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The Commandant's Shadow

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.

7.2(31)20241h 43m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
German
  • based on true story
  • war buddies
  • documentary
  • testimony
  • biographical documentary

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Behind the camera

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United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1329 May 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-137 Jun 2024
    • Digital / OTTPG-13Max18 Jul 2024
    • TVPG-13HBO18 Jul 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)12A12 Jul 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMA 15+Jewish International Film Festival30 Oct 2024
  • American SamoaAS

    • Digital / OTTMax18 Jul 2024
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereDeauville Film Festival8 Sept 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical13 Jun 2024
  • GuamGU

    • Digital / OTTMax19 Jul 2024
  • Hong KongHK

    • Premiere KINO/2512 Oct 2025
  • IndonesiaID

    • Digital / OTTMax20 Dec 2024
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12A12 Jul 2024
  • IsraelIL

    • PremiereDocaviv30 May 2024
    • TheatricalAll13 Jun 2024
  • MexicoMX

    • Digital / OTTBMax18 Jul 2024

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The Commandant's Shadow was released on 29 May 2024.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/16/2024

    7/10

    To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this documentary. Occasionally using some truly gruesome archive footage, we are introduced to Hans Höss, the son of the the man who not just commanded the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, but who was largely instrumental in creating the complex in the first place. Loosely using a narration from the autobiography he wrote whilst awaiting trial after the wa…

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