

The Red River
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.
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1.Episode 1
06-10-201944mOttoman Empire, 1897. Doctor Michalis Nikolaidis and his wife Sofia, engage their 9-year-old daughter Iphigenia, with 12-year-old Miltos, son of merchant George Pavlidis and Eugeni...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
06-10-201945mIphigenia and Miltos confess their love under the strict supervision of Iphigenia's parents. At the dinner offered by Nicolaides to his friends Kartal and Aslan, executives of the...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
13-10-201946mAll the residents of Amisus welcomes Miltos and the Macedonian warrior Themis. In the shadow of the fanatical Osman, Paulides sets up a feast for his sons. He and his wife are happ...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
13-10-201945mMiltos eagerly returns to Iphigenia's home. He meets Sakharov and impresses him with his intelligence and sharpness. Iphigenia dreams of their common future. Miltos promises her a...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
20-10-201944mIfigenia's anxiety over Miltos's departure to Paris is heightened. Miltos proposes to marry her now if she wants. Ifigenia is proud, she refuses. Miltos arrives in Paris. He is dru...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
03-11-201945mAfter the elections, the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire realized that things were not as they expected. Miltos' father is elected Member of Parliament, but terrorism in the villages...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
10-11-201944mMiltos's letter finds Iphigenia worried about the future of their relationship. The distance between them has been uncertain. Her response, however, is arriving late in Paris. Basi...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
17-11-201945mIfigenia, realizing the dangers in her relationship with Miltos, arrives in Paris to study. Her dream of becoming an archaeologist will come true. Her aunt, Helen, lives there and...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
24-11-201948mMiltos and Iphigenia travel to the coast of Pontus to attend Miltos' brother's wedding. But the marriage of Themis and the Vasiliki is tarnished by the people of Osman. The situati...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
01-12-201946mThe situation in Greece as well as in the Balkans is bleak. Sakharov proposes to Miltos to leave for Russia again. The outbreak of the Balkan Wars, finds Iphigenia a student, organ...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
08-12-201946mWhile Miltos fights for Greece, Iphigenia continues her action in favor of the Greek Army. Threats of Turks against their families in Pontus are now being dealt with. Nikolaidis is...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
15-12-201945mIfigenia, seeing a cinema news release of 'Pate' in which Miltos is injured, decides to travel to Greece to find him. Mr Pavlidis attack on the fields by Osman leaves him severely...
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
22-12-201947mThe entrance of the Greeks to Thessaloniki finds Miltos recovering from his injury in the arms of Iphigenia, ignoring that back at home, his nephew and first grandson of the Pavlid...
- Ep 14
14.Episode 14
05-01-202046mIn Amisos the arrests of Christians are followed by torture and hanging. Osman invades the house of the Paulidis family and offends Vasiliki. Turkish gendarmes arrest and imprison...
- Ep 15
15.Episode 15
12-01-202050mIphigenia is violently arrested and interrogated by Onur Aslan, a longtime acquaintance of the Nikolaidis family. In Paris, two men beat Miltos and steal his money and documents. Z...
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
19-01-202048mKartal suspects that Kerem is responsible for Iphigenia's escape. Father and son "come to hands". In Instabul, Kerem is surprise by Miltos attacking him to find out where Iphigenia...
- Ep 17
17.Episode 17
26-01-202049mA great caravan starts from Amisos. The Greeks left their homeland, leaving on carts loaded with whatever they were able to get together. On the street, Turkish villagers attack th...
- Ep 18
18.Episode 18
02-02-202046mAli and Iphigenia arrive in Erzurum. Ali presents Iphigenia as his fiancee. Seeing her, his mother tell her son that she is pregnant and should marry her. The caravan with uprooted...
- Ep 19
19.Episode 19
09-02-202048mMiltos leaves for Erzurum to find his beloved, but is arrested in front of Iphigenia, who cannot hide her unrest. Melike secretly sees Iphigenia praying and reveals that her family...
- Ep 20
20.Episode 20
16-02-202047mMiltos safe in Paris wants to go to Erzurum to save Iphigenia. He goes to Sakharov, where Nikos looks at him as if he has seen a ghost. Miltos suspects him of being a Turkish infor...
- Ep 21
21.Episode 21
23-02-202049mIn the square of Amisos, hangers are installed. Osman and Onur hang out in the square those who find themselves hiding. Theocletus tells Themis that they must resist. Vasiliki can...
- Ep 22
22.Episode 22
08-03-202049mSofia, Arin and their daughters head for Ak Dag Maten. Along the way they find a river, where the girls swim, but the danger looms. Turkish bandits grab Eirini and Lusin and rape S...
- Ep 23
23.Episode 23
15-03-202050mRussian troops enter Erzurum. Christians cheer as the new Commander wants to protect them. Iphigenia asks Ali to perform their Christian marriage. The Amiens return to their homes,...
- Ep 24
24.Episode 24
24-05-202047mIfigenia considers herself Ali's wife, ignoring that Miltos is alive. Vasiliki is very scared, whether the baby belongs to Themis or Mustafa who raped her. Miltos travels secretly...
- Ep 25
25.Episode 25
31-05-202044mAli falls into the trap of Valis and is killed. Miltos arrives in Erzurum, searching for Ifigenia, learns from a Greek that he is Ali's widow. Valis reveals that he knows that Ifig...
- Ep 26
26.Episode 26
14-06-202050mIphigenia and Ali's parents find that Symeon has disappeared. Hours later, they find the little boy dead. Miltos, Iphigenia and Melike are getting ready to leave, but Valis threate...
- Ep 27
27.Episode 27
21-06-202050mSophia meets Ifigenia and her grandson. Valis sees Sofia and Arin in Ali's house, threatens them and Arin takes the gun and reminds him that he killed her parents. Valis escapes, b...
- Ep 28
28.Episode 28
28-06-202055mIphigenia, Sophia, and Melike are captured by Murat and enter a Christian caravan from Erzurum to an unknown direction. Iphigenia does not have milk for the baby, so in her despair...
- Ep 29
29.Episode 29
05-07-202045mThe Turks torture Theoklitos and shoot the Greeks who have gathered in the square. Lucy confesses to Father Gregory the horror she experienced. In the caravan of Murat and Harun, 4...
- Ep 30
30.Episode 30
06-07-202051mHotza meets the caravan and clashes with Murat because he wants to help them. Irene learns from Hotza that they need to make food for the captive Christians, ignoring the fact that...
- Ep 31
31.Episode 31
12-07-202051mChrysanthi leaves with the child of Iphigenia and Miltos in the monastery where Lucin is. Turks throw fire towers at the church to burn the inmates. Hotzas and Eirini run to save t...
- Ep 32
32.Episode 32
13-07-202054mThose trapped in the cave decide to accept the offer to end their lives, rather than be slaughtered by the enemies. At the monastery, Miltos and Iphigenia get married and then go t...
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