The Commandant's Shadow (2024)

7.2/10 103 min Documentary History War

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.

Cast

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Self

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Recommendations

The Bloody Hundredth
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The Age of Stupid
The War Room
The Unknown Known
O.J.: Made in America
Ronaldo
Zeitgeist: Addendum
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Pavarotti
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Best of Enemies
My Generation
Zeitgeist: The Movie
The Atomic Cafe
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front