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The five, concerns the five neomartyrs of the island of Samothrace in the period after the Greek Revolution of 1821 who were tortured by the Turkish conquerors when they returned to the island in 1836. Earlier, in the spring of 1821, the five officials decided to prosecute the Turkish tax collector from the island and to join the revolutionary climate of the time and thus for three months peace prevails. At the end of this period, however, at the end of August, Samothrace is surrounded by twenty warships, about three thousand soldiers invade the island and massacre about 8,000 people.

Among the cast with many Greek actors of film and television, the Hollywood star Manu Bennett stands out, known - among others, from the films Spartacus, Hobbit and Arrow. In fact, he accepted to play because he considers himself a philhellenic and in addition in the movie Spartacus he plays a Thracian rebel. Also, the film is a Greek production, which was based on the financing of exclusively Greek businessmen.