''Blood on the Land'' ( el, Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο, To homa vaftike kokkino, The earth was painted red) is a 1966 Greek western

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

Vasilis Georgiadis Vasilis Georgiadis ( el, Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης; 12 August 1921 – 30 April 2000) was a Greek film director and actor. His films '' The Red Lanterns'' (1963) and ''Blood on the Land'' (1966) were nominated for the Academy Award f ...

. Its subject is conflict between landowners and agricultural workers in

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

in the early 20th century. It was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

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Nikos Kourkoulos Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern time ...

as Odysseas Hormovas * Mary Chronopoulou as Eirini *

Giannis Voglis Giannis Voglis ( el, Γιάννης Βόγλης; 30 September 1937 – 20 April 2016) was a Greek actor. Biography Voglis was born in Athens and he studied at Pelos Katselis' drama academy. His father was from Asia Minor and his mother from ...

as Rigas Hormovas * Faidon Georgitsis as Giannos * Zeta Apostolou * Notis Peryalis as

Marinos Antypas Marinos Antypas (; 1872 – March 8, 1907) was a Greek lawyer and journalist, and one of the country's first socialists. He was born in the village Ferentinata, near Antypata Pylarou, in Kefalonia, the eldest son of Spyros Antypas and Angelina ...

* Eleni Kriti * Angelos Antonopoulos as Kotsos * Manos Katrakis as Father Hormovas *

Athinodoros Prousalis Athinodoros Prousalis or Proussalis ( el, Αθηνόδωρος Προύσαλης; 15 December 1926 – 5 June 2012) was a Greek film and television actor. He was born in İstanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Repub ...

as a police officer

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* 1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films Greek drama films 1960s Greek-language films Films directed by Vasilis Georgiadis Greek black-and-white films Films set in Thessaly Films set in Greece Films shot in Thessaly 1966 drama films Greek Western (genre) films 1960s Greek films {{Greece-film-stub

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