Hitler's Children
2011, Film, 59 min, Documentary, History, English, Germany, MoviePedia score 67
Thou shalt honor thy mother and thy father.
Their family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Goering, Hoess. This film looks at the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were left a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? How do they live with the weight of their ancestors' crimes? Is it possible to move on from the crimes of their ancestors?
Directed by Chanoch Ze'evi
Cast
- Bettina Göring as Self
- Katrin Himmler as Self
- Monika Hertwig as Self
- Rainer Höß as Self
- Eldad Beck as Self
- Niklas Frank as Self
- Yael Bedarshi as Narrator
- Adi Pieper as Self - Bettina Göring's husband
- Samuel West as Narrator
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