Completed - GERMAN - Jewish, Biography, Documentary - 93 minutes
A film about truth and lies and how a dishonest man can rise to power.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Ruth BECKERMANN Writer(s) : Ruth BECKERMANN Producer(s) : Ruth BECKERMANN (Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion)
Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress during his Austrian presidential campaign, the denial by the Austrian political class, the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, which finally led to his election.Created from international archive material and what Beckermann shot at the time, the film analyses the collapse of the Austrian grand illusion: having been the first victim of the Nazis.
Country(ies) : AUSTRIA
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Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2018 ForumStockholm IFF 2018 Stockholm XXIX Documentary Competition