Cyprus in flames

This is the film Crete in Flames, with some changes made to exploit a true story – it is about the kidnapping of Tasoula Vardinoyannis by Yannis Kefalogiannis –, a story that had shocked and fascinated the entire Greek nation, and had received widespread publicity. The Battle of Crete and the legendary resistance of the brave Cretan people against the German occupiers who invaded the island en masse by air in 1942.

Director: Errikos Thalassinos

Cast: Titos Vandis, Mairi Hronopoulou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Kostas Kazakos, Spyros Kalogirou, Alexandra Ladikou, Olympia Papadouka, Kostas Papakonstantinou

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.