THE COMMANDANT'S SHADOW (12A)

Daniela Volker | USA | Israel | Poland | UK | Germany | 2024 | 103’ 

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 documentary is the historic 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.

£7.70 (£5.90)

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