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A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

To appease offended gods before going to war, a commander must sacrifice his favorite daughter to them but does so under the pretext of marrying her off.

Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.

Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.

A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.

After two decades, the poisoned memories of WWII still haunt a selfless patriot. Will she ever forget her former conservatoire classmate and relentless SS leader; the tortures, or her Resistance fighter husband? Can she forgive and forget?

The consequences of the Destruction of Smyrna and the Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey, as seen through the eyes of three characters who were dragged to the arid plains of Anatolia only to succumb to hunger, thirst, and the winner's knife.

A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.

Angelos Kreouzis survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that the disaster was not an accident, but the consequence of the neglect of the ship by those responsible.

Living in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually, that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.

Desperate to escape the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a smuggler ship to France. This is the beginning of his odyssey across Western Europe to Paris, where miraculous promises, new friends, and dangers await him at every turn.

Seven months after the declaration of the Greco-Italian War, a volunteer nurse and a small group of confidants who take part in the Resistance, face incarceration and horrible tortures, as they refuse to betray their country.

A young idealist scholar at an all-girls boarding school comes face to face with the institution's privileged students. Will they learn a thing or two about respect? Can a little discipline pave the way for a fresh whirlwind romance?

To flee from an arranged marriage, a free-spirited Corfiot disguises herself as a gawky lad and abandons a life of riches to seek freedom. An honest fellow traveller becomes her guardian angel; however, will he ever find out her secret?

Kostas is an all-powerful tycoon, in love with his beautiful wife, Iro, who, however, is cheating on him with a young playboy, Nikos.

In an Athens neighbourhood, a grocery store owner and his assistant have fallen for the block's belles. Unaware that the ladies only have eyes for their secret sweethearts, the ambitious suitors must kick it up a notch to stay in the game.

The 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.

In Greece, in the early part of the 20th century, two brothers from a wealthy landowning family have opposite views on how the poor workers who work on their land should be treated.

The Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.

A young but poor Casanova who inherits from his deceased uncle--the king of gravy--nothing but a small island in the Aegean, meets a beautiful islander and her mother who holds an unexpected secret that may fulfil everyone's dreams.

A former British spy reluctantly agrees to take on an impossible assignment to redeem himself after a failed mission. Instead, he finds himself entangled in a high-stakes espionage game. Can he trust two cryptic women to save his skin?

In 1910, as a ruthless landowner and his pitiless son rule the vast Thessalian plain with an iron fist, a brave woman decides to rebel. Now, a sinister scheme threatens her fragile happiness. Will the daughter of the sun ever live free?

A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?

Amid blinding prejudice, a vivacious blonde teacher gets married to an honest man, only to see him leave for the Greco-Italian Front, a few hours after their wedding ceremony. Will she cope with her loss, when there's no one to turn to?