Exodos 1826

The good : B. Tsikaras makes a movie with no budget and resources but he organizes a team of many people successfully and I respect that. Also the direction of photography is amazing, D. stampolis delivered a visually interesting story. The bad : everything else. The script, acting, directing, action.

Α tasteless, badly made movie, without direction, script and performances. A total..."disaster" or just another failed pseudo historical movie that wished to be "epic"...A waste of time and resources, even if those were obviously restricted and insufficient. Probably, the worst movie of this category made in recent years, it can be paralleled with the equally ridiculous "Fetih 1453" of 2012.

There is no denying that this film has some obvious shortcomings. It moves slowly, it has rather weak dialogue and some of its parts lack authenticity. However, it triumphs in an area where almost every other Greek patriotic film has failed and that is the detailed depiction of the inner conflict between the protagonists' personal feelings and their commitment to the national cause. In films like "Papaflessas" or "Souliotes" we see the heroes talk of self-sacrifice so many times and so pompously that everything looks unreal and unconvincing. Here we are faced with the human emotion as it really is. These men know they are going to lose their lives, but they decide to go and fight. They know what they leave behind, but they are determined to aid their compatriots and they march on. They are plagued by feelings of doom, but they still continue with their perilous journey. This inner conflict is depicted masterfully in the gloomy faces of the heroes, their stoic silences, their raw reactions, their melancholic movements.

In short, "Exodos 1826" is a decent project and a fresh approach to the Greek patriotic film genre. It is not perfect, but it is undoubtedly a step forward.

Such a brilliant film for its very low budget! Exodos 1826 is a emotional film that shows how brave the men back then were, not only they marched to help their compatriots with risk of being spotted and killed on their way from the Turkish/albanian troops, but also they knew that the Battle of Mesolongi was very difficult and of doubtful outcome!

Worthy sons of their Hellenic name and origin!

Bravo, we need more films like those

You wait for something better when the last Greek film about the revolution 1821 was in 70's.Excluding the great landscapes and the terrific cinematography,the acting was very poor and the direction doesn't have the real feeling. I was waiting for a climax that never came , too pity !