The Benevolent Dictator (2016)

Directed by

Martin Hasenöhrl, Bernhard Braunstein, Albert Lichtblau

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Austria

Runtime

35 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Norbert Abeles, a Viennese Jew who fled Austria as a child and later worked as a colonial civil servant in Africa. Now in his nineties living in Malawi, the film contrasts his present day life with his memories of a harsh past.

reflectivecontemplativebittersweetunderstatedpersonalobservationaldryunsentimental

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