The Man with the Carnation
The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS. The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Communist Party and officer of ELAS, that has come back to Greece…
The Man with the Carnation
The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS. The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Communist Party and officer of ELAS, that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of the USSR and executed. A photograph of his bearing a carnation has circulated internationally and gives the name of the film. —scanoni Going by the name of Kostas, Nikos Belogiannis, the former captain of ELAS--the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front, EAM--returns to Greece. It's been only a few years after the end of the Axis occupation during World War II and the Greek Civil War, and the Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras administration now aims to build bridges and facilitate peace and prosperity by turning the page on a sad chapter of Greek history. However, this initiative does not sit well with the allies of Greece--the United Kingdom and the United States, that kept funding Greece through the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan--and as a result, Belogiannis, and a handful of his comrades, find themselves incarcerated, tried, and executed by firing squad. —Nick Riganas
The Man with the Carnation
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The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS. The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Communist Party and officer of ELAS, that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of the USSR and executed. A photograph of his bearing a carnation has circulated internationally and gives the name of the film.
—scanoni Going by the name of Kostas, Nikos Belogiannis, the former captain of ELAS--the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front, EAM--returns to Greece. It's been only a few years after the end of the Axis occupation during World War II and the Greek Civil War, and the Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras administration now aims to build bridges and facilitate peace and prosperity by turning the page on a sad chapter of Greek history. However, this initiative does not sit well with the allies of Greece--the United Kingdom and the United States, that kept funding Greece through the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan--and as a result, Belogiannis, and a handful of his comrades, find themselves incarcerated, tried, and executed by firing squad.
—Nick Riganas.