The Barefoot Battalion

Story

Synopsis

The story of a besieged country in wartime and the effect of such on the children. Told in flashback by a young man after the war, he tells how he and his orphaned sister can barely subsist and he has become a petty thief. He comes across a group of boys, the "Barefoot Batallion", who steal food from the Germans and distribute it to the needy and destitute of the city. The boys take pity on the brother and sister and let the two join them. In addition to their work of stealing food and provisions, they also hide and eventually smuggle an American aviator out of the country

Director

Gregg Tallas

Language

Greek, Modern

Country

Greece

Release date

21 April 1953

Ensemble

Cast

• Maria Costi

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  Nikos Fermas

• Vasilios Frangedakis

• Antonios Voulgaris

• Stavros Krozos

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  Ketty Gyni

  Martha

• Nicholas Zaharias

• Apostolis Bekiaros