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What our Fathers Did a Nazi Legacy
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Accompanied by human-rights lawyer Philippe Sands, two adult children of Nazi war criminals, Nazi Governors and consultants to Adolf Hitler himself, travel through Europe, reveal how they reconcile their fathers' monstrous deeds with their personal affection.
Accompanied by human-rights lawyer Philippe Sands, two adult children of Nazi war criminals, Nazi Governors and consultants to Adolf Hitler himself, travel through Europe, reveal how they reconcile their fathers' monstrous deeds with their personal affection.
Actors:
Horst von Wächter,
Philippe Sands,
Niklas Frank
Horst von Wächter
Philippe Sands
Niklas Frank
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
David Evans
David Evans
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#David Evans #Horst von Wächter #Niklas Frank #Philippe Sands #What our Fathers Did a Nazi Legacy
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May 18, 2016
What Our Fathers Did is a documentary with real intellectual heft, but there are very personal stakes involved.
November 20, 2015
A valuable examination of personal responsibility v familial loyalty set against events that should never be taken for granted.
November 12, 2015
The film is not just about a very specific and difficult conversation. Ultimately, it is also about the failure of conversation itself.
November 19, 2015
It entirely upends what I confess were my own preconceptions about what such a film would be: that is, a placid, consensual study, ruefully brooding on the sins of the fathers. This is far more challenging - and more disturbing.
November 10, 2015
A troubling study of denial, wartime responsibility and the challenge of dealing with a monster in the family.
November 12, 2015
What Our Fathers Did is a movie about historical and filial responsibility, about repudiation, about acceptance, about the pain we inherit, and the pain that continues to be doled out.
November 06, 2015
"What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy" wields a power that towers above many other small movies. It may not be the large definition of cinematic, but it is still a true film.
November 12, 2015
What starts out as a genial documentary about two sons of high officials of the Nazi Party soon turns chilling in the gripping and compelling "What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy."
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December 24, 2015
A fascinating doc about a couple sons of Nazi war criminals, one ashamed of his father's legacy, the other stubbornly proud.
November 19, 2015
A horribly gripping film.
November 12, 2015
[Wächter is] a frightening example of how the denial common to fascist regimes can endure long afterward.
November 19, 2015
What is it like to grow up as the son of a senior Nazi, with atrocities on your family conscience? In this powerful documentary, the British lawyer Philippe Sands meets two men living in the shadow of the Third Reich in very different ways.
