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...the walls were steeped

in my father's madness...

...and my mother's tears?

And you said that I...

...that I would breathe new life

into the rooms...

I begged you, Orsa. I begged

and begged but you insisted...

...that you want the cousins

to be together.

That you want to be

near your sister.

I'll have Annezio.

She's over 70.

What's going on?

I feel that we should.

That it's necessary.

That the time has come

for us to move here.

You thought about it too late,

Orsa.

Now families, women

have to stay together.

In retaliation for the sinking of

the HOOD and the loss of 1,300 men...

...British naval forces

in the Atlantic...

...have hunted down and sunk

the BISMARCK...

...sending a thousand Germans

to a watery grave.

They'll bomb fuel tanks,

docks, customs houses...

They'll target the ports first.

The SS KYMOTHOE

is sailing for Marseille.

And the SS ARCHIPELAGOS

for Konstanz.

20 years after the Great War

and we're at it again.

Since I was 13...

50 years at sea...

And now you're leaving and

I'm staying here on the rock...

...like an old crab

with its claws broken...

You'll look out for the women.

And the children.

See you tonight.

So long.

Take care.

It's been 20 years since our

NAUTILUS was sunk...

...with all hands on board.

And I still remember that night

going from village to village...

...alone on my mule

to notify the families.

I'm haunted by that night. I don't

want to go through that again.

Do I have the five?

From the Korthian villages?

Those poor boys?

Their seaman's books are ready.

All five are signing on.

I knew their fathers well...

And I've checked out the sons...

Thank you.

Spyros...

Take Orsa and go home.

I'm popping over to the doctor

for a cough syrup to have in stock...

...and I'm coming.

Good evening.

The Maltabes Clan.

"Little England".

"Little England".

I've loaded copper in Valparaiso

and am heading for Buenos Aires.

We get there, unload...

...and to thank the crew, I take them

all to a club, the La Paloma.

I've heard about it.

Don't be cross with us! It's my knee.

That's why we're late.

- Hope you're better soon, Nana.

- It's been swollen for ten days.

There are 1317 postcards

in my collection.

The only country I don't have

a postcard from is Albania.

I don't even know what it's like...

And tomorrow so many young men...

...who were my pupils

will be going to fight there.

Why is Spyros so late?

He left the office hours ago.

- Right after the signatures.

- What signatures?

Here he is.

Good evening.

There you are! Where were you?

I had to say goodbye

to a lot of people...

- How are you, Katerina?

- I'm fine, Spyros.

Our LITTLE ENGLAND.

LITTLE ENGLAND?

Strange name for a ship.

No doubt it was little Moscha's idea.

She's so fluent in English.

Definitely!

Registered tonnage 4,978, cargo...

...tonnage 7500.

Price 92,000 pounds.

Bravo!

Congratulations!

Spyros Maltabes,

mission accomplished.

You are now a ship owner.

Ammonia, nitrate, naphthalene...

...varnishes and tar.

I took on all the dangerous cargo.

I worked... like a dog.

Mines and torpedoes everywhere.

You picked the time to invest

all your savings on shipboards.

I've been waiting for it

for 10 years.

I dreamed about it.

You're completely mad!

Congratulations.

May she be seaworthy.

Our madman has guts.

That's common knowledge.

Be careful you don't get caught

up in the injustice of war.

That's my business.

The injustice of war rings out

in my ears... in yours...

And there are other injustices

that weigh down my soul.

Godspeed...

And a safe return.

For everyone.

Amen!

Cheers!

Cheers!

Amen!

It's the first time...

...that the three captains of the

house are on the island together...

...and sitting at the same table,

mother.

The first time in so many years.

Their health!

Orsa...

Orsa...

I leave at daybreak.

All night I've been searching

for your eyes...

...and it's as if for you

I don't exist...

Take care...

Take care of yourself...

Please, I beg you,

take care of yourself.

My love.

- Take care, Spyros.

- May the daybreak find us well!

Good night.

- We all had a lovely time.

- Be well!

Thank you very much, Mina.

Good night and have

a safe journey back!

- Bon voyage!

- Goodbye!

Our Father which art in Heaven,

make us good and drunk this day.

I'm three months pregnant...

He doesn't know.

He hasn't touched me

in two and a half months.

He's changed, Orsa... completely.

Running about, worries, bills...

And how can I tell him now?

How can I tell him now

that he's leaving...

Early in the morning...

...the myrrh-bearing women

came to Thee...

...and sprinkled myrrh...

...on Thy tomb.

O my sweet spring...

...my sweetest Child...

Where has all Thy beauty faded?

Him who now and forever

stills the winds, calms the waves...

...causes storms

to cease and stirs...

...the good and fitting winds

and climes...

...be forever commander and mate

to Thy servants...

...and guide them to safe havens.

Amen.

The blue flows...

And we flow with it.

With them... on the waves.

The silver candlesticks.

For that humble home.

It's shameful...

Well, they don't have electricity

there.

- Let them have the binoculars.

- I need them.

Bring the silver teaspoons as well.

What are they going to do with them

up there in the desolate mountains?

They're simple folk...

farmers with spades.

They'll take a shine to them.

We can't eat them

and the children need food.

Trade them for chickens,

cheese, flour.

Tell them we've also got curtains

and carpets...

...for the next time...

Just a minute. Wait.

For the road...

So tell me... do Italian women

have butts...

...wobbly ones...

Englishwomen?

Broad... and withered!

German women?

Krupp butts. As big as a tank.

Good boy Savvas. Now tell me...

Argentinean women down there...

What sort of asses do they have?

Steaming!

You aced that one!

How many hurricanes have

you been in, Grandpa?

Too many to count.

- The worst sea is the Bay of Biscay?

- Cursed.

Her ocean bed is full

of scattered bones.

The biggest graveyard for our lot.

Grandfather, who do you think

is the most fearless captain?

Dad or Uncle Spyros?

What a question, you rascal!

...as the German stukas

of the Wehrmacht bombed...

...and sank ten destroyers and

torpedo boats of the Hellenic Navy...

...the PSARRAS, the HYDRA,

the THYELLA, the DOREIS...

...the KYDONEAE, the AEGLI,

the KIOS, the KIZIKOS...

...the PERGAMOS,

the ARETHUSA...

During the attempted

invasion of Crete...

...the resistance

of the inhabitants...

...resulted in the massacre...

...of the 7th parachute division

of the Germans.

LITTLE ENGLAND:

In the Atlantic, the greatest threat

comes not from the huge waves...

...and the freezing cold,

but from German submarines...

...which attack allied convoys

like wolf packs in the night.

The battle for naval supremacy

is crucial to the outcome of the war.

In just the last month

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