Underplayed Gems

East of War (1996)

East of War poster
Original title
Jenseits des Krieges
Directed by
Ruth Beckermann
Genre
documentary film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 57m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1990s Vienna, filmmaker Ruth Beckmann records visitors' reactions to a controversial exhibition about German army crimes in World War Two. The film focuses on personal responses from descendants of former soldiers and eyewitnesses.

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What happens

Jenseits des Krieges ist ein Dokumentarfilm der österreichischen Regisseurin Ruth Beckermann aus dem Jahre 1996. Als die Wanderausstellung Vernichtungskrieg. Verbrechen der Wehrmacht 1941–1944 in den 1990er Jahren in Wien gezeigt wurde, sammelten Ruth Beckermann und Peter Roeshler Eindrücke und Aussagen von Besuchern. Darunter befanden sich Nachkommen ehemaliger Wehrmachtssoldaten und Zeitzeugen. Weil die ursprüngliche Ausstellung vor ihrer Überarbeitung die individuelle Verantwortung von Wehrmachtsoldaten noch stärker in den Mittelpunkt gerückt hatte, fallen diese Reaktionen sehr persönlich aus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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