Echoes of the Past

A fictional drama inspired by true events, the Massacre of Kalavryta, committed by invading German troops in Kalavryta, Greece, in December 1943. A fictional drama inspired by true events, the Massacre of Kalavryta, committed by invading German troops in Kalavryta, Greece, in December 1943. When the Greek government launches a claim for war reparations, Caroline Martin, a high-flying lawyer, visits Kalavryta to investigate. An unexpected encounter with the last survivor of the tragedy, Nikolaos Andreou, leads them both down a dark chapter of history. As the traumatic past comes to light, its painful echoes grow stronger than ever. —Kalavryta 1943 In the aftermath of Operation Kalavryta, the horrendous Nazi atrocity in German-occupied Greece in 1943, Caroline Martin, an ambitious Berlin lawyer, goes to Kalavryta to further investigate the Greek government's multi-billion legal claim for war reparations. There, representing the German government, Caroline interviews Nikolas Andreou, an ailing octogenarian still haunted by the Massacre of Kalavryta, and unravels the sequence of nightmarish events that culminated in the destruction of an entire town. —Nick Riganas