7 Films & TV Shows Set In Greece During The 1930s
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Max Schmeling
New York 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece The 1930s The 1940sBased on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be killed in battle.
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Rembetiko
🇬🇷 Greece The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910srempetiko rembetiko mousiki — The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
🇪🇬 Egypt 🇳🇵 Nepal District of Columbia 🇬🇷 Greece 🇵🇪 Peru The 1930sIndiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS. — When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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A Woman at Her Window
🇬🇷 Greece The 1940s The 1930sGreece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.
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The Travelling Players
🇬🇷 Greece The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThis expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their own lives, as Elektra (Eva Kotamanidou) plots revenge on her mother (Aliki Georgouli) for the death of her father, and seeks help from her brother, Orestes (Petros Zarkadis), a young anti-fascist rebel.
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Days of '36
🇬🇷 Greece The 1930sThe assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage and the government prevaricates over tactics so as not to alienate potential political allies.
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In Which We Serve
🇬🇷 Greece The 1940s The 1930sYou'll Never Forget... In Which We Serve — The story of the HMS Torrin, from it's construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
