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The Commandant's Shadow
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The Commandant's Shadow

May 29, 2024
1h 43m
★ 7.2

His father murdered more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. She survived the camp against all odds. 80 years later, they come face to face.

Overview

While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.

Genres

Documentary
History
War

Production Companies

Snowstorm Productions
Creators
New Mandate Films

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Cast

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Self

Hans-Jürgen Höss

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Kai Höss

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Maya Lasker-Wallfisch

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Self (archive footage)

Rudolf Höss

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

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