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Otto Neururer - Hope through Darkness

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In May 1940, Catholic priest Otto Neururer suffered an agonising death which lasted 36 hours in Buchenwald concentration camp. Decades later Heinz Fitz, an ageing actor, goes in search of the traces left behind by the blessed priest, together with juvenile delinquent Sofia and Fr. Anton, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease. Heinz wants to heal the shame of his father's guilt and find peace. His father was an Nazi and did horrible things.

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01:29:03
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Directors: Hermann Weiskopf
Writers: Dr. Peter Mair, Kirsten Ossoinig
Producers: Hermann Weiskopf, Ottfried Fischer
Key cast: Ottfried Fischer, Lucas Zolgar, Jasmin, Heinz Fitz, Antonio Wannek, Karl Merkatz, Julia Gschnitzer, Sophie Resch, Hans-Jürgen Silbermann, Mathias Renneisen, Peter Miklusz, Madeleine Weiler, Enzo Weiskopf, Hermann Weiskopf, Michaela Posch

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Student project: No
Completion date: 2019-01-01
Shooting format: Digital
Aspect ratio: 1:2.35
Film color: Black & White and Color
First-time filmmaker: No

Total votes: 1483

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