Project Detail

KZ

Synopsis

When the story of the unspeakable has been told a thousand times, when the images of the unimaginable have been shown a thousand times, when the mind is numb - where do you go from there? You have to start anew. That is where this film begins.

On the banks of the River Danube, surrounded by the beautiful landscape of Upper Austria, lies the picturesque town of Mauthausen. Two kilometres from its town centre is a place that attracts busloads of tourists, parties of schoolchildren, people from all over the world. Tour guides come to work here every day while nearby the locals go about their daily lives. This is a place where thousands upon thousands of people from over 30 nations were tortured and murdered. How does it feel to be a tourist at a former concentration camp? How does it feel to work here as a guide, day in, day out? How does it feel to live here as a local with the dark secrets of the past? And what of those who've chosen this town to be their new home?

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
98 mins
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Rex Bloomstein 1st Feature
Producer
Tony Tabatznik
Co-Producer
Tony Tabatznik
Editor
Richard Rhys Davies
Director of Photography
Alexander Boboschewski
Sound
Gunther Tuppinger

Production Status

Production Company

Rex Entertainment

36 Langham Street,
London W1W 7AP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7580 3479

katherine.crawley@rexentertainment.co.uk

Sales Company

Films Transit

252 Gouin Boulevard East
Montreal, Quebec H3L 1A8
Canada

T +1 514 844 3358

www.filmstransit.com

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