S20.E13 ∙ Smoking Guns

When an Italian submarine torpedoes a Greek destroyer, a trapped platoon must escape the Albanian coast with its honour intact.

In The Light Ground we experience moments in five different times beginning in the late 19th century and ending in the early 22th century. The protagonist however stays the same in each of the scenes, he always has the same age.

Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency El Presidente, and British Consul Brent. Rebels, led by Diego de Costa, the trusted Minister of the Marines and the Customs and Lieutenant d'Enriquo, the gunnery officer of the small republic's one battleship, have taken over the vessel and the town. Most of the British citizens have taken refuge at the consulate or have been evacuated to the small cruiser in Bianco's port, H. M. S. Audacious. But there are two major issues; the Consul's daughter, Pamela, and Canadian Lieutenant Bill Armstrong have been kidnapped by the rebels and now held hostage on the battleship El Mirante, and El Presidente was visiting the consulate when the war broke out and is now under the protective custody of the British Empire. De Costa informs the Audacious' commander, Captain Markham, that if El Presidente is not turned over to the rebels in six hours, the 15-inch guns of the battleship will blow the consulate to bits. Markham, who cannot fire first as the aggressor and is out-gunned anyway is, with only his six-inch guns, in a bit of a sticky-wicket mess. Or, in the words of El Presidente: "Death she as light as one leetle feather...Duty she as heavy...."

Five children running from the war in Syria set out on a journey that soon leaves the realms of reality. Acted completely by Syrian children who themselves fled to Turkey, this film is a multi-layered parable for what war does to children.

A group of resistance fighters during the Occupation, collaborates with a lieutenant who comes to Greece from the headquarters of the Middle East, aiming to blow up a German ship.