Title: A Soldier's Sacrifice
Crew:
Director: Andreas Papageorgiou
Sound Effects: Georgio Fatama
Camera Man: Kyriakos Stoupanni
Writer: Dionysus Detrista
Actors:
George Stefanos as Admiral Tsacounis
Kyriakos Mavrostavros as Colonel Pofter
Haralmabos Distarana as Private Doukas
and others
Genre: War Movie
Age Group: M (Mature) 13+
Story line: This is a story about the heroic deeds of the Imperial Military Greek Soldiers fighting for freedom against the Ottoman Empire because of them destroying the Greek Culture and Religion. This is based on a true story
It was the year 1955 when the Ottoman Turkish Soldiers started to destroy and take down all the Greek Orthodox Churches in the area. The Priests were killed and the Archbishop of the area tortured and then scorched. Women were raped and killed and Children kidnapped to serve as Turkish Soldiers.
This was Sparta, and as this had happened to all the other cities of Imperial Military Greece, all had seemed lost. The Former Admiral of the Imperial Greek Navy, Kyriakos Tsacounis was being hunted down like a criminal. He was on a small Speed Boat only armed with a pistol with 5 bullets. He was being pursued by troops on the shore who were firing at him with their rifles. He was sure that he would perish like this and he was shot in the hip which forced him to fall off the speed boat and into the water.
As soon as he surfaced there was a sudden outburst of gunfire which ended the lives of the Turkish Riflemen. It was Colonel Grigoris Pofter who was with three other soldiers. He went up to the Admiral and asked if he could walk. The Admiral said he could not feel his legs but the Colonel put the Admirals arm over his shoulder and helped him out of the water. Colonel Pofter and his three men rushed to a cave they called their base. Private Andreas Doukas treated to the Admirals wounds and he soon made a full recovery.
After the recovery of the Admiral, Colonel Pofter had a target he had in his mind. That target was the port of Sparta, which the Turks had installed their navy and supplies for upcoming battles they were to endure from rebel groups who were against their law. Colonel Pofter's plan was to plant some napalm into one of the Air Craft Carrier's Engine which would blow up the magazine of the ship and hopefully the whole port with it.
In 1956 Colonel Pofter told Private Doukas that he needed him needed to distract the guards in the main entrance while Admiral Tsacounis would take out the guards in the back entrance. Doukas agreed and told the guards that he had an injured friend who was in need to their assistance. As soon as the guards were out of sight Tsacounis went into the back entrance and shot the guards with a silenced pistol in fatal spots. After the guards were dealt with Pofter planted the bomb in an Air Craft Carrier magazine and watched the whole port burst into flames.
Later in the year of 1957 the Colonel's base was found and had to be evacuated. The Turks knew they were still in the cave and offered the troops that if they surrender they will not kill them. Colonel Pofter told Private Doukas and Admiral Tsacounis to get out of the cave through the secret passage way. When Admiral Tsacounis hesitated Colonel Pofter smiled and said to Tsacounis "May God bless you and your family". When Admiral Tsacounis was a long distance away from the cave he saw it engulf in flames.