The Commandant's Shadow
2024 · Movie · 1h 43m · PG-13
The read
Scores higher than 72% of the 2,437 2020s documentary movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.
Ratings
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniela VölkerDirector
- Gabriel ChwojnikOriginal Music Composer
- Daniela VölkerWriter
Cast
- Hans-Jürgen HössSelf
- Kai HössSelf
- Anita Lasker-WallfischSelf
- Maya Lasker-WallfischSelf
- Rudolf HössSelf (archive footage)
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
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