Beneath the Olive Tree (2015)
The truth lies below
76 min
The departure point for this film is a series of notebooks created during the Greek civil war of 1946-49 and first discovered years later, under an olive tree. Inside their pages, diary-like, deported women recount their experiences in Greek concentration camps. Many of them were active in the resistance under Nazi occupation. Actress Olympia Dukakis, who serves as the film’s narrator, was also the individual who originally called director Toska’s attention to the unique documents.
- Release date
- March 7, 2015
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Trailer
Cast
- Eleni Drivas as Self
- Olympia Dukakis as Narrator
- Nitsa Gavrielidou as Self
- Pota Kakava as Self
- Teresa Leontyev as Motion Capture Performer
- Lou Mastantuono as Motion Capture Performer
- Bruce L. Mayfield as Motion Capture Performer
- Tammy McNeill as Motion Capture Performer
- Adrian Mendoza as Motion Capture Performer
- Anastasia Metropoulou as Self
Crew
- Stavroula Toska · Director
- Sophia Antonini · Producer
- Stavroula Toska · Producer
- Tao Zervas · Composer
- Sophia Antonini · Cinematographer
- Lauren Beckett Jackson · Editor