The Red River — Season 1, Episode 23: Episode 23
Drama • 50 min • 2 seasons, 59 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Russian 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, but find them trampled and looted. Eugenia, Themis and Vasiliki return home and try to start over again. Sofia and Arin continue to look for their daughters in misery. They arrive in a Turkish village and the couple hosting them advises them to move to Amisos, where the situation is more favorable to Christians. In Erzurum, Ali, shortly before his marriage, is forced to reveal to his parents the truth about Iphigenia.
About 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.