All language subtitles for Cliffs.of.Freedom.2019.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG3_English

(HORSES STAMPEDING)

(HORSES NEIGHING)

NARRATOR: We see our ancestors
through the fabric of history,

as distant figures whose fates
and deeds

echo down through the ages
like ripples on a river.

(SCREAMING)
(BELL TOLLING)

They become mere shadows
that define an event.

Anonymous impressions
of triumph or tragedy

that fill our history books.

Through the distance of time,

details of what was, are lost.

(MAN WAILS)

Only simple impressions remain.

Of moments, actions, lives,
deaths.

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

The stories we tell ourselves

and our children
are not always what was...

but what we wish them to be.

Innocent victims. Daring escapes.

Unredeemable villains.

Defiant martyrs.

(CHILD YELLS, WOMEN EXCLAIM)

Sometimes, it is even the truth.

(WOMEN WAILING, BABY CRIES)

(SOLDIER SHOUTS IN TURKISH)

(CHILD CRIES)

(BABY COOS)

(SOLDIER SHOUTS)

MAN: Halt!

(BABY CRIES)

Look at my face, Turks,

and remember it well as you burn
in hell.

My sisters and their children
have gone to their freedom

and now I follow them to mine.

You will never conquer us.

(SPITS)

MAN: They would murder their own
children to rob the Empire

of future warriors.

Who are the barbarians here?

There was no sign of Stavros
in the village.

But that Greek spy
cannot evade us forever.

(RUSTLING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Is there anything more to be
done here, brother?

Captain?

There's nothing more here.

Send word to prepare a ship
for Istanbul.

The sultan must hear of this.

Captain Tariq requests a ship.

Kill any survivors left
in the village.

(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)

(TURKISH DANCE MUSIC,
INDISTINCT CHATTER)

So, tell me, cousin...

Mmm.

Mustapha?
Yes?

What good news do you bring to
our court from Tripolitsa?

I will allow Captain Tariq to
illuminate Your Highness

with our good news.

Your Highness, we have secured new
trade routes.

The flow of goods into the Empire
are more plentiful each day.

And your palace bears the proof
of this, Your Highness.

What also grows, Your Highness...

is the Greek appetite for
rebellion.

This hunger in their bellies is
not new.

After 400 years, have we not found
ways to curb such appetites?

I will not let my first year of
rule

be tarnished by such rebellion.

We will send more soldiers, we will
conscript more of their sons,

we will take their daughters,
and we will burn their lands.

We will starve them
out of the will to defy you.

Your Highness,
would we slaughter our cattle

to avoid a stampede?

(SIGHS)

I can hear the wisdom of your father
speaking through you, Tariq.

Your insights would have made
him proud.

And I trust that you will always
do right by me and the Empire.

But... the Greeks refuse our
good grace at their own peril.

I will leave you to your duties.

Thank you, Captain.

TARIQ: First it was Souli,
and now Levidi.

(WOMEN LAUGHING, CHATTING)

If the Empire continues on this
path,

we will have nothing left to rule in
Greece but gravestones and ruin.

The Ottomans have always ruled
with a bloody hand.

And that has been the lesson taught
to my fellow Greeks for centuries.

Yet it seems that the only
lesson they have learned

is that it is better to die
than to live under our rule.

Even their women and children saw no
hope nor future in living.

There must be a better path
to peaceful rule.

Oh, I see these women
and children

have at last impressed upon you

what this old man has been trying
to teach you for 20 years.

I know that now, Thanasi,
my old friend.

There's something else, isn't there?

What unsettles you?

On the cliffs,
there was a young Greek child.

All of her people lay dead on
the rocks below by their own hands.

I could have helped her join
them,

and yet I chose to spare her
life rather than take it.

I thought it merciful.

Perhaps.

But if you left her
to live in this world alone,

then you spared her nothing.

Only God knows
what will become of her.

I will never forget
the terror in those blue eyes.

(CHOIR SINGS)

BOY: Anna. Anna Christina?

(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Anna Christina, Mana wants you.

Where's your brother?
He's with Baba.

Then I will race you. Go!

Come on.
(BOTH LAUGH)

Better run faster than that.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SHEEP BLEAT)

Move along, practice here.

Demetri, Vangeli...

Bring a chair for your Yia Yia.

We thank God for the establishment
of the Ottoman Empire,

which has preserved our Orthodoxy
and sustained our very existence.

His great wisdom is extended to
us through the authority

and guidance...
There she is.

..of Sultan Mahmud II...
Have a seat.

..whom the faithful
are commanded to obey.

By the grace of the Sublime Porte...
(GUARD SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

...we share in the fruits
of their prosperity.

Thank you, Lord, for the Ottoman
overlords

who steal our food for their
pleasure...

MAN: Vangeli.

...homes for their comfort and
destroy all that is holy and Greek.

And all those you have placed in
authority over us.

Amen.
ALL: Amen.

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

Nicolaki, aim for my hand.
Yes, Baba.

This is the target.

(BOTH GRUNT)

Alexi, a little higher.
Try now, boys!

(BOTH GRUNT)

Good, that's it.
BOYS: Yes!

You will be freedom fighters yet.
BOYS: Yeah!

If only you could foresee
this sneak attack!

(ALL LAUGH)

Do my little brothers
look for a fight already, Baba?

They must be prepared to do
their part.

If the time comes.
(GUARDS SHOUT)

GUARD: Come, come!

GUARDS: Hyah!

When the time comes.

And it will.

(HORSE WHINNIES)

GUARDS: Hyah!

SOLDIER: Guards returning!

(SOLDIER SHOUTS IN TURKISH)

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

TARIQ: Field reports confirm

that Theodoros Kolokotronis
has returned to Greece

and that men from the villages
rally to his call for rebellion.

If the peasants believe that this
thief in exile

is their saviour,
then they are fools.

The sultan desires to keep peace,
so much as it can be kept.

Your closeness to the sultan does
not change the facts, Colonel.

We now fight insurrection
on several fronts.

As long as our steel is stronger
than their discontent...

we will maintain the peace
the sultan seeks.

Then we require more
information on these rebels.

If Kolokotronis recruits in nearby
villages like Valtetsi,

then that is where we must
start.

My Janissaries will ride into these
villages under the colonel's command

and show our strength
whilst seeking information

from our local informants.

I have a question.
Yes, Mustapha Bey?

Is there any more wine in that?

Oh, well. Never mind.

This same conversation,
it just grows so tiresome.

It's time for more pleasurable
company.

(WOMEN MUTTER)

(MUSTAPHA CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS) Your fascination with that
blade has not waned since childhood.

My father could not have gifted
you anything more suitable.

And I continue to honour
the great general he was

through every drop of heathen
blood that touches this blade.

The wars waged at the edges of the
Empire will soon be at our gates.

Let them come.

We will crush them as we always
have.

Why not discourage rebellion
rather than fuel it?

Let us limit the amount of blood
your blade must draw, if we can.

I have noticed your appetite
for war has much abated

through the years, Tariq.

And yours has not been
satisfied.

And we've always made a balanced
team, my brother-in-arms.

Fortunately, I have enough such
hunger for both of us

and will gladly cover your
share.

Your thirst for Greek blood
is too often exercised

for one who carries some of his
own, my friend.

If I cannot purge this
contamination from my own veins,

then I shall surely do so from
theirs.

My family never treated you
as any less than a Turk for it.

Do not let your own demons
cloud your perspective.

With respect, my demons are my
concern.

Then let our mere presence
keep the villagers in line.

Maybe we'll find the whereabouts
of that spy Stavros

that has vexed you for so many
years.

GUARD: Attention!

Open the gates for clearance
inspection.

GUARD: Open the gates!
GUARD: Open the gates!

We ride for Valtetsi
within the hour!

TINKER: You will not find better
quality than this, my friend.

How many times must we tell
them?

The merchants should be made to
stay clear of the palace gates.

See to it that he's moved
immediately.

(GUARDS MUTTER)

You see, Tariq?

There's no need for diplomacy.

One crack of the whip and these
old goats are just like lambs...

ready for the slaughter.

BABA: Anna!

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Baba?

(MUTTERS IN GREEK)

Almost ready, my friends!

(CLAPPING, CHATTERING, LAUGHTER)

PRIEST: Alexi! What a blessing to
celebrate your birth

on the Name Day of the Virgin.

Christo, Christo...

I now see why you've raised
the village taxes again.

The taxes are high for our
protection.

If you care to debate the matter,

you may speak to these
gentlemen, if you wish.

And that I wear
what befits a man of my station

is no concern of yours, boy.

(MUTTERS IN GREEK)

(MEAT SIZZLES)

Anna Christina.

Constantine.

May I have a word in private
about my proposal?

(CHATTING, LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

Two thousand piastres
is a meagre dowry

for your daughter
to carry the honour of my name.

She shares the name of her aunt,
Christina Kanelos.

It is she who would bring honour
to you.

Hmm.

Yes, well, either way,

I find it a good and advantageous
match for us both.

(SPITS)

Our family name will not be sullied

by marriage to a Turk collaborator.

A toast...

to my sister, Christina Kanelos,

whose defiance in death
keeps our dream of freedom alive.

May her spirit live on through
her sons, Demetri and Vangeli,

and in my beloved daughter,
Anna Christina.

Yamas.

ALL: Yamas

Best not mention your rebellious
relatives too loudly

lest the Turks consider it
an act of treason.

Even I, in my position,
cannot help you.

You can no more help me
"in your position"

than you could be of any use to my
daughter except to shame her.

He's not good enough for you.

(SIGHS, CHUCKLES)

Then am I not to marry?

You will one day, Anna-mou,
but not to a traitor like that.

Not at any price. You are destined
for greater things.

Get your uncle a chair.

(VANGELI MUTTERS)
Yes.

Where's my boys? My men?
BOYS: Here, Baba.

My young men.

Anna Christina.
Come sit by your Yia Yia.

I know it's a blessing
not having to marry Christo,

but another suitor unsuited to
the honour of our family's name.

Of my name.

And sometimes I fear that I'll
never be allowed to marry.

Why do you say that, child?

Each time I hear them toast
and honour Aunt Christina

I feel the burden of her name.

She was so strong.

I was just...

scared.

And then that man...

You were only eight years old,
paidaki-mou.

Imagination heals our memories
in the shadow of tragedy.

Do not let them mislead you.

It was not my imagination.
The Turk spared me.

I live because of him.

Listen to your baba.
(SIGHS)

There is no such thing as a good
Turk unless he is dead.

He must not have seen you, child.

I know what I saw.

Even if that were true,

a compassionate Turk would not have
lasted long in the Ottoman Empire.

I don't see why
you insist on believing it.

Then tell me what you do see,
Yia Yia.

What's in my future?

Will I fall in love
and marry a good man?

Maybe even one of my own choosing?

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

It says you will belong to a greater
family than ours, one day.

And...

you will fall for a great
warrior who fights for Greece.

A soldier, then.

From a prosperous family.

But is there something wrong
with that?

Will I be a widow?

True love requires great sacrifice.

I only see what the grinds tell me.

The rest is up to destiny
and to you.

(BELL TOLLING)

Clear the way!

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)
(WOMAN SPEAKS IN GREEK)

Boys, stay with your mother.

Demetri, Vangeli, we should arm
ourselves.

(SHEEP BLEATING)
I said clear the way!

FARMER: Please don't.
You're scaring the sheep!

Control your flock!
(GRUNTS)

(CROWD EXCLAIMS)

Is this a gathering
for the Friendly Society?

Back up, now!

(CROWD GASPS)

Does Kolokotronis use children
to fight his revolution?

(WINCES)

Stand down, now!

What is happening here?

They raise their rebels young,
Colonel.

But I will pluck this sprout
before it grows to weed.

Janissary, take the boy!

No!
No!

Our purpose here does not
involve the torture of children.

Age does not define an enemy.

Blood must flow or they will not
learn!

Stand down, Captain.

We have more pressing issues.

Indeed we have. Hyah!

Alexi, come here.

Baba!
Go, go.

(CROWD MURMURING)

Let's go.
No, wait, Baba.

Spread out. Bring me that tinker!

SOLDIER: Check all the houses!

Spread out.
He can't have gone far.

(SOLDIER SHOUTS IN TURKISH)

(PANTING)

Is it just coincidence
that we meet him in Tripolitsa

and now here again in Valtetsi?
(GROANS)

If I were a suspicious man...
(TINKER WHIMPERS)

I might think he followed us here.

BREATHING HEAVILY: I followed
no one.

And I mean no offence.

I sell and trade goods with many.

Then why run?

(GROANS)

I do not deliberately seek out
trouble

and I find no shame in running
from it.

Perhaps you do not trade,
but aid in the business

of your Friendly Society.

Your Filiki Eteria.

Might you even be Stavros,
the spy I seek?

I do not know this Stavros.

And I have no knowledge of any
Friendly Society. (URINATING)

Then we will educate you.

And you will reciprocate.

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

(PRAYS IN GREEK)

(PANTING) How can I tell you
something I do not know?

How can I be someone I am not?

I confess! I'm Stavros!
I am anyone you wish me to be!

Just please stop.

You are no Stavros.

A true rebel would hold his tongue
and die at my hand

before confessing. You are not
worthy of their Friendly Society.

(GRUNTS)

Now go back to your pitiful life

and thank the Greek gods
for your worthlessness.

Take him out
and dump him in the street.

(GASPING)

(HORSE TROTTING)

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)
(THUD)

(HORSE WHINNIES, GALLOPS)

Slash, like this.
That's good. Again.

Alexi, come help your sister.

Baba says I'm a freedom fighter.

We do not tie oregano.

(CHUCKLES)

I'm going to tell Mama what you...
(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)

Boys, boys!

(HORSES GALLOPING)

OK.

Go on.

Nico, get the other basket.
We should go.

Yes, Anna-mou.

YELLS: Anna! Anna Christina!

It's alright, boys.

That's a fine sword you have.

My apologies. I mean no harm to you
or your children.

Savas Ati was drawn to the water.

The waters are yours.

My brothers and I will take our
leave.

Look, Anna-mou.

Baba says butterflies are
our ancestors

and they're here to protect us.

I was also taught to believe that.

Are you a Greek?

A conscript?

No.

I am a Turk.

But my tutor, Thanasi, is Greek,
and to my great fortune

he proved a better teacher
than I a student.

You will make fast friends
if you feed him these.

Can we feed the horse?
Please?

He will not bite.

(GIGGLES)

What do you want from us?

My men should not have frightened
the child as they did.

He appears unaffected by the scare.

Good Savas Ati.

Children can forgive,
even when they can't forget.

And you?

Can you forgive?

Why would my forgiveness be of any
consequence to you and your men?

I ask only for me.

(HORSES WHINNIES, GALLOPS)
(SOLDIERS CHATTER IN TURKISH)

Please, I'm grateful for your help
in the square,

but I put my family in danger

and shame myself
if I'm seen with you here.

Please understand.

Boys, we should be on our way.

Nico, take my basket.

Lexi, don't forget your sword.

Sir?

Thank you, young one.

(SNIFFS)

Protect and care for your sister.

Bye.
Bye, Savas Ati.

Not a word of this to anyone.

Shh.

(TINKER GROANS)

I apologise for soiling your
fine barn, dear woman.

You are not the smelliest animal
I have taken into my yard,

but the most dangerous, perhaps.

You take great risk
to hide and care for me.

These eyes have seen many things.

Turks come into our village
with their assassins

demanding we honour their sultan.

If I knew a true rebel,

I would ask him to give an old Greek
woman her turn at these Turks.

You may indeed get your turn,
dear woman.

I would be proud to be your blade.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

I owe you my life.

Stavros Valvianos,
of the Filiki Eteria.

I am honoured to be gifted
with your kindness.

You will stay put and rest until
your new yia yia says differently.

So, this tinker you questioned...

was he not your elusive rebel,
Stavros?

ALL: CHUCKLING

Spies in our midst are no
laughing matter.

He will taste the blade of your
father's dagger soon enough.

But you must find him first.

A message from Tripolitsa
and your horse's laundry.

(BANGING ON TABLE)

Time to earn those fees you pocket,
tax man.

Oh, don't feign surprise.

The Greek who handles the honey
cannot resist licking his fingers.

(LAUGHING)

You did well today. Now we eat.

Yes, Baba.
Then we'll practice.

TARIQ: I must return
to Tripolitsa at once.

Look!

The Mustapha Bey calls an urgent
council.

It's Savas Ati!
Oh, it is!

The duties of a leader, eh?

Hmm.
(ALEXI, NICO CHATTERING)

You'd do well to watch that man.

I have it on good authority

that he travels well beyond
where a cheesemaker need journey.

Baba, can we feed the horse?

No! We go home. Come on, let's go.

Perhaps even as far
as the Friendly Society.

How can we trust his information?

If he is willing to stain his hands
with the blood

of his own countrymen,
he will do most anything

to gain favour for himself.

I have found his information
to be as reliable as his greed.

Then pay him to gather news
on Stavros and Kolokotronis.

Until his accusations are proven
true,

observe the cheesemaker's
activities,

but do no more until I return.

(CLEARS THROAT, SNIFFS)

Be patient, Stavros.

Patience puts you at greater
risk with these Turks in town.

I must leave as soon as possible.

Patience is a virtue I gained

when I lost several of my family
to these invaders.

Where is your family?

They must worry for you.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

The Filiki Eteria is my family now.

They unite us in our loss
and bond us through our faith.

And if you are ever in need,
hang this in your doorway.

I'm never far.

(SIGHS) And I will not forget
what you've done for me.

Hmm.

I am at your mercy, good woman.

Even with a weapon,
I stand disarmed.

I am Tariq.

And I am no one you should be
talking to.

Your precision is impressive.
(SCOFFS)

It does not surprise me

that the greatest compliment
you can give a lady

is on how she wields a blade.

Where did you learn
to cut like this?

My mother.

Really?

She taught me to relax
and let the blade find the cut.

Must you swing as if the hay
were your enemy?

Your blade meets with many
who are not your enemy,

yet you wield it with little
compassion.

My concern is only with your safety.
There is little room for error.

There's never room for error
as a Greek.

But you know this.

It is your people who make the rules
that my people must live by.

There is something about you.

Something I haven't seen
in a long time.

But I cannot recall what it is.

I remind a lot of people
of the past.

It seems to be my curse.

I meant no offence.
(SIGHS)

Then why do you treat us
with such cruelty?

Are we really so different?

You and me.

(SIGHS) Civility is often overlooked
when maintaining order.

The Empire will do whatever is
needed to protect its interests

and its people.

Must that include the torture
and killing of innocents?

We do no more to you and yours
than you would to us,

if given the chance.

Greek or Turk,
men seek what others have...

and will fight to the death
to possess it.

I do not believe
that's the only way.

(SIGHS)

Then you would do well
to believe these words.

It has been reported
that your father is a rebel spy.

Wait, what?

And a traitor to the Empire.

But he's merely a cheesemaker.

Wait, who-who would accuse him
of such treason?

He should limit his travels
and stay close to home.

At least until my return from
Tripolitsa.

Tariq.

Why do this?

Why warn me?

Because I once thought I was saving
a life by doing nothing,

but now...

I have come to believe that doing
something is a greater service.

A-Anna Christina.

My name is Anna Christina.

Hmm.

Hyah!

How is it you were so familiar
with this Turk

that he could tell you this?

Have I failed to teach you
right from wrong, daughter?

And why would he say such things
and not tell you

who seeded these lies?

Every Turk has his game

and it is never to our benefit.

Baba, someone in the village has
betrayed you.

I believe Tariq spoke the truth.

Tariq.

You may know his name
and believe his truth,

but he's a devious Turk.

There is no other kind.
That's not true.

He's different. He has good in him.

Why would you make such a claim?

Has he bewitched you?

ALEXI: Take that!

Because he's the Turk
who spared me on the cliffs.

No, not this again. Boys, please.

When I saw him in the square,
I knew it was him.

It is him.

I'll never forget
the kindness in his eyes.

Kindness?

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

What kindness did he show

driving your aunt Christina,
and her newborn to their deaths?

Did you speak to him?

No. No.

No, I don't think he recognised me.

I did not answer him.
He-He was on his horse, and I...

When can we see
the man with the horse again?

You put your brothers
in harm's way as well?

What were you thinking?
You don't understand.

I don't understand how my daughter
would act

with such careless disregard.

If we have caught the attention
of the Turkish soldiers,

then we are no longer safe here.
We must leave Valtetsi.

If we leave, it will only confirm
their suspicions.

Baba...
You.

Stay away from this Turk...

no matter who you think him to be.

Do not disobey me. I forbid it.

Yes, Baba.

(GUARDS: INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

The sultan has commanded
that we send another 5,000 troops

to the north. Troops that we can ill
afford to spare from Tripolitsa.

As it is, Kolokotronis and his Greek
rebels grow bolder.

To the point we cannot justify
moderation.

The council has already sanctioned
more severe punishments

to compensate
for the lack of troops.

When Sunal gets wind of this...

he will not hesitate to exact
reprisals from any Greek he meets.

Then you must order him back
to Tripolitsa immediately.

(SOLDIERS: INDISTINCTLY SHOUTING)

(SHEEP BLEATING)

What could you have possibly
done that requires an escort

for something
you do by yourself all the time?

Is this about the man that they say
was hidden in Yia Yia's stables?

(BELL TOLLS IN DISTANCE)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Captain Sunal, sir!

Colonel Tariq commands you to return
to Tripolitsa immediately.

You tell him that until we
capture and question the spy...

Captain, his orders are immediate.

Hyah!

Ready the horses.

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

(BELL TOLLING)

MAN: The Turks are leaving!
MAN: Good riddance.

I need a word with you, cheesemaker.

How is it you so cleverly disguise
your insurrection

against the Empire?

I don't know what you mean.

I've been told that a Vakrinos
spies for the Filiki Eteria.

Have I been misinformed?

Your information is false.

I have nothing to hide.

I do not know where you get your
information, but it is not true.

I am a cheesemaker.

Nothing more.

Constantine...
Go back inside, watch over the boys.

If not you...

then what of this one?
(GASPS)

Please, I beg of you.

Let her go.

Is she the spy in your household?

(SOBS)
Let her go.

The boys need their mother.

Then tell us what you know, traitor!

(CROWD GASPS)
I know nothing!

(CROWD MURMURING)
(CHILD CRIES)

If you do not wish to watch
her die...

perhaps you'd prefer
to watch her beg for your life.

Please!

(SOBS) For the sake of our
children, please. (GASPING)

Surely your mother would have wanted
better from you.

You know nothing of my mother.

No!
(CROWD SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(YELLS IN GREEK)

(GUNSHOT ECHOES)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS)

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

Varvara.

(CHOKING, EXHALES)

(SOBBING)

(GRUNTS)

(CROWD SCREAMING, EXCLAIMING)

(GRUNTS)

Fetch me the tax collector.
He will answer for this.

Captain, we must leave. Our orders.

(BABY CRIES)

I, too, protect my brother.

(SOLDIERS SPEAKING IN TURKISH)

VANGELI: Demetri, go check on Yia
Yia. Make sure she's safe. Go!

Yia Yia, what is it?
What has happened?

God sees fit to bring more of my
family closer to Him...

and my heart breaks for it.

Oh, God!

(SOBS)

(CROWD SHOUTING, SCREAMING)

CHRISTO: Sunal, what have you done?

SUNAL: Me? How will you account
for the Empire's assets

lost here today, tax man?

Behold your handiwork, Christo.

You promised me a spy,
but you have yielded me nothing.

CHRISTO: WHIMPERS

He has a daughter and she...
she surely knows his secrets.

SUNAL: Now you tell me his daughter
is a spy? Do you take me for a fool?

CHRISTO: No.

(GRUNTS)

SUNAL: Let's go.

No!

(GASPS)

Mana!

Mana? Baba!

Baba!

Nico!

Alexi!

(SCREAMING)

No!

Stop!

Nico!
You can't!

DEMETRI: MUTTERS IN GREEK

God help us!
Help!

(SOBS) Help!

(SOBBING)

DEMETRI: Father Almighty...

in the name of thy beloved son,
our hope,

who gave himself
for a ransom to death,

and we were held fast
and continue so to this day.

TARIQ: Believing every rumour
of Greek rebellion

would have us chasing our own
tails all over the Peloponnese.

We must find the truth of it.

What news of Valtetsi?

Have the rebels found a foothold
there, so close to Tripolitsa?

Valtetsi is no threat
for the moment.

They're too busy mourning a spy
and his traitorous family.

Did you recapture
and kill the tinker?

I told you...
No! It was the cheesemaker.

Were you able to extract
any information from this spy?

He fought like a bull,
yielded nothing.

There was no choice but to put
him down.

An unfortunate turn of events...

for his family as well.

Were you not given orders to keep
them in line until my return?

A revolution is upon us.

Interrogating spies
is of more value to the Empire

than simply keeping them in line.

And who are you to decide that?

Would it not have been better to
have kept him alive until he broke?

He would not break.
(CHUCKLES)

But I'm told he has a daughter
who still lives.

She may be of no consequence, but I
have informants seeking her capture.

Find the real rebels. Do not waste
your time on this, Sunal.

Indeed. Chasing after some young
girl...

is my job.

Speaking of which, I'll be in my
chambers. (CHUCKLES)

You have your orders.
May the Ottoman Empire prevail!

(DOOR CLOSES)

You disobeyed my direct orders
and slaughtered innocent Greeks!

Do so again

and I will have you removed
from your post.

Do you punish me for killing a spy?

One day, you will remember
to see them as I do, my friend.

Your mind is clouded by the pipe.

He killed an entire family.

And now he seeks to hunt down
an innocent girl.

Sunal is a professional assassin.

He performs his duty,
however heinous,

and shows his allegiance
to the Empire.

You sound like a Turk, Thanasi.

And you a Greek...

which is infinitely more dangerous.

Now, Tariq...

(SIGHS) I laud your sensitivities,
and you know that.

But this open display will be taken
as weakness by your peers

and even used against you.

Then you will be able to
help no one.

My judgment is sound.

Is it?

Whatever this girl is to you,

I must counsel you to leave her be.

No good will come of this.

You have a kingdom to protect.

Thanasi...

I must ask you to do something
for me in Valtetsi.

(MOURNERS WAILING, SOBBING)

PRIEST: As we come together
on this darkest of days,

in sorrow and in grief,

let us pray.

Amen.
ALL: Amen.

Your Aunt Christina's scarf
gave me comfort

when she was returned
to the earth,

and now I hope
that it can do the same for you.

(WAILING, SOBBING CONTINUES)

Anna.

VANGELI: Thank you for your prayers.
Anna.

VANGELI: My family appreciates it.
Anna Christina.

Anna Christina, may I offer my
sincerest condolences.

Please know that my offer
of marriage is still yours.

With these Turks at hand, the safest
place for you is with me.

I have resources.

I can give you a home
and I will be your family.

She still has a home
and she still has a family.

I'm merely making...
Walk away.

I am merely extending her comfort.

Then comfort her by your absence.

VANGELI: Keep walking.

(SOBBING)

Constantine!

Please.

No, no, no!

Shh...

Alexi.

Baba.

(EXHALES, SNIFFS)

With these signs,
I mark thy passing...

and pray they will guide thee...

to thy final judgement
and eternal rest.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Anna Christina?

I am unfamiliar with this prayer,
this tribute.

Is this a local tradition?

It's my own prayer.

I have learned too well in my
life that...

friend or foe...

the dead must be guided to their
rest.

Were you a friend of my father's?

Alas, no.

My name is Thanasi.

Where did you get that?

Ah.

Well, you and your brothers
gave this to a mutual friend.

Um... It is his wish
that it be returned to you.

He shares your grief...

and asks for a moment of your time.

Tell your friend

that our friendship died
with my family.

I am deeply sorry for your loss.

Please leave now.

It's the only courtesy I can extend.

Of course.

But... may I?

(BELL TOLLING)

DEMETRI: Anna-mou.
YIA YIA: Leave her be.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTANCE)

(RATTLING)

(HORSE BLUSTERS)

(ANNA CHRISTINA SNIFFLES)

(MAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)

To Him, we belong,
and to Him we shall return.

Anna Christina.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Why do you desecrate the memory
of my family by coming here?

This is not the memory of your
family.

Your memories are warm
and full of life.

This is no place for you
and your grief.

Nor is it a place for you, after
what you and your men have done.

It was my captain, Sunal, that
brought this torment upon you.

And you cannot control your dogs?

It was done on my watch

and I carry this disgrace
upon my conscience.

Then disgrace weighs upon us both.

I told my father...

that you were good
and could be trusted.

I did not order this.

My intent was to save him
and to protect you.

Then why?

I search my soul
for the same answers. Believe me.

I did believe.

For a dozen years, I believed.

(SOBS)

Why must you come
and bring death into my life again?

What?

You.

You and your men brought death
and destruction

to the village of Levidi.

My aunt, Christina, led the women
and children over the cliffs.

Have you not brought me
and so many others

enough unspeakable grief?

(EXHALES) This...

this belonged to my aunt,
Christina Kanelos,

who died in defiance
against the Turks.

Against you!

Do you remember now?

I remember all of it.

I am haunted every day
by their sacrifice.

None of it has left me.

And none of what your men have
done will leave me, not ever.

I will avenge the deaths
of my family

and see your captain slain for it!

Baba was right.

The only good Turk is a dead one.

(SWORD UNSHEATHES)

Then take your revenge with my
own blade.

Honour your family
and make me a good Turk.

I deserve no less
for the pain I've caused you.

(GRUNTS)

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(GASPING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

You were right.

There's nothing more here.

(SIGHS)

You wear our mother's scarf
with grace.

You bring honour to our family,
Anna-mou.

Honour does not comfort me
in my loss.

When they died,
I buried Anna with them.

I'm not that girl anymore.

I will wear her scarf and fight
in her name, as Christina.

I understand and feel your grief.

It will weigh heavy
on your heart for some time.

But the pain will become bearable
and the wound will heal.

I have no desire to heal
this wound.

This was your godson, Alexi's.

Wear it in remembrance of him.

And this was Nico's.

Wear it in remembrance of him.

Remember their innocence
in life and in death.

Pray for their souls
and for mine.

For today, I make a vow...

to avenge the deaths of our family.

Child, you will be avenging no one.

I'm not a child, Father.

My family's bones lie
at the foot of these cliffs

and beneath hallowed ground.

Have I not earned the right
to seek justice for them?

To pledge vengeance is a sin.

And when the Turks slaughtered
my family,

was that not a sin in God's eyes?

You must follow what is right
in your own heart.

VANGELI: And I will travel with you.
I will go and fight as well.

And pray for God's will
and protection.

Then together,
we will find our solace in steel

with those who fight
against the Turks.

They will chase their destinies
with the Filiki Eteria.

Join those hidden rebels?

How will you even find them?

I may have a way.

VANGELI: Sighs.

Patience. Moment.

Ah.

Stavros. Ah!

(SNIFFLES, CHUCKLES)

I knew you would come.

I was told you have business
that involves killing Turks.

Who of you will be coming with me?

VANGELI: All three of us.

YIA YIA: I will tend the
flowers in your mother's garden.

If it is God's will, as long as they
thrive, you will be safe.

Get your things.

We need to reach the camp
before nightfall.

DEMETRI: I'll miss you, Yia Yia.
YIA YIA: Mmm.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Your father's cross.

Stavros, take care
of my grandchildren.

STAVROS: I will protect them
with my life.

(SIGHS)

DEMETRI: What is this place?

STAVROS: The home of the Salas,
and their poor Greek village,

until the Turks came
and took everything from them.

Now it only serves as a-a home
for their ghosts.

And us. (WHISTLES)

MAN: All clear, boys.

(REBELS CHATTERING IN GREEK)

MAN: Welcome back, Stavros.

(ALL GREET IN GREEK)

Turks are fair game for your
thievery,

but never steal from your own
people again

or else you're no better than a Turk
and we will treat you as one!

(BOTH SPEAK IN GREEK)

(REBELS MURMURING)

We're in need of volunteers.
What did you bring us?

My brother and I.
We're strong. We can fight.

If you come with Stavros,
you're more than welcome.

But you must go.

DEMETRI: They slaughtered her
family.

Her grief is deep, but her anger is
deeper. Let her fight.

MAN: We all grieve from loss.

We cannot afford the distraction.

You must leave in the morning.

DEMETRI: She must stay, please.

MAN: Go.

VANGELI: Don't worry,
you're not going anywhere.

Please, if you doubt her ability,
I will fight for the both of us.

Tell us what to do.
What is the plan?

(SIGHS) We wait for orders.

General Kolokotronis will send word
for us any day now.

We are sure of it.

So, what? There's no plan to fight?

The plan, dear boy, is to stay alive
until we are ready to strike.

What do we do until then?

STAVROS: We pack and keep moving.

But we just arrived.

That's the life of a freedom
fighter.

Remain vigilant
and stay on the move...

or death will grab you.
(GASPS)

He's ready to run
at a moment's notice.

You, my boy, will be the new
camp courier,

so this old man can rest
his weary legs.

(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

He will change his mind about me.

We will change his mind about you.

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

(RUSTLING)

(CHILD GIGGLES)

(GIGGLING CONTINUES)

Nico?

Alexi?

(GASPS)
Shh!

(GRUNTS)

(MUFFLED GRUNTING)

If you desire to stay,

here's how you can serve your
countrymen.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(FABRIC RIPPING)

(GRUNTS)

(GASPING)

(CURSES IN GREEK)

Anna! Anna!

(REBELS INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN: Wait! Back!

Christina.

Wait.

This thief got what he deserved.

His actions shame us all.

Do not doubt me.

My blade will taste the blood
of anyone who violates my honour,

Turk or Greek!

(SNIFFLES)

With this sign, I mark thee dead...

and pray it will take you
to your final judgement.

(MEN MURMURING)

Can I be there...

when you tell her
she still has to leave tomorrow?

DEMETRI: Christina.

VANGELI: Gregory,
I don't understand.

Why are we still just sneaking
around,

moving camp from one place
to another?

At least Demetri's trips
back to the village

brings us news and supplies.

When are we going to fight
the Turks?

(CHUCKLES) Patience, my boy.

We have to keep moving
so the Turks cannot find us.

We must stay in hiding so we can
be ready

for when General Kolokotronis
gives us orders.

Does he even know we exist?

The general knows

that there are many groups like ours
in the mountains awaiting his word.

To do what? Fight?

(SCOFFS) Most of our weapons
are old farming tools.

We could always till the Turks
to death.

(LAUGHS)

STAVROS, WHISPERING: Shh! Be quiet.

Stay down.

(HORSE WHINNIES)

GREGORY: See?
(SOLDIERS CHATTERING)

That is why we avoid engaging
with them.

We're no match for their firepower.

We have a rifle.

Against two dozen trained soldiers
also with rifles? I think not.

Their camp blocks our only
passage up. How do we get past them?

We move quietly, behind those trees.

(GREGORY SPEAKS GREEK)

Stay close to me, Anna-mou.

Come on.

Alarm! Alarm!
(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)

GREGORY: Run!

Now!

Hold them off!
There, now!

(SOLDIERS YELLING)

Go! Get down!

(GRUNTS)

(MUFFLED GUNFIRE)

(EXHALES)
(VANGELI GROANS)

(MUFFLED GUNFIRE CONTINUES)

(MUFFLED SHOUTING)

(COUGHS)

(MUFFLED GUNFIRE,
SHOUTING CONTINUES)

Baba?

(COUGHS)

For you, Baba.

(SOLDIERS SCREAMING)

(COUGHING)

(SNIFFLES, EXHALES)

(SPEAKS GREEK) Did you do this?

My father guided me.

REBEL: Any Turks alive?

REBEL: No, all the Turks are dead.

GREGORY: I've found one alive!

Down!

(SOLDIER BREATHING SHAKILY)

With this sign, I mark thee dead.

May it carry you to your final
judgement.

(SOLDIER WHIMPERING)

Do you know the Janissary captain,
Sunal?

Then you will deliver this message
to him.

I am the daughter
of Constantine Vakrinos.

By calling me a rebel,
he has made me one.

I will hunt until it is his blood
that I wipe from my blade.

Vangeli: Hyah!
(HORSE WHINNIES)

(REBELS CHATTERING
AND CHEERING IN GREEK)

Open every crate, saddlebag
and barrel. Take all that is useful.

That cannon,
hitch it to one of the horses.

Christina.

REBEL: Check the bodies.

We won't have to wait for the
general to call upon us, after all.

Thanks to you, we now have a reason
to call upon him.

She said what?

Well, Captain Sunal, you've made
yourself a dangerous enemy.

We all know how women can be.
(CHUCKLES)

The caravan travelled with 20 men
and was heavily armed.

How is it only you survived?

They were no more than 12 men
and we engaged them...

when she appeared from the mist.

She moved through the thick
of battle like a ghost.

And no harm came to her.

The explosion killed
most of our men.

She marked me as a dead man.

She's a sorceress. Bewitched!

She is an ordinary girl
of no consequence

who mocks the feebleminded!
Now get out of my sight!

Superstition will not be our
undoing.

Nor will it save these farmers
from our retribution.

MAN: Double the escorts
for all transports.

This must not happen again.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You've made quite an impression
on both Greeks and Turks.

I'm not trying to impress anybody.

And this is why you have.

Your cousin does not understand
what an asset she is.

Word of what she's done has spread
to other villages, other camps.

VANGELI: And to the Turks as
well, no doubt.

Yes, but they underestimate us.

The Greeks have nothing.

Just a few more farmers with
weapons.

Find us another route
through the mountains.

STAVROS: Our fighters see in her
the essence of what we fight for.

Our wives, mothers, daughters.

They'll protect her
with their lives.

And the Turks?

I know what they should see.

(GRUNTING)

GREGORY: It was Vangeli's idea.

And we've sent word
to all the other camps.

We will leave a common signature.

Your signature.

It will confound the Turks

and make them think
that you are everywhere.

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

I've received word that the sultan

is sending reinforcements
and munitions.

So do stop worrying,
Colonel Tariq.

(REBELS SPEAKING GREEK)

They said they wanted to join
the "camp of Christina."

Your legend precedes you.

As it always has.

Then perhaps you should let it.

What do you mean?

Christina, you carry
these men's hopes and fears

through your courage.

And in return, they are ready
to carry your legend into battle.

Honour that.

(ALL GRUNTING, SHOUTING)
REBEL: For Christina!

SOLDIER: She is a sorceress.

MUSTAPHA: Five caravans in
as many weeks?

They dare us to retaliate.

GREGORY: That's enough.
Now seal it up and bury it.

Mark this spot well.

(SOLDIER SPEAKS TURKISH)

(MUTTERS)

REBEL: We ought to give her
a nickname.

Something fierce
to strike fear in the Turks.

She should be
the Hand of Vengeance.

The Maiden of the Mountains.

My name is Christina.
That's who I am.

That should be enough
to make them remember.

She's right.

Let the Turks know and fear
our real names.

I'm tired of being told who I am.

And who I'm supposed to be.

No good can come
from being told such a thing.

But you've helped all of us
figure out who we are.

GREGORY: To Christina!

ALL: To Christina!

STAVROS: Let our hands
be your vengeance.

Let the Turks know fear
when they hear your name.

She turns our men into frightened
rabbits and she mocks us!

How can a peasant girl
outwit my soldiers?

Find her and kill her.

Killing her will only make her
a symbol, Your Eminence.

Then I will defile that symbol

to break their spirit.

I will find her, Your Eminence.

Deliver the girl unharmed!

I will decide her fate.

She is in danger. I need to find
a way to speak with her.

I have no wish to see
more Greeks die.

But consider the consequences.

If you are caught
with an enemy of the Empire,

and, more importantly,
the property of the bey,

there may be no redemption for you.

If I help her, I risk my life.
If I don't, I risk hers.

There may be no redemption
for me either way, my friend.

Please go to Valtetsi
and find me a way to reach her.

I will do my best.

GUARD: Open the gate!

SUNAL: Summon the tax collector.

I'm holding him to his promise.

How is it you knew my son?

My apologies, dear lady,

but your son and I were not
acquainted.

You come to his burial
and now to his garden,

yet you did not know him.

So what is your business here?

My name is Thanasi. I am tutor
to one who serves the sultan.

I've come here to ask your help
regarding your granddaughter.

And why would I help a Greek...

who pledges loyalty to a Turk?

Because as Greeks...

you and I have seen much over
the years.

And we both know that changing
the course of mighty rivers

begins with wayward pebbles catching
each other against the current.

And my granddaughter
is one of these pebbles?

She is.

My master could be, too...

so long as we can find a way

to nurture their hopes
instead of crushing them.

Who was that man, Yia Yia?

Does he bring trouble?

He does, indeed.

But wrapped in promise.

You must get a message
to Christina for me.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I have a message for you.

Kolokotronis...

calls for a gathering
of all the freedom fighter camps

in the mountains.

We're ready to take the fight
to the Turks at last!

(ALL CHEER)
Yes!

Yes!
Christina.

Yia Yia wishes for a meeting
with you at the cenotaph.

Do you recall where it is?

I thought Aunt Christina's shrine
had been lost.

No.

No. We moved it to a cave
in the canyons west of Valtetsi.

VANGELI: It's hard to find
and it's less travelled.

When we move camp I'll escort
you there.

Yia Yia still burns the kandili oil
for your mother.

Yes, she does.

And your first tribute at her
funeral still guards this place.

I remember making it.

I put all my sorrow and guilt
into this.

(SIGHS) And now it fuels our
rebellion.

(SNICKERS)

Your mother would want us to...
(RUSTLING)

Yia Yia?

Christina, stay behind me.

We've been betrayed.

What have you done to our
grandmother? Where is she?

She is safe in the village.

Without her help,
I would not be here.

She would never trust a Turk.
Christina, this is a trap.

Why do you haunt me still?

You know this man?

He does not trust me.

Nor should he.

To him, I'm just a Turk.

A killer of Greeks.

Is that who I have become to you
as well?

Why are you here?

There have been
some developments in Tripolitsa.

You are not safe.

So, your captain, Sunal,
has received my message?

He has.

As did the court
of the Mustapha Bey.

Sunal rides with his men
in search of you.

Let him come.

My hatred for him is greater
than my fear.

Do you understand that it is my fear
for you that brings me here?

The bey has ordered you be brought
back alive, for his harem.

Come with me,
and I can protect you.

You'd see me delivered to a man who
would enslave me for his pleasure?

Please, Christina.
You must trust me!

She will trust no one. Especially
a man who seeks her capture.

I seek only her safety.
Why?

We're enemies.

"I do not believe that is the only
way." You told me that once.

Though Sunal has the blood
of both Greek and Turk,

he cannot see its value.
We can choose better.

I did not choose this.

He brings this fight to me
and I will not run from it.

Nor will I be captured
and made a slave!

You know I cannot go with you.

Then at least allow me this.

(COOS)

He is one of my fastest.

No matter where you release him,

he will return to me
with your message.

I've always wondered
why they don't just fly free.

There is only one thing he desires
more than his freedom.

I have his mate.

I must go now.

The others will worry soon.

I worry now.

Christina, we can't just let him go.

A war weighs upon us both.

I look to you to keep her safe.

To do so, learn to cock your
pistol first.

Your father turns in his grave!

You have betrayed everything
that he died for!

He saved my life. He's a good man.

How can you put your trust
in a Turk?

One you barely met.

(SCOFFS) I've known him in my heart
for a dozen years.

Vangeli...

you must trust me.
(BIRD COOS)

And tell no one, not even Demetri.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

My captain demands to know where to
find the cheesemaker's daughter.

Such important information
I will impart to Captain Sunal,

not his errand boy.
Tell me, now!

Or shall I tell the captain that
you've outlived your usefulness?

Her cousin, Demetri,
he goes in and out of the woods.

He can lead you to her.

He's in the church right now.

Pray that you are right
about this cousin of hers.

(GRUNTS)

I'm merely here to pray. (GRUNTS)

How dare you desecrate the Lord.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, GASPS)

MAN: Traitor!

MAN: Christo!
(CROWD SHOUTS)

(CLATTER)

(GASPS)

WOMAN: Burn the house down!

CHRISTINA: That traitorous bastard!

Christo will pay for this!

Forget about the tax man.
What about Demetri?

The Turks took Demetri to get to
us. To get to me.

They mean to divide our attention.
We must not let them succeed.

I am sorry,
but it is all we can do for now.

But we will think of something.

That's not enough!
Vangeli.

That's not enough.
We have to do something.

He's been taken to Tripolitsa.

So we may have a chance.

You would trust a Turk
with Demetri's life?

He's a good man and he will help us.

Rumours place the greatest number
of these rebels

in Valtetsi, Your Eminence.

Then take that village

and rid it of those peasants
once and for all.

I will not tolerate this

from a bunch of bandits,
farmers and a girl!

(WHIP CRACKING)
(YELLING, GROANING)

SUNAL: Again!
(YELLS)

(GASPING)
(WHIPPING, SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)

(PANTING)

TARIQ: Have you broken this one yet?

Sadly, this "simple shepherd"

seems most uninformed
as to the rebels' whereabouts.

Then throw this garbage
back out into the street

to serve as a warning.

(DISTANT WHIPPING,
SCREAMING CONTINUES)

He's the cousin of the girl we seek.
He's of greater importance...

Greater importance than
the preparations for war, Captain?

The bey has just given new
orders to attack Valtetsi.

So we may not know
where the rebels are now,

but we know where they will be.

So waste no more time here.

That is my direct command.

As you wish, Colonel.

Release him.
(GUARD SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

(CUFFS UNLOCK)
(DEMETRI GRUNTS)

(DEMETRI BREATHES HEAVILY)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

Let me tell you what I will do
to you if I see your face again!

WHISPERS: I apologise for the blows.

Your cousin, Christina, sends
her regards. I do this for her.

Find your friends in the Greek
quarter

and get out of the city
as quickly as you can.

Say you were released
because you knew nothing.

LOUDLY: Do you understand?

DEMETRI: Yes.

(DEMETRI GRUNTS)

Now get him out of here!

(GUARD SPEAKS TURKISH)

You risk too much.

Your father trusted me to teach
you the ways of the Greeks

so that you could govern wisely,

not risk your position
by betraying your own people!

You taught me that true leaders must
stand on the side of what is right.

To speak for both Greek and Turk.

Should I not be such a leader now?

It is a sacrifice
I'm willing to make.

I need you to see that that man
leaves the city safely.

See to it that this man
gains a shadow.

Yes, sir.

God truly smiles on your
brother, Vangeli.

It seems we have friends
in high places.

A Greek supporter in the palace,
no doubt.

I'd like to meet our friend
from Tripolitsa, shake his hand.

So would I.
But he's not safe yet.

It's a certainty that the Turks will
try and follow him to locate us.

But this time, we will be ready
for them.

It seems you were right
about your good Turk.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MAN SPEAKS TURKISH)

(THANASI SPEAKS GREEK)

(PANTING) Demetri.

Come here.

(DEMETRI GRUNTS)

CHRISTINA: Demetri.

What have they done to you?

(DEMETRI GROANS)
(CHRISTINA GASPS)

I'm alright.

Yia Yia, what are you doing here?

YIA YIA: I insisted
on seeing for myself

how my grandchildren
are living in rebellion.

And I could not get her to stop
pestering me about seeing you.

VANGELI: With an imminent attack on
Valtetsi, she's safer here.

Thank you.

I counted at least three or four
Turks trailing us on horseback

just around that bend.

STAVROS: Then let us welcome them.

We attack on my signal.

CHRISTINA: Demetri,
get Yia Yia to safety.

SOLDIER: We must tell Captain Sunal.

(WHISTLE, MEN YELLING)

(ALL GRUNTING)

Attack! Come on!

(GREGORY SHOUTS IN GREEK)

Vangeli, take some men,
check the road.

Christina, stay here
and be vigilant.

There may be more
in the surrounding forest.

VANGELI: Come here, with me.

(BIRD SCREECHES, WINGS FLAP)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(TWIG SNAPS)
(GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

(CHRISTINA BREATHES SHAKILY)

Why?

Oh, God.

Why did you come here?
Why did he send you?

He does not know I came.

Nor that the wagon was followed.

But why, Thanasi?

How could this have happened?
And by my hand.

Please, Anna...

Listen. You must listen.

The closer you draw Tariq to you,

the tighter the noose draws
around his neck.

I-I will die, but if he dies...

If his own people believe him
a traitor...

then the best hope
for our people dies with him.

Promise me...

you will not turn him
from his destiny.

Promise.

Wait, wait, wait. (GASPING)

The woods are clear.

Who is he?

GREGORY: This mark
says he worked for the Turks.

(SNIFFLES) He's a Greek.

I knew him. He deserves our respect.

He may be a Greek, Christina,

but he's a traitor
and deserves no respect.

If he is one who helped free
Demetri,

then he deserves our utmost respect.

We will not let this treachery
go unanswered.

We must send a message.

And so must I. (SNIFFS)

(GUARDS SPEAKING IN TURKISH)

GUARD: Halt! Who goes there?

The Filiki Eteria returns
what belongs to the Empire.

And tell Captain Sunal that
Stavros returns his Janissaries.

Hyah!
(HORSE WHINNIES)

(GUARDS SHOUTING IN TURKISH)
GUARD: Stop that horse!

(YELLS)

(BREATHES SHAKILY) No.

This was not the sacrifice
I meant, old friend.

(SOBS)

SUNAL: I am sorry
for the loss of your mentor.

(TARIQ SOBS)

But this terrible act only shows how
the Greeks treat even their own.

They cannot be trusted.

They are not who you want them
to be, my brother.

My heart breaks to see you
learn this lesson in blood.

But their retribution is coming.

The rebels have no doubt learned
our plan

and Kolokotronis
will be preparing to resist.

Then he's a fool.

We have more than four times his
men and ten times his firepower.

We've sent a generous demand
for his surrender.

But if it's a battle they want
at Valtetsi,

we shall crush them.

And Tariq will have a chance to
avenge his teacher.

Let's leave him to his sorrow.
We have much to prepare.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Christina. It's not your fault.

(SNIFFS)

He knew the risk
and is now closer to God for it.

What concerns me is your Turk.

Are you sure you can trust him?

There can be no room for doubt.

As children of God...

have we no room for faith?

The Turks are capable of anything.

Do you truly have faith that he is
the man you hope him to be?

After what I've done,

I do not know.

Demetri, Christina. The time has
come to face the Turks.

We now have thousands of freedom
fighters amassed near Valtetsi.

Tomorrow, we prepare for battle.

Demetri, they will need
our knowledge of the village

and of the surrounding hills.

Come.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

More battles, more death.

As it is, how do I seek
forgiveness

for the innocent life I've taken?

Perhaps you will find peace

in a night of prayer
at the cenotaph.

Will you come with me?

Chasing destiny is for the young,
my child.

Let Demetri escort you.

I only wish to go home.

I have a growing garden to tend.

SUNAL: The bey has generously
allowed you a day

to mourn, my brother.

We'll meet at the field camp
tomorrow

and there we will crush these rebels

and bring glory to the Empire.

Hyah!
(HORSE BLUSTERS)

Hyah.

Hyah!

You are not my God.

But you were his.

And I pray you will carry him
to his eternal rest.

(DEMETRI IN DISTANCE)
I'll make a campfire and keep watch.

(SIGHS)

God have mercy on my soul.

I am lost and seek your guidance.

I've betrayed my family

and dishonoured them...

by trusting a man
I should not have trusted...

and that I've come to love.

I've tried to hate him,

to rid him from my heart...

but the thought of him will not
leave me.

And now to have the blood of an
innocent he loved on my hands

is more than I can bear.

Please, I pray for the strength

to honour my family,
to help my people,

to find a way to...
to live with myself for loving him.

(SIGHS)

(SNIFFS)

(FOOTSTEP)

(GASPS)

Why are you here?

Have you come to avenge the murder
of one you loved?

For I am guilty and ashamed
of what I've done.

(DAGGER CLATTERS)

All I see before me is a mirror
of my own torment and grief,

whose guilt and shame is no less
haunting.

I've come to love you, Christina,

more than my own life.

You must go now.

My honour is all I have left.

And my love for you.

DEMETRI: Christina!

There's a Turkish horse
out back in...

TARIQ: Thank you, Demetri,
for your discretion.

DEMETRI: And what will you do
if they won't listen?

(SIGHS) What are we to do?

I beg you, Christina, leave these
lands and you can be safe.

Your presence here
puts your family in peril.

I can arrange for you to travel
far from the Empire

and the endless fighting.

I have such influence.

Then you must use that influence
to help stop this bloodshed.

You're an honourable Turk.

If you believe peace is possible,
you must fight to find it.

You speak to me as Thanasi
once did.

A Greek who believed that my
people could learn and change.

But my belief grows weaker each day.

They no longer listen
to my reason or guidance.

They see force as the only way
to rule.

Then what sway could I possibly
have over my people?

You underestimate who you are
to your people,

and to me, Christina.

There is a battle
coming to Valtetsi.

I beg you, stay clear of it.

I cannot bear to lose you.
Nor could the Greek people.

If I'm to do this...

I need you to swear to protect and
take care of my remaining family.

You have my word.

Upon my honour, I swear to you.

VANGELI: Gregory, they're back.

GREGORY: Good.
The Turks have come to fight.

CHRISTINA:
Did all of Tripolitsa move here?

DEMETRI: There are thousands
of them.

We cannot engage such a force
and survive.

We will use the terrain to even
the fight.

Stavros is right.

We know these lands better than
any Turk.

STAVROS: There are only two paths
to attack the village.

Their main force will make a frontal
assault on Valtetsi.

We've been tasked with defending

the rear path to the village
near the hills

where they seek to cut off
all escape.

It's time for us to win.

(MAN LAUGHS)

Ah, welcome back, Colonel.

At last, the Greeks send their
reply to our generous offer

of their surrender.

MUSTAPHA: I will read
their cowering acceptance.

Then we can leave these filthy
peasants to their farms.

(INHALES, EXHALES SHARPLY)

We attack at dawn
and we will show no mercy.

Your Eminence,
the Valtetsi tax collector

urgently requests an audience.

Your Eminence...

I've learned first-hand
that an official from your court

has been consorting
with the traitorous girl

whom you seek for your harem.

You're sure of this, Greek?

I have no doubt.

The colonel is a traitor.

Their clandestine meetings

would've remained undetected
if it were not for my vigilance.

Now I, Christo Petrakis,
have proven my loyalty

to the Empire and to you.

(LAUGHS)

I've heard enough of your lies,
tax man.

Are you foolish enough to accuse
the man most trusted by the sultan?

(SCOFFS) You?

A thief who steals
the Empire's taxes?

Your loyalty to this court

will be rewarded accordingly.

Captain Sunal,

I would like you to show him
our most precious metal.

No.

No, no. Oh, no, no.

No! No! I-I know-I know things!

I am loyal to the sultan.

I know things!

Why would I lie to you?

Why would I lie?
My information is always sound!

Colonel Tariq
is consorting with the enemy.

He's betraying the Empire!

I know.

But no one else will.

(CHOKING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(SCOFFS) An Ottoman colonel...

conspiring with the rebels?

Ridiculous.

I'm sick of these Greeks
and their lies.

And I want this girl dead

and on display.

Like all dissidents of the Empire.

Bestow this honour upon your
colonel

to avenge the death of Thanasi.

A Greek for a Greek, my brother.

The honour is yours alone, Colonel.

You will bring me her head.

There is no honour in a Greek
who feigns being Turk.

Greek blood runs through your
veins and yet I can honour you!

And I've returned that honour
by protecting you

and your family against all threats.

But sometimes...

sometimes the most dangerous
ones do not carry swords.

I promise you, I'm willing to
perform your duties in this matter

to save you from yourself.

Would that someone
would do the same for me,

but my mother's shame
and that Greek rapist's blood

allow me no salvation.

I only aim to honour you

and your destiny
as the true Turk I can never be.

So do not stand
between my sword and her neck.

DEMETRI: Christina!
Christina, come see!

General Kolokotronis marches with
his troops and rallies the people!

We have a leader for our revolution.

(ALL CHEERING)

VANGELI: Yes!

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

Maniotes of Spartan blood.
Mariners from Spetses.

Even more of the Europeans
have joined our cause.

CHRISTINA: Look at all the camps.

God is surely with us.

(MEN CHATTING, LAUGHING)

VANGELI: Christina.
The general, he's here.

In our camp.

REBEL: It's Kolokotronis.

REBEL: It's Kolokotronis.

REBEL: He's here.
REBEL: In our camp.

REBEL: It's Kolokotronis.

So...

you are the daughter of Greece
that frightens

and confounds the Turks.

It is an honour to meet you
at last.

It is said that the strongest
weapons

are not made of lead and steel,

but of love and hope.

What you carry in your heart...

can rule nations.

And we will need your inspiration
for the long war to come!

These are the words
of Bishop Germanos

to be read in every camp...

by a true Greek patriot.

"They have taken that
for which we were best known

to the peoples of the world.

They have murdered
the equality and freedom

which we invented
with democracy.

(CROWD MURMURING)

For 400 years

these Turks tortured and killed us

along with our ideals
which benefit all mankind.

And we accept it,
having been born with it.

They've taken our numbers
from 20 million to 1 million.

(MURMURING CONTINUES)

It is time each man,
woman and child

be willing to sacrifice
their life if necessary."

REBELS: Yes!

"Because there will never be enough
of us to attempt this again."

REBEL: That's right.

"And if these Turks
kill what little remains,

history will write
that we were free again..."

REBELS: Yes!

"before disappearing from
God's earth."

(REBELS CHATTER IN GREEK)
REBEL: She's right.

(REBELS YELL IN GREEK)
REBELS: Christina! Christina!

Together we fight
from these hills and cliffs

for our freedom!
REBELS: Freedom!

CHRISTINA: Freedom!
Or death!

REBELS: Freedom!
Freedom or death!

REBELS: Freedom or death!

(SHOUTS IN GREEK)

(ALL REPEAT)

Freedom or death!

ALL: Freedom or death!

GREGORY: Freedom or death!
ALL: Freedom or death!

MAN: We must lead
with our fiercest fighter.

(DRUM BEATS)

Sunal, you will lead the forces
against Valtetsi's rear flank.

And, Tariq, you will defend the bey
here and lead

the secondary reinforcements.

I will command the main frontal
assault tomorrow.

May the Empire prevail.

(SOLDIER SPEAKS TURKISH) Move out!

SOLDIER: Stay vigilant.

(SOLDIERS SPEAKING TURKISH)

So you've finally grown some
balls and joined up, eh, tinker?

Well, you've been coming at me
for years to no avail.

I thought it time I came at you.

My friends call me Stavros.

If you thought to come at me alone,
you should've stayed in hiding.

We can no longer hide
that which is everywhere.

(WHISTLES)

(REBELS SHOUTING IN GREEK)

Send to Tariq for reinforcements.

This will be a long
but satisfying day.

Advance!

(ALL YELLING, SHOUTING)

SUNAL: Secure that alley!

Flank to the right!

(HORSE WHINNIES)

(SCREAMS)

Aim for the hill!

(GRUNTS)

Aim for the rooftops!

Focus on the rooftops!

(GRUNTS)

Hyah! Hyah!

Whoa, whoa!

Hyah.

SUNAL: Stand your ground!

Vangeli!
Christina! Stay down!

Cover me!

(INHALES)

(HORSE SHRIEKS)

Christina!

(GRUNTS)

Janissary!

Vangeli, no!

GREGORY: Demetri!

(SCREAMS)

SOLDIER: Watch your flank!

Hyah!

SOLDIER: Cannon fire!

TARIQ: Christina.

(HORSE WHINNIES)

Hyah!

(YELLS)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Vangeli!

(VANGELI WHEEZES)

No. Oh, God.

No, no, no, no.

YELLS: You! Argh!

I will keep my promise to you!

(BOTH GRUNTING)

I will not fight you!

You filthy Turks killed my brother!

SUNAL: What sorcery have you
now, little girl?

You destroyed my family,
you monster!

And you... You!

You are no less a monster for what
you have done to my brother.

(SCREAMING)

REBEL: Christina!

You have twisted his heart
and mind.

He was born to lead.

And you turned him from his destiny.

Now bare your throat
and die as your mother did.

With this sign, I mark thee dead.

May it carry you to your final
judgement and eternal rest.

As a Greek!

REBEL: Christina!

REBELS: Christina! Christina!

She's a sorceress.

She killed our captain!

REBEL: She killed their captain!

TARIQ: Demetri!

You must get Christina to higher
ground away from the battle!

DEMETRI: Why should I trust you?

SOLDIER: Help the colonel.

I've got this one.

SOLDIER: Yes, sir.

TARIQ: Because I am trusting you.
Now go!

(GRUNTS)

Clear a path.

SOLDIER: She's mine!

(SPEAKS IN GREEK)

Christina!

Christina!

Christina, we must go. Come on!

(SOLDIER SPEAKS TURKISH)

Help the colonel
avenge the captain's death.

SOLDIERS: Yes, sir!

DEMETRI: Come on!

Quickly!

(SPEAKING TURKISH)

DEMETRI: Come on.

(SOLDIER SPEAKING TURKISH)

(BOTH PANTING HEAVILY

Christina, come on!

Demetri.

Christina. We have to go!

Fire!

Demetri!

(GRUNTING)

Christina!

TARIQ: Go back the other way.

You must get away from here.
The Janissaries are coming.

There's nowhere to go.

It cannot end like this.

If I am to die...

then I wish it to be by your hand.

I cannot do that. I cannot lose you.

Come with me and we will fight
our way to freedom.

We will get far away from here
where we can be together

and leave all this madness behind.

I will not be the reason you turn
your back on your destiny.

You are my destiny now.

If we die, then we do so fighting.

Together.

(SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)

REBEL: They're overrunning us!

(SCREAMS)

REBEL: Stavros!
(GRUNTS)

(SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

(SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN TURKISH)

SOLDIER: Shoot anyone who resists!

(MAN SHOUTS IN GREEK)
(GUNSHOT)

I cannot abandon my destiny
any more than you can yours.

DEMETRI: Christina.

(GASPS)

(SOLDIER SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

Stavros.

(SPEAKS IN TURKISH)

(GASPING)

Freedom or death.

Christina!

Christina, no!

Just as you once gave me my life,

sparing me on those cliffs,

I now give you yours.

Live it boldly and honourably
for both of us.

Christina, please.

And remember your promise...

to look after all of us.

(REBELS MURMURING IN GREEK)

(GASPS, GRUNTS)

No.

(SCREAMS)

(MEN SHOUTING IN GREEK)

(ALL GRUNTING, SHOUTING)

She chose her own destiny!

And so shall we!

She's the spirit of Greece!

We shall never surrender!

Oh, Christina.

He is the man you hoped him to be.

NARRATOR: Many died that day.

But Valtetsi was saved

and the war for Greek independence
had begun in earnest.

Like that of her aunt,

Christina's sacrifice inspired
the Greeks to rise up

against Turkish oppression.

But she also inspired a Turk
to do the same.

Tariq kept his word

and supported Greek
independence as a way to peace.

But when his moderate voice
could not sway the sultan...

This is unacceptable.

NARRATOR: ..he saw the Europeans
enter the war,

forcing a peace from the Ottomans
that set Greece free.

Through it all, he carried
her scarf close

as a reminder of their love
and belief in each other.

And before he joined her
at last in legend,

he returned it to her family

with its honours and sacrifices
forever woven into its threads.

That was Anna Christina's story...

and my story.

The story of our family.

And now, it is yours.

GIRL: Tell me more, Pappou Demetri.

Some tales that are told
are not always what was

but what we wish them to be.

But sometimes...

they are simply the truth.

We are the proof that their
actions have not been in vain.

Remember this and carry it close,

for as we remember our history,

our memories watch over us.

♪ ARIANA GEORGE: I'll Wait For You ♪

♪ You came into my life

♪ When I was lost and alone

♪ I live because of you

♪ Your gaze

♪ After all those years

♪ Filled my broken heart

♪ And kept away my fears

♪ I'll wait for you

♪ When all the darkness fades

♪ We will be joined

♪ In a timeless embrace

♪ Free from heartache and pain

♪ When love

♪ Far away

♪ To where the souls await

♪ I'm with you

♪ Though you cannot see me

♪ I'm the butterfly

♪ Fluttering through the breeze

♪ Remember

♪ You are a part of me

♪ Though my destiny on Earth

♪ Is a memory

♪ I'll wait for you

♪ When all the darkness fades

♪ We will be joined

♪ In a timeless embrace

♪ Free from heartache and pain

♪ My love

♪ Far away

♪ To where the souls await

♪ I'll wait for you

♪ When all the darkness fades

♪ We will be joined

♪ In a timeless embrace

♪ Free from heartache and pain

♪ My love

♪ Far away

♪ To where the souls

♪ Await

♪ Oooh ooh ooh oooh ooh ooh

♪ Oooh ooh ooh ooh

♪ I'll wait

♪ For you ♪

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