''Aera! Aera! Aera!'' ( el, Αέρα! Αέρα! Αέρα!; En. ''Hero Bunker'') is a 1972

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

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

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

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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 {{WWII-film-stub