The Commandant's Shadow 2024

The Commandant's Shadow (2024) is a Documentary and History film from United Kingdom in the lookmovie catalog, running 1h 43m. Directed by Daniela Völker, it features Hans-Jürgen Höss and Kai Höss. Viewers rate it 7.2/10 from 31 votes. 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.