The Commandant's Shadow

The Commandant's Shadow (2024)

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.

TMDb

7.6

29/05/2024 • 1h 43m
original-title

The Commandant's Shadow

status

Released

production-companies

Snowstorm Productions

Creators

New Mandate Films

original-language

English

budget

-

revenue

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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.

production-countries

Germany

Israel

Poland

United Kingdom

United States of America

spoken-languages

German

English

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