Blood on the Land

Blood on the Land
Directed byVasilis Georgiadis
Written byNikos Foskolos
StarringNikos Kourkoulos
CinematographyNikos Dimopoulos
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Blood on the Land (Greek: Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο, romanized: To homa vaftike kokkino, lit.'The soil was painted red') is a 1966 Greek western drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis, with a screenplay by Nikos Foskolos. Starring Nikos Kourkoulos, Manos Katrakis, and Mary Chronopoulou, the film depicts the struggle of unfree peasants in Thessaly for land ownership against large landowners in 1907.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, it was successful commercially and received awards, including Best Music at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.