Captain Mihos Floros returns to Samarina to gather more men and lead them to the besieged by the Ottomans, Missolonghi, in order to assist the fight of the resistance at General Makris’ bastion. With his personal friend Elias Manakas and 25 more men by his side, begins the long journey to get to Missolonghi and join Zisis Hatzimatis and the rest of their fellow countrymen. On March 1826, they start a journey full of adversities through the mountains. Back at the village of Samarina, the women try to find out from Heleni Floros the real reason their husbands had to leave in a hurry. Meanwhile, Ibrahim Pasha and the Turkish commandant of Arta, N. Servan, get ready to launch the final assault on Missolonghi.

“Exodus 1826” est un film historique grec. Il est le premier ayant comme sujet la révolution grecque, 46 ans après le film “Papaflessas”. Il est basé sur des données historiques sur le siège et l’exode de Missolonghi, ainsi que sur la chanson populaire Les enfants de Samarina. Il s’agit d’une production indépendante de l’année 2017. D’après le ministère de l’éducation de Grèce, c’est un film « de haute qualité historique, culturelle et éducative ».