Afroditi Grigoriadou

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Lawyer Orestis Lambiris and his family are spending the summer at their cottage by the sea.

Shortly before his father dies, Nikos, as the eldest son, promises to help his twin brother Andreas finish his studies. He sacrifices his dreams and the girl he loves, Anna, and throws himself into the harsh struggle for survival. He sets sail and travels to the ends of the earth, but his ship sinks and he is presumed dead. Meanwhile, Andreas completes his studies, becomes a lawyer, and gets married. When Nikos, who was rescued, returns to Greece years later, without papers, crippled, and poor, he finds himself involved in a murder case he did not commit. Andreas is the prosecutor in the trial, and Nikos tries in every way to conceal his identity, but Andreas realizes this and manages to get him acquitted. Nikos, in order not to damage the social standing of Andreas and Anna, prefers to leave again and leave them in peace.

Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents.

We are in the mid-19th century, in a village where a matchmaker, Panousis, convinces the widowed lord Artemis Lycopanagos to give his daughter, Pothiti, to his worthy beau, Avgeris, and himself to marry the beautiful Poulias. The matchmaking is completed and the parents of the two young people accept the union, without knowing that their children love each other madly. Avgeris, who does not want to betray his beloved, refuses to take Pothiti as his wife and comes into conflict with Lycopanagos, and is killed. Poulias is forced to take refuge in a monastery, and shortly afterwards she dies in turn.

The honest laborer falls into disfavour and is undermined by his factory's son because they both love the daughter of the factory owner without suspecting the secret that unites them.

Towards the end of the war, Eleni meets the rebel Kostas, who is being pursued by the Germans. One night, the rebel arrives wounded at his brother Giannis' house where Eleni works. She'll take care of him, and then they'll say goodbye. When Kostas tries to meet Eleni again, he is arrested by the Germans. But he will escape execution, as the rebels will save him from death.

A typical melodrama with a rich young man, Petros, who, as usual, falls in love with a poor girl, Vana, and naturally thinks of marrying her despite the objections of his family, who, as always, are opposed to such a possibility. And as if all that weren't enough, everything conspires against them and their life becomes unbearable. However, as usual, our two young lovers draw courage from their love and faith in life, and overcome all obstacles. The ending is happy and joyful, like a promising new year...