Anna of Rhodes

During World War II a lieutenant of the Royal Navy Aris Galanos arrives in Italianoccupied Rhodes on a secret mission He takes the place of the Italian officer Giovanni Retsini and as captain Giovanni now helps the residents of the island as much as possible At the same time he also falls in love with Anna Roditi a member of the Resistance He travels back and forth to the Middle East carrying secret plans for the defense of the Dodecanese The revelation of Aris activity also leads to Annas arrest who is about to be courtmartialled The capitulation of Italy however averts such an unpleasant development With the end of the war and the unification of the Dodecanese islands with Greece Aris returns to Rhodes to live there forever with his beloved Anna Roditi