Alex Zorbas

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

Two teenagers wander rural Greece after being stranded by a car crash. They encounter an itinerant vagabond on their travels.