six different stories in a very lyrical way: a coachman wanders around town; two elderly people go to the park every Sunday; a man leaves flowers in various neighborhoods in memory ...
In eastern Macedonia the Bulgarians take over Greek territory conquered by the Germans. Bulgarian Major Anton Paiko (Stefanos Stratigos) is appointed governor of the very region he was in charge of de...
At the beginning of the 20th century, farmers suffered under the yoke of rich landowners. They work all day for a pittance, deprived of their right to life and dignity. When one of them, Tasos Karydis...