The Commandant's Shadow (2024)

Directed by

Daniela Völker

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Jurgen Höss, the son of the Auschwitz commandant, as he reflects on his childhood next to the camp. It also shows his meeting with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a survivor of the camp.

confrontationalreflectivesomberhistoricalpersonalunflinchingquietly intense

What happens

The Commandant's Shadow is a 2024 documentary film directed and produced by Daniela Völker. The film focuses on the story of Jurgen Höss, the son of Auschwitz concentration camp director Rudolf Höss, and his boyhood home life in the villa adjacent to it. The film also stars Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, an Auschwitz survivor who meets face-to-face with Jurgen Höss decades later. The Commandant's Shadow drew media comparisons to the 2023 film The Zone of Interest, a dramatization similarly focusing on the Höss family's life adjacent to Auschwitz. Snowstorm, Creators Inc., and New Mandate Films produced the movie. HBO Documentary Films and Warner Bros. Pictures acquired distribution rights in April 2024 with Fathom Events partnering to give the film a limited release in the United States on May 29 and 30, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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