The Commandant's Shadow
2024 · Movie · PG-13 · 103 min · ★ 7.2 · 71% critics
This documentary follows two families shaped by Auschwitz from opposite sides: one raised in comfort near the camp, the other fighting to survive it. Decades later, they meet in a private home to talk through memory, responsibility, and the lasting weight carried by children and grandchildren.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-05-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (29 votes)
About
If you want a heavy, reflective documentary about inherited guilt, survival, and how families live with history, this may resonate; Not for you if you avoid Holocaust material or intense discussions—pairs well with The Zone of Interest.
Pros: intimate face-to-face conversation; thought-provoking moral questions; informative historical context | Cons: includes gruesome footage; confrontational interview tone; focus drifts to children
Themes
- based on true story
- war buddies
- documentary film
- testimony
- biographical documentary
Cast & crew
- HH
Hans-Jürgen Höss
as Self
- KH
Kai Höss
as Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
as Self
- ML
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch
as Self
- RH
Rudolf Höss
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Daniela Völker