We are in 1882 and, while the negotiations for the concession of Thessaly in Greece are proceeding, the landowner Stelios Karanasos and his men, taking advantage of the Ottomans' indifference to the region, condemn and terrify the mountain villages. When his gang robbers and burns the home of the Zorba brothers, they abduct Karanos's sister, Krinio, and ask for a ransom to free her. In the three days he stayed with them, Dimitros, the youngest of the four brothers, fell in love with her. Feeling is mutual. After her release, Dimitros attempts to visit her secretly, but Karanasos captures him. Then his brothers attack the house to free him.—Tony Montana