Movies About the 1821 Greek War of Independence
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- DirectorPanos GlykofrydisStarsNikos KourkoulosNikiforos NanerisHristos TsagasIn 1834, amid political intrigue, the noble warlords, Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitrios Plapoutas, find themselves charged with treason, tried by a five-member jury. Do heroes deserve such a fate?
- DirectorVasilis TsikarasStarsDimitris PapadopoulosLeonidas KakourisMaria AndroutsouCaptain Mihos Floros returns to Samarina to gather more men and lead them to the besieged by the Ottomans, Missolonghi, in order to assist the fight of the resistance at General Makris' bastion.
- DirectorErrikos AndreouStarsDimitris PapamichaelAlekos AlexandrakisAngelos AntonopoulosUnder the Ottomans' reign of terror in early-1820s Greece, Papaflessas played a key role in the nation's uprising to gain its independence, until his heroic fall against the tyrants' brutal multitudes, on May 20, 1825.
- DirectorNikos TzimasStarsNikos KourkoulosNiki TriantafillidiGiannis ArgyrisThe battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.
- DirectorDimitris PapakonstadisStarsHristos PolitisKatia DandoulakiGiannis KatranisAs the Revolution against the tyrannical Ottoman Empire rages on, the Souliotes fight tooth and nail to stand their ground. But, disgraceful treason will bring Ali Pasha and his multitudes of soldiers at the gates. Do heroes fear death?
- DirectorGrigoris GrigoriouStarsIrene PapasAndreas BarkoulisAndreas ZisimatosUnder the thumb of the tyrannical Ottoman Empire in early-19th-century Ioannina, the handsome first-born son of Ali Pasha falls for the beautiful Greek widow, Frosyni. Now, the penalty is death. Is there an escape from the Pasha's wrath?
- DirectorVan LingStarsTania RaymondeJan UddinRaza JaffreyInspired by historical events, CLIFFS OF FREEDOM is a timeless and romantic story of bravery and faith between a Greek village girl and a Turkish Ottoman Colonel during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence.
- DirectorKostas AndritsosStarsIrene PapasAndreas BarkoulisDionysis PapagiannopoulosCaptain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property, fighting along with her lads.
- DirectorKostas KaragiannisStarsJenny KareziPetros FyssounAlkis GiannakasAs the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.
- DirectorGiorgos PetridisStarsAntzela ZileiaAndreas DouzosLavrentis DianellosAs the rebellion against the oppressive Ottoman Empire boils, a handsome young shepherd who is in love with beautiful Lenio flees to the mountains to join the feared Klepht, Kitsos, and his brave forty lads who do battle against the Turks.
- DirectorStelios TatasopoulosStarsTzavalas KarousosAndreas ZisimatosNina SgouridouThe heroic battles of Souliotes to defend their land from the Turks, until Ali Pasha with the help of a traitor, he manages to conquer Souli.