The past catches up with two men, a Jewish emigrant composer Hermann Geburtig and the German journalist Konrad Sachs, in this award-winning tale. While Geburtig is being persuaded by a Viennese journalist to return to his hometown and give evidence in court against a former concentration camp supervisor, Sachs is forced to finally face the agonizing reality that he is the son of a high-ranking SS-Doctor. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Oscar.

In German with English subtitles.

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