The Commandant's Shadow
“His father murdered more than a million Jews at Auschwitz. She survived the camp against all odds. 80 years later, they come face to face.”
2024•PG-13•1h 43m•7.2•Released
DocumentaryHistoryWar
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.
Director
Daniela Völker
Writer
Daniela Völker
Languages
German, English
Studio
Snowstorm Productions
Cast
Hans-Jürgen Höss
Self
Kai Höss
Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Rudolf Höss
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Snowstorm Productions
Company
Creators
Company
New Mandate Films
Producer
Daniela Völker
Producer
Gloria Abramoff
Recommended
8.1
2000 Meters to Andriivka
2025
7.2
The Bloody Hundredth
2024
7.4
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001
8.4
O.J.: Made in America
2016
7.7
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
2023
7
Ronaldo
2015
6.9
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
7.3
Pavarotti
2019
6.8
The War Room
1993
7.2
Zeitgeist: Addendum
2008
7.2
Best of Enemies
2015
7
Reel Injun
2010
7.3
The Atomic Cafe
1982
7
Zeitgeist: The Movie
2007
6.4
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
6.8
The Unknown Known
2013
6.9
The Accountant of Auschwitz
2018
6.7
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
2019
6.6
Secrets of the Neanderthals
2024
7.5
MARS: Inside SpaceX
2018
Similar Movies
7.8
The Dynasty
2025
8.2
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
2021
6.7
Zoo
2018
6.1
The Truce
1997
6.5
The Masked Scammer
2022
6.2
Morning Light
2008
6.7
Apolonia, Apolonia
2023
7.2
Labyrinth of Lies
2014
6.7
Money, Freedom, a Story of CFA Franc
2022
All that remains
2016
7.1
22 July
2018
7
JD Vance: The Revenge of America
2026
7.5
The Iron Claw
2023
7
The Endurance
2000
10
Ione
2025
6.5
Border
1997
10
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
7.3
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
6.1
The Day That Shook the World
1975
4
Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality
2025