One man, a camera, and a Greek village that time forgot — until he showed up.
In the spring of 1962, members of the Christian Peace Service aid group flew in from Bern, Switzerland and settled in the poorest villages in all of Greece. Led by photographer and social worker Fritz Berger, the group itself had one purpose: the provision of aid and development services to local communities inhabiting the southwest region of Lefkada. What followed were revolutionary advancements that would leave their lives forever changed.
Cinematography
Archival footage stunningly restored
Direction
Two voices, one seamless vision
Editing
Pacing respects the subjects' dignity
Director
Dimitris Soldatos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lefkada's villages were among Greece's most isolated until the 1960s; Berger arrived at the exact moment modernization began erasing centuries of tradition.
The Christian Peace Service was part of a wave of Swiss Protestant aid that critics later termed 'benevolent imperialism' — this film dances with that tension without resolving it.
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