''Aera! Aera! Aera!'' ( el, Αέρα! Αέρα! Αέρα!; En. ''Hero Bunker'') is a 1972
Greek
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feature film directed by
Kostas Andritsos, starring
Yannis Voglis and
Xenia Kalogeropoulou. The plot concerns the opening phase of the
Greco-Italian War
The Greco-Italian War (Greek: Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος, ''Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos''), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian Campaign in Greece, and the War of '40 in Greece, took place between the kingdoms of Italy and G ...
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
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...
. Its title derives from the popular Greek
war cry
A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group.
Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious ...
of the time, "''Aera!''".
Cast
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Giannis Voglis
Giannis Voglis ( el, Γιάννης Βόγλης; 30 September 1937 – 20 April 2016) was a Greek actor.
Biography
Voglis was born in Athens and he studied at Pelos Katselis' drama academy. His father was from Asia Minor and his mother from ...
as Petros
*
Christos Negas as Alexis
*
Giannis Gionakis
Giannis Gionakis ( el, Γιάννης Γκιωνάκης; 1922 – 25 August 2002) was a Greek actor in film and theater.
Biography
Gionakis was born in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is ...
as Stratos
*
Petros Fyssoun as Symeon
* Thanasis Mylonas as Notis
* Dimitris Bislanis as Stathis Giokas
External links
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BFI database entry
1972 films
Greek war drama films
1970s Greek-language films
Greek World War II films
Greco-Italian War
Works about Greece in World War II
1970s war drama films
1970s Greek films
Films scored by Kostas Kapnisis
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