Alexander the Great (1980)

• 75%
• 1980
• Drama
• History
• Theo Angelopoulos
• Omero Antonutti
• Eva Kotamanidou
• Mihalis Giannatos

A rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence. The film is based on the Dilesi Massacre of 1870. It opens with a character named Alexander the Great who is the leader of the bandits being freed from prison. Alexander and the bandits have kidnapped a group of British aristocrats and bring them to an agrarian community in the mountains.