2014
1 h 26 m

2014
1 h 26 m

Summary Through letters written from 1939 - 1941 by one Jewish family from Vienna and interviews of contemporary Austrians such as Weisenthal, Waldheim, Haider, President Fischer, Ambassador Lauder, and others; Shadows From My Past acts as a warning to today.

Directed By: Curt Kaufman, Gita Kaufman

Written By: Curt Kaufman, Gita Kaufman

2014
1 h 26 m

2014
1 h 26 m

Shadows from My Past

Name: Shadows from My Past
Genre: Documentary, Family, History, War
Released: 2014-08-29
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Kurt Waldheim, Simon Wiesenthal, Jörg Haider, Heinz Fischer, Wolfgang Schüssel

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Directed By: Curt Kaufman, Gita Kaufman

Written By: Curt Kaufman, Gita Kaufman

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Los Angeles Times

Nov 21, 2014

What Kaufman's blunt inquiry lacks in technical refinement, it makes up for in details — in interviewees' recollections and, most harrowing, in the box full of letters that sparked the project.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Aug 26, 2014

The Kaufmans are amateurs, in the sense that this is a labor of love but also in that the film lacks the technical and storytelling caliber of more professional work. Many cuts are awkward and the sound is terrible. Still, it’s another full box revealing how people narrowly escaped brutalities, and how some didn’t.

By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 28, 2014

The issue of national atonement is a sprawling topic, one ill served by the film’s unfocused and amateurish presentation. At times, the movie seems less like a full-fledged documentary than like a pitch session.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft

Release Date Aug 29, 2014

Duration 1 h 26 m

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Shadows from My Past

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Kurt Waldheim

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Simon Wiesenthal

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Jörg Haider

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Heinz Fischer

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Wolfgang Schüssel

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Walter Advokat

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Lawrence Baron

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Theodore Bikel

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Hubertus Czernin

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Paul Chaim Eisenberg

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Henry Feingold

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Gita Kaufman

Ronald Lauder

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Peter Marboe

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Eric Pleskow

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Christian Rainer

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Oliver Rathkolb

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Michael Schroeder

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Christoph Schönborn

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Reinhold Stecher

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