Overview:
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.Status: | Released (2024-05-29) |
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Awards: | 2 nominations total |
Screen: | Daniela Volker |
Productions: | Snowstorm Productions, Creators, New Mandate Films |
Production Countries: | Germany, Israel, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, Deutsch |
Posters
Recommendations
Casts
- 4666404: Hans-Jürgen Höss - Self
- 4666406: Kai Höss - Self
- 1656356: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch - Self
- 4666410: Maya Lasker-Wallfisch - Self
- 2048638: Rudolf Höss - Self (archive footage)
- 10279: Adolf Hitler - Self (archive footage)
Crews
- 3968399: Daniela Völker - Director - Directing
- 3968399: Daniela Völker - Producer - Production
- 2759177: Jani Guest - Executive Producer - Production
- 1587464: Gabriel Chwojnik - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 44951: Rob Goldie - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1642831: Matti Leshem - Executive Producer - Production
- 2425757: Joel Greenberg - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Review text:
To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this documentary. Occasionally using some truly gruesome archive footage, we are introduced to Hans Höss, the son of the the man who not just commanded the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, but who was largely instrumental ....
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