The Commandant's Shadow
2024, Film, 103 min, Documentary, History, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
His father murdered more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. She survived the camp against all odds. 80 years later, they come face to face.
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.
Where to watch in India
- Stream on JioHotstar
Directed by Daniela Volker
Cast
- Hans-Jürgen Höss as Self
- Anita Lasker-Wallfisch as Self
- Brigitte Hoess as Self
- Ingebrigitt Höß as Self
- Kai Höss as Self
- Klemens Koehring as Höss' Autobiography read by
- Maya Lasker-Wallfisch as Self
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