''Bouboulina'' () is a 1959 Greek drama film directed and written by

Kostas Andritsos Kostas Andritsos, also known as George Andrews (; 1 May 1916, Athens – 10 October 1993) was a Greek film director and writer. Selected filmography *Oneira koritsion 1953 *Bouboulina 1959 *Exo oi kleftes! 1961 *Apolytrosis 1961 with Spir ...

and starring

Irene Papas Irene Papas or Irene Pappas (, ; born Eirini Lelekou (); 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through ...

Laskarina Bouboulina Laskarina Pinotsi, commonly known as Bouboulina (; 1771 – 22 May 1825), was a Greek naval commander in the Greek War of Independence in 1821, considered the first woman to attain the rank of admiral. Bouboulina was born in Constantinople in 17 ...

, Koula Agagiotou,

Andreas Barkoulis Andreas Barkoulis (; 4 August 1936 – 23 August 2016) was a Greek actor. He graduated from the “Kostis Mihailides” drama school. He was among the most popular male actors of the 1950s and 1960s in Greece. Barkoulis, acted in 109 films and pl ...

and

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (; 12 July 1912 – 13 April 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Diakopto in the northeastern part of Achaea in 1912. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece (Ethniko Theatro) in Athens and ...

. The film features the heroine of the Greek Revolutionary of 1821

Plot

Cast

* Koula Agagiotou *

as Dimitros Giannouzas * Gikas Biniaris * Giorgos Foras * Vassilis Kanakis *

Nikos Kourkoulos Nikos Kourkoulos (; December 5, 1934 – January 30, 2007) was a Greek theatrical and film actor. Kourkoulos is best known to Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in '' Oratotis miden'', but he also appeared in other movies such as ''To ...

as Giagos Giannouzas * Artemis Matsas * Miranda Myrat as Skevo Pinotsi * Christoforos Nezer as Panagos * Giorgos Olibios *

* Koulis Stoligkas or Stoligas as Nikolios * Nikos Tsahridis * Grigoris Vafias * Georgia Vassiliadou as Paraskevoula *

Giorgos Velentzas Giorgos Velentzas (; 4 December 1927 – 20 July 2015) was a Greece, Greek actor. Biography He studied at the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He starred in the movie ''Ochyro 27'' in 1948 and made his first in his emphasis in the cinema a ...

* Lefteris Vournas

Historical Context

''Bouboulina 1959'' Is set during the

Greek Revolution The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

of 1821 against the occupying

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

and its

Sultan Mahmud II Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms ...

(1808-1839). The Ottoman Empire was caught off guard and reacted in disbelief that the Greeks would stage an unprovoked revolt against its far greater occupant. Women played a crucial role in the revolution, most notably in the town of Mani located in the coast of Southern Greece where out of 1500 combatants fending off an Egyptian and Turkish attack, 1000 were women. Laskarina Bouboulina remains the most famed female revolutionary fighter. She participated in numerous naval sieges as well as horseback battles on land.

References

External links

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''Bouboulina'' at Cine.gr
1959 films 1950s Greek-language films Films set in Greece Works about the Greek War of Independence 1950s biographical drama films Greek biographical drama films Films scored by Kostas Kapnisis 1950s Greek films Greek-language drama films {{1950s-drama-film-stub