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The Flat
Directed by
Arnon Goldfinger
2012
1h 37m
Not Rated
Documentary
6.9
85%
71%
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As a documentarian cleans out the flat that belonged to his grandparents--both immigrants from Nazi Germany--he uncovers clues pointing to a complicated, shocking story.
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Cast of The Flat
Axel Milberg
Narrator (voice: German version)
The Flat Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A spellbinding documentary about family secrets ...
Detroit News
Tom Long
Are things better left alone or is revealing all always the best path? "The Flat," to its credit, offers nothing like a definitive answer.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
There's something touching about the way Goldfinger obeys his moral compass.
San Francisco Chronicle
Leba Hertz
The movie feels more like a thriller and a mystery than a documentary. Perhaps someday, someone will be inspired to dramatize this astonishing story.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The Flat is about the persistence of denial, and of hope.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Arnon's filmmaking is flaccid, with TV-style interviews and rote reaction shots in place of cinematic imagery and deftly edited surprises.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
I will salute the deftness and intelligence with which Goldfinger observes the reactions of the living to the revelations of the dead.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
"The Flat" is a compelling tale of history made personal, and of what happens when light is shone on something previously murky.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
A film that begins as a family quest but evolves into a gripping study of know-don't-tell reticence and the umbilical tie of a lost homeland.
Newsday
John Anderson
A fascinating and sensitive examination of Jewish-Nazi collaboration, generational amnesia and the delicate construction of the thing we call history.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ultimately, this is not a film about one specific event but about human nature - most notably, the instincts toward denial and delusion, acceptance and forgiveness. From start to finish, revelations abound.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It tells an out-of-the-ordinary personal story and examines broad historical issues of societal memory and selective amnesia, of what is hidden between generations and what is revealed.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
A film that turns a personal story into a commentary on international denial and healing after World War II.
Slant Magazine
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Accusation is the rhetoric of outrage, and Arnon Goldfinger can't bring himself to experience even conservative anger, regardless of its appropriateness.
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Engrossing doc finds buried bonds between an Israeli family and an important Nazi.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
This fascinating docu should easily attract crossover auds, and merits arthouse exposure.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Goes from intriguing to astonishing by way of unfathomable.
Village Voice
Chuck Wilson
In families, this fascinating film suggests, acknowledging or denying the darker truths of one's legacy is a choice that must be made again and again, each and every day.
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
Grandma's closet contains a story only the third generation can hear
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Since there's no big payoff, the family drama documentary fizzles in the end.
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