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The Commandant's Shadow
Directed by
Daniela Völker
PG-13
2024
1h 43m
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Follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the son of Rudolf Höss, the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz when he confronts his father's involvement in the murder of over a million Jews during the Holocaust.
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Cast of The Commandant's Shadow
Hans-Jürgen Höss
Self
Kai Höss
Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Rudolf Höss
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
The Commandant's Shadow Ratings & Reviews
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
An overpowering work of excavation and confrontation-as well as a timely and urgent warning about the continuing threat of antisemitism.
AWFJ.org
Loren King
Director Daniela Volker explores generational trauma related to the Holocaust. We take a moving and profound journey with the son, daughter, and grandson of Rudolf Hoss, the Auschwitz commander who murdered millions, and with a survivor and her daughter.
AWFJ.org
Leslie Combemale
Once you hear THE COMMANDANT'S SHADOW is the perfect companion to THE ZONE OF INTEREST, you think, "oh. ok. I can do this." You prepare yourself. No matter how much you do, this documentary has such a powerful hold, it's hard to shake even days later.
AWFJ.org
Jennifer Merin
This revelatory Holocaust documentary investigates life after Auschwitz, focusing on how Commandant Rudolph Hoss' son, daughter and grandson come to terms with knowing their beloved forebear murdered more humans than any other human in history. Must see!
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Heartbreaking and inspirational, The Commandant's Shadow documentary shows how two families, whose ancestors were on opposite sides of the Holocaust, confront and try to heal from these painful legacies.
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
The film offers a fascinating portrait of unseen monsters as Hans recalls Rudolph Höss as a great father.
Next Best Picture
Danilo Castro
"The Commandant's Shadow" is sobering as it is revelatory.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
Regrettably, "never again" proves to be a misguided ethos for a film about pain that's so nakedly unresolved, both in its characters, and in a world that has learned nothing from the lessons they were born to teach it.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
A film that is both fraught and elevated by the slim hope of reconciliation, through facing the past with clear eyes and the present with compassion.
The Michael Medved Show
Michael Medved
This film focuses on remarkable people trying to integrate the lessons from some of the darkest scenes in human history. It feels occasionally unfocused and disorganized, but it is an unforgettably powerful experience.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Its most powerful moments occur when 87-year-old Hans Jurgen Hoss confronts the scope and scale of the extermination and realizes that his memories of how idyllic his childhood are faulty.
TheWrap
Elizabeth Weitzman
It unfolds that Anita, an extraordinary character and the film's true heart, sees Hans Jürgen most clearly. Whether her preternatural practicality is born of trauma or a survivor's instinct, she understands that people believe what they're taught...
The SS Ben Hecht
Stephen Silver
It's heady stuff, as stories about the legacy of the Holocaust tend to be.
Decider
John Serba
The Commandant's Shadow is an extraordinary documentary. Difficult to watch, but extraordinary.
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