Plot: Taking cover at Fort Roupel in the north border of Central Macedonia, Greece, during the Nazis' attack, the seasoned combat leader, Lieutenant Colonel Georgios Douratsos, recounts the story of the Dovra Monastery battle in 1822 to the young Second Lieutenant, Kostis Delidimos. Back then--as, one after another the Greek towns and villages join the Revolution against the Ottoman Empire and the cause for liberty--the clandestine union of Kostis and Katerina in the secluded abbey grabbed the attention of Turkish officers, Mehmed Emin Pasha and Kehagia Bey, who readied 4,000 troops for deployment. Just like Douratsos and Delidimos, the convent's abbot, Father Gerasimos, along with a handful of defenders, swore to stand their ground and resist the enemy's assault waves at all costs. But, who shall live and who shall die when the siege is finally over
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