Summaries

Family drama and historical truth collide in this film about the painful legacy cast by Hanns Ludin, a prominent Nazi executed for war crimes in 1947. In this documentary, Hanns Ludin's son, filmmaker Malte Ludin, breaks 60 years of silence and repression, investigating his father's dark deeds and interviewing his still-denying sisters. The film is an intimate look at the descendants of a Nazi perpetrator, most of whom refuse to accept the history of their family and of Nazi Germany more generally.—National Center for Jewish Film

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Keywords
  • world war two
  • nazi
  • germany
  • war criminal
  • third generation
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
  • Documentary
Release date Apr 6, 2005
Countries of origin Germany
Official sites Official site
Language English German
Filming locations Lake Constance, Germany
Production companies ARTE Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) Filmfonds Wien

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 25m
Color Color
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