The Flat
2011 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 6.5 · 84% critics
After a beloved grandmother dies, her family clears out a long-held apartment and finds photos, letters, and documents that hint at a hidden past. What starts as sorting belongings turns into a personal investigation, touching on wartime history, cross-border connections, and long-buried emotions that reshape how the family understands its own story.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-07-11
- Language
- HE
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (24 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate documentaries that uncover family history and the lingering impact of wartime trauma, with a mystery that deepens as new documents surface; Not for you if you want fast pacing or lighter viewing like Human Flow.
Pros: gripping real-life mystery; thoughtful, honest tone; emotional family moments | Cons: slow stretches; heavy historical subject; some questions linger
Themes
- tel aviv, israel
- bauhaus
- german jew
Awards & recognition
- Ophir Award — best feature film
Cast & crew
Axel Milberg
as Narrator (voice: German version)
Directed by Arnon Goldfinger