Chris Krikellis

The mentally unstable switchman Kramer, a devoted servant of the fatherland, is waiting for a train.

In 1936 Nazi Germany, a young, innocent apprentice, full of Olympic fever, leaves his rural village to see the ceremonies in Berlin. Upon arriving in the capitol, he meets a widow and a relationship blossoms. They spend an idyllic summer at her lakeside home, but the forces of totalitarianism cannot be held at bay and soon invade their lives.

A traveler sets out in search of clues in the landscape of his memories — at the Evros River, which forms part of the border between Turkey and Greece. Here he meets a forensic pathologist who tries to identify those refugees who died while crossing the river. A story about drawing borders and crossing them becomes a visually powerful, sensitive, and relentless documentary essay about current political failure.

The mentally unstable switchman Kramer, a devoted servant of the fatherland, is waiting for a train.

The mentally unstable switchman Kramer, a devoted servant of the fatherland, is waiting for a train.

A traveler sets out in search of clues in the landscape of his memories — at the Evros River, which forms part of the border between Turkey and Greece. Here he meets a forensic pathologist who tries to identify those refugees who died while crossing the river. A story about drawing borders and crossing them becomes a visually powerful, sensitive, and relentless documentary essay about current political failure.