DOC F “MAUTHAUSEN” – Aristarchos Papadaniel, Panagiotis Kountouras, Greece, 2023, 91’

Synopsis: A poetic documentary based on Mikis Theodorakis’s & Iakovos Kambanellis’s “MAUTHAUSEN cantata” new interpretation by Aristarchos Papadaniel (voice) & Aris Zervas (cello) and the original handwritten, unpublished text for a film shooting “Travelogue to Mauthausen – May 1988” by the concentration camp survivor and founder of the modern Greek post-war theatre Iakovos Kambanellis.

The new MAUTHAUSEN recordings were the last official releases published with the permission of the world-renowned Greek composer and political activist Mikis Theodorakis (ZORBA, Z), just one month before his passing on September 02, 2021.

Iakovos Kambanellis’s unpublished text was written during his visit and concert in the Mauthausen Liberation and Commemoration Ceremony ‘88, coming now to life in its natural place -Mauthausen Memorial, Austria 2022- for the first time.

• Director: Panagiotis Kountouras, Aristarchos Papadaniel
• Writer: Iakovos Kambanellis, Aristarchos Papadaniel
• Producer: Aristarchos Papadaniel, Panagiotis Papadaniel
• Key Cast: Aristarchos Papadaniel, Aris Zervas, Tassos Pappas-Petridis, Thisvi Vourliotaki, Avigdor (Viktor) Neumann, Panagiotis Kountouras, Stavroula Milona, Xenia Alexandrovna, Annina Jendreyko