Excursion (1966) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1966 · 85 mins · Greek

Loading streaming availability…

Directed by

Takis Kanellopoulos

Starring

Angelos Antonopoulos, Nikos Papadopoulos, Kostas Karagiorgis, Kostas Lahas, Lili Papayanni, Dimitris Gakidis

In 1941, as war peaks, a lieutenant’s wife falls passionately for a sergeant. Duty, marriage and the men’s friendship make the love forbidden, yet it endures. After the lieutenant is wounded and hospitalized, the sergeant defects, she abandons her husband, and they flee together on a perilous trek toward the border.