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The Testament (2017)

The Testament poster
Original title
העדות
Directed by
Amichai Greenberg
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel, Austria
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Jewish historian fights Austrian officials who refuse to acknowledge that 200 Jewish forced laborers were murdered in 1945. The legal battle centers on a massacre that really happened, though the town name in the film is changed.

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What happens

The Testament (Hebrew: העדות) is a 2017 Israeli-Austrian film directed by Amichai Greenberg. It is a story of a legal battle of a Jewish historian with Austrian authorities not willing to recognize a murder of 200 Jewish forced laborers in 1945. The film is based on the real case of Rechnitz Massacre. The name of the city was changed to the fictional one, Lendsdorf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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