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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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