Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great is a 1980 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. Plot The film is based on the Dilesi Massacre of 1870 during which several bandits kidnapped British tourists and demanded a ransom. The film opens with a character named Alexander the Great who is the leader of the bandits being freed from prison. Alexander and the bandits have kidnapped a group of British aristocrats and bring them to an agrarian community in the mountains that Alexander, the villagers, and a group of Italian anarchists (who arrive later in the film) are trying to build on a system of public ownership and egalitarian beliefs. They demand that the aristocrats return the land to the villagers but their demands are not met when soldiers surround the settlement.