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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Three 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...

Directed By: David Evans

Written By: Philippe Sands

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m

What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Three 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...

Directed By: David Evans

Written By: Philippe Sands

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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100
Nov 12, 2015
Gripping and compelling.
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83
Nov 13, 2015
William Faulkner's oft-cited quote has rarely been more apt: "The past is never dead. It's not even the past."
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 5, 2015
Despite a melodramatic title, the film is keen and measured. Drama builds in the small moments.
By Diana Clarke FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 10, 2015
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.
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70
Nov 6, 2015
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.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
58
Nov 4, 2015
There’s a rigidity of purpose here that keeps A Nazi Legacy from ever becoming startling or revelatory.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 31, 2015
The conclusion suggests the film exists to affirm the preconceived desires and perceptions of its makers.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wildgaze Films
Release Date Nov 6, 2015
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://nazilegacy.oscilloscope.net/
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Awards

Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hamburg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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