SummaryThree men travel together across Europe. For two of them the journey involves a confrontation with the acts of their fathers, who were both senior Nazi officers. For the third, the eminent human rights lawyer and author Philippe Sands, it means visiting the place where much of his own Jewish family was destroyed by the fathers of the two men he h... Read More
Directed By:David Evans
Written By:Philippe Sands
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
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Nov 13, 2015
83
William Faulkner's oft-cited quote has rarely been more apt: "The past is never dead. It's not even the past."
Nov 5, 2015
80
Despite a melodramatic title, the film is keen and measured. Drama builds in the small moments.
Nov 10, 2015
75
From the outset, What Our Fathers Did doesn’t have much narrative thrust. The film makes it clear that it is more interested in the process than any end goal. But the process of what exactly is a question that gnaws unanswered for the first third of the documentary.
Nov 6, 2015
70
While these men aren’t accountable for the actions of their fathers, they are obligated to recognize the truth of what happened. To see one of them deny that truth is difficult to watch, and just as hard to look away from.
Nov 4, 2015
58
There’s a rigidity of purpose here that keeps A Nazi Legacy from ever becoming startling or revelatory.
Oct 31, 2015
50
The conclusion suggests the film exists to affirm the preconceived desires and perceptions of its makers.
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Nov 20, 2016
8
A really good documentary where a lawyer who has lost his relatives during the WW2 holocaust meets with sons (which are now in their old age) of two German high ranking officers which were involved in mass murders of jews and other crimes in WW2. One of the sons condemns his father, while other tries to find explanation and reasons why his father wasn't as bad throughout the whole movie. This movie really makes you think and see how some people can be naive or try to find explanations where there are none.
Apr 2, 2016
7
Our lovely fathers would love what they did at their early times fighting against the **** and I'm telling you, it's worth every penny on my things to do list.
Production Company:
- Wildgaze Films
Release Date:Nov 6, 2015
Duration:1 h 36 m
Awards
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hamburg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
