Aera! Aera! Aera! (1972)

Original title

Αέρα, αέρα, αέρα

Directed by

Kostas Andritsos

Genre

war film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Greco-Italian War in 1940, a group of Greek protagonists find themselves caught in the Italian invasion from Albania. The film follows their experiences in the opening phase of the conflict.

patrioticwartimeurgenttensegrittyhistoricalsomberaction-oriented

What happens

Aera! Aera! Aera! (Greek: Αέρα! Αέρα! Αέρα!; En. Hero Bunker) is a 1972 Greek feature film directed by Kostas Andritsos, starring Yannis Voglis and Xenia Kalogeropoulou. The plot concerns the opening phase of the Greco-Italian War in October/November 1940, with the protagonists caught up in the Italian invasion of Greece from Albania. The film belongs to a series of "patriotic" films shot during the Greek military junta of 1967–74. Its title derives from the popular Greek war cry of the time, "Aera!". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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