29/10/2026
A tribute to World War II on ERTFLIX
ERTFLIX presents a tribute to World War II and its lasting impact on Greece. Historical films, documentaries, and selected ERT productions revisit the years of the Occupation and the Resistance, bringing major historical events and the personal stories of those who lived through them into focus. Contemporary artistic and cinematic perspectives also explore how the memory of war and collective trauma are passed down through generations.
“Glory Sky”
In rural Macedonia, two couples—played by Niki Triantafillidi and Takis Emmanuel, and Faidon Georgitsis and Aimilia Pitta—are separated by the outbreak of war. The two men leave for the Albanian front…
“The Art of Remembering”
Visual artist Artemis Alcalay presents her work, shares her family’s story, and explores how she has consciously or unconsciously processed unspoken family histories, collective trauma, and the memory of the Holocaust.
“My Homeland’s Flag Is Blue”
Vourvoura, a mountain village in the Arcadia of Goethe’s imagination. Its people lived close to nature, sustaining themselves on what they produced. In this self-sufficient community, the school was their only link to the outside world. There, children learned to read and write and sang songs about the great homeland that filled them with pride.
After the war and the N**i occupation, during which the village suffered a heavy loss of life, many left to seek a future elsewhere. Some settled in Maroussi, a picturesque suburb of Athens that would undergo a dramatic transformation into the country’s financial center and host the 2004 Olympic Games—a showcase of national pride fueled by a consumer spending boom and excessive borrowing.
Tragedy soon followed: bankruptcy. After 150 years, the village school closed for lack of funding. The flag that once fluttered at school celebrations now lies folded away in a drawer. The story of a community; the story of a country.
“The Fire Bracelet”
A bracelet that Joseph Cohen unexpectedly discovers in the hands of a Roma woman sets him on a journey deep into his family’s past.
A powerful story of people who lost everything yet found the courage to rebuild their lives. Of those who passed through the flames and emerged more alive than ever.
“Kalavryta – People and Shadows”
Kalavryta, December 13, 1943. Annihilation. The town’s male population aged 14 and over is led to ex*****on. Its houses are burned to the ground. Reprisals, the Germans say, for the killing of 80 of their soldiers by Resistance fighters. And the mothers are left behind…
Could the devastation have been avoided if the Resistance fighters had not killed the Germans? What does “reprisals” mean? And what does “devastation” mean?
More than a historical documentary about an atrocity, the film is a collective portrait of survivors who, decades later, are still struggling to understand who they are and what really happened to them.
“A German in Kalavryta”
Years after the war, a German returns to Kalavryta to recover treasure he buried during the German occupation. But the local doctor recognizes him as the N**i officer who sent his father and other townspeople before a firing squad during the massacre.
The former officer subsequently drowns in the river, while his accomplices are arrested as they dig up the treasure.
“The Roundup”
One night in 1944, German forces arrest a black marketeer while he is out enjoying himself in a disreputable quarter of Kokkinia. They threaten to execute him unless he identifies members of the Resistance. He agrees to collaborate, helping bring about the tragedy known as the Kokkinia Roundup, in which hundreds were arrested, tortured, and killed.
“Unsubdued Slaves”
On the eve of World War II, a theater troupe plans to stage “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” But the outbreak of war changes everything.
“The Last Captive”
Dinos, the sole survivor of a sabotage unit betrayed to the Germans and wiped out, takes refuge in the home of a young woman with a disability. She hides him in her basement and falls in love with him. Unwilling to lose him, she keeps him captive, concealing the fact that the war has ended.
When Dinos manages to escape, he faces a bitter reality: his girlfriend no longer wants him, his friends died during the Occupation, and the man who betrayed his unit was one of his fellow fighters. He decides to return to the basement and to the woman who truly loved him.
“There Are No Deserters”
A Greek army captain secretly comes ashore on a mission to gather intelligence on German defensive positions.
