Habermann

From “old pro” Czech director Juraj Herz comes this powerful and moving WWII story from the oft-forgotten Czech/German border region of Sudetenland. 

German mill owner August Habermann tries his best to remain silent when his hometown becomes occupied by Nazi Germany, but an intrusive SS officer soon questions his loyalties to the Fatherland.  Things fall apart quickly for the apolitical Habermann when it's discovered that his wife is half Jewish and dozens of his Czech employees are mounting a resistance against the occupation. 

Less concerned with heroes and villains than the human side, Herz’s frank depiction of violence both enacted by and inflicted upon Germans during this tumultuous period is sure to rankle a few feathers, if not provoke some serious questions about justice. A member of the Sixties Czech “New Wave” generation (Milos Forman, Ivan Passer, et al), Herz works both in German and Czech/Slovak cinema. He received the 2009 Czech ‘Golden Lion” for his long-continued body of work both in theater and film.

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