In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.
Lambis
The original title is "Ο κλοιός" (EL).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: English, French, Greek.
The film was directed by Kostas Koutsomitis.
The screenplay was written by Vangelis Goufas and Yiorgos Bramos.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0263579.
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Ο κλοιός
Released
English, Français, ελληνικά
Greece
