Father, Son and the Price of Resistance

A quiet, painful excavation of a family's silence, built from video messages that slowly expose old wounds and buried truths.

Directed by

Götz Schauder

Genres

Documentary

Overview

The father fought against the dictatorship in East Germany using his typewriter. His son took active measures. Two forms of resistance and an abyss of silence. Götz Schauder uses video messages to build a bridge between the two men. A painful struggle for the truth begins.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, memory, politics, betrayal

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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