Kostas saves two naive people from a brutal beating. A pretty seamstress, Titika, who happens to come by, attends to his minor wounds, and they fall in love.
At the foot of Mount Chelmos, under the clear blue sky of the untamed Greek countryside, Thimios and Astero exchange vows of everlasting devotion. But, a wealthy suitor claims her, and the sun has now dimmed. Are they meant to be together?
Petros Doukas is a handsome young man from Athens, looking for love in an Aegean island. But he will find love in the eyes of the local Rina, who is engaged to a poor fisherman.
World War I is over, and in Greece, a new social class emerges, the "newly rich", slowly degrading the Athenians. The traditional society is critical and sarcastic towards their caprices, who constantly copy the Parisian eccentricities.
A crew of sponge-divers get tangled up with a gang of ruthless smugglers who plan to take advantage of their sponge fishing skills in order to bring to the surface priceless antiquities and then to smuggle them out of the country.
Maritsa is a lively girl who finds it difficult to live in the village, with her uncle, who is also the President of the community. The son of a major industrialist is persuaded by Maritsa to take her to Athens with him.
Two Greek soldiers are trapped in Asia Minor in 1922 trying to get back to their platoon. One of them, seriously wounded, encourages his fellow villager to leave him and save himself after promising to take care of his wife.
