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Release year: 1969

Storyline

After the declaration of war by the Italians against Greece, a couple separates. The man is called to defend the homeland and the girl, whose father is Italian, is being held with her compatriots.

Top credits

Directors

Dimis Dadiras

Writers

Cast

Kostas Prekas — Dimitris Nikolaou
Vera Krouska — Stella Salvatore
Hristos Politis — Lieutenant Schweitzer
Grigoris Vafias — Iason Nikolaou

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Did you know

• The movie was screened during 1969-1970 and sold 554,428 tickets. It came in 5th out of 99 movies.

• The film won three awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1969: Best Production Artists, Photography and Photography. Of the most realistic movies !!!!.

• The historical setting of the film is the Greco-Italian War (October 1940-April 1941), the first phase of the Balkans campaign of World War II. Italy had already declared war against France and the United Kingdom in June 1940, and had launched invasions against France, British Somaliland, and the British protectorate in Egypt. Greece was perceived as a British ally by the Italians. On 28 October, the Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini issued an ultimatum to Greece, demanding the cession of Greek territory. His Greek counterpart Ioannis Metaxas rejected the ultimatum's terms. Italy soon launched an invasion of Greece, using divisions of the Italian Royal Army which were based in the Italian-controlled Albania. The Italian forces were badly armed and poorly commanded. They encountered unexpectedly tenacious resistance by the Hellenic Army and penetrated only a few kilometers into Greek territory. The soldiers had to contend with the mountainous and muddy terrain on the Albanian-Greek border. With British air and material support, the Greeks stopped the Italian invasion just inside Greek territory by mid-November and subsequently counter-attacked with the bulk of their mobilized army to push the Italians back into Albania. By the early spring of 1941, the two opposing armies had reached a costly stalemate on the Albanian front . On 6 April, the forces of Nazi Germany invaded northern Greece ("Operation Marita") to support their Italian allies. The Greek and British forces in northern Greece were overwhelmed and the Germans advanced rapidly west and south. Greece surrendered to German troops on 20 April, 1941 and to the Italians on 23 April. Greece was subsequently occupied by a combination of Bulgarian, German and Italian troops.