The Red Train
ELAS partisans infiltrate Athens to demolish the Allied headquarters at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Even though the operation is nearly impossible, considering the presence of Sir Winston Churchill, th…
The Red Train
ELAS partisans infiltrate Athens to demolish the Allied headquarters at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Even though the operation is nearly impossible, considering the presence of Sir Winston Churchill, they knowingly risk their lives. Captain Angelos and the soldier Memos participate in a group of experienced ELAS's guerrillas. The team assumes the dangerous mission to reach the center of Athens, under the control of the English and the Greek regular army, and blow up the headquarters of the British headquarters located in the hotel of "Great Britain". When after a fight they manage to reach and place the explosives, the order is revoked. Their headquarters were afraid of the consequences of the possible death of British Prime Minister Wilson Churchill, who suddenly arrived in Athens and so the whole business was canceled. —Tony Montana In 1944, following the German troops' evacuation of the Greek capital, a daring group of ELAS partisans, members of the Greek People's Liberation Army, embarks on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the heart of Athens, controlled by the British. It seems impossible, but they aim to demolish the Allied headquarters housed in the iconic Hotel Grande Bretagne. Risking life and limb, the saboteurs navigate through a maze of underground sewers to reach their target and plant explosives. However, the odds are stacked against them--Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Scobie, the general commanding officer of the British Land Forces in Greece, are expected to be present at the hotel. —Nick Riganas
The Red Train
Action,War
Film Details
ELAS partisans infiltrate Athens to demolish the Allied headquarters at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Even though the operation is nearly impossible, considering the presence of Sir Winston Churchill, they knowingly risk their lives. Captain Angelos and the soldier Memos participate in a group of experienced ELAS's guerrillas.
The team assumes the dangerous mission to reach the center of Athens, under the control of the English and the Greek regular army, and blow up the headquarters of the British headquarters located in the hotel of "Great Britain". When after a fight they manage to reach and place the explosives, the order is revoked. Their headquarters were afraid of the consequences of the possible death of British Prime Minister Wilson Churchill, who suddenly arrived in Athens and so the whole business was canceled.
—Tony Montana In 1944, following the German troops' evacuation of the Greek capital, a daring group of ELAS partisans, members of the Greek People's Liberation Army, embarks on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the heart of Athens, controlled by the British. It seems impossible, but they aim to demolish the Allied headquarters housed in the iconic Hotel Grande Bretagne. Risking life and limb, the saboteurs navigate through a maze of underground sewers to reach their target and plant explosives.
However, the odds are stacked against them--Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Scobie, the general commanding officer of the British Land Forces in Greece, are expected to be present at the hotel. —Nick Riganas.