The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitler’s, a leader of the notorious SA and the Third Reich’s minister in charge of Slovakia, including its Final Solution? Executed as a war criminal in 1947, Hanns Ludin left behind a grieving widow and six young children, the youngest of whom became a filmmaker. It's a fascinating, maddening, sometimes even humorous look at what the director calls "a typical German story." (Film Forum)
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic74/100
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Malte LudinDirector
- Malte LudinScreenplay
Stills
Themes
destruction of a civilizationdaughterdeath penaltynazisense of guiltparent child relationshiploss of loved onesuppressed pastfascismss (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)deportation