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Eternal Guest

Eternal Guest

2020 · 9 min

My grandfather was one of the very first labour migrants of the recruitment agreement between Germany and Greece. A short poetic documentary about longing, family and being a so-called guest worker.

Directed by Maximilian Karakatsanis

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