Austerlitz (2016)

Directed by

Sergei Loznitsa

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows visitors walking through the concentration camps of Sachsenhausen and Dachau. It watches people take photos, listen to audio guides, and move through the sites. The movie notes the contrast between the dark history and the tourism happening there.

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What happens

Austerlitz is a 2016 German documentary film written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It premiered out of competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It deals with the Holocaust by observing visitors at the Nazi concentration camps of Sachsenhausen and Dachau. The title is a hint at W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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