Directed by:
Claus RäfleCinematography:
Jörg WidmerComposer:
Matthias KleinCast:
Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras, Ulrike Lodwig, Florian Lukas, Andreas Schmidt, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Rick Okon, Victoria Schulz (more)VOD (2)
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In June 1943, Germany infamously declared Berlin "judenfrei" - "free of Jews." But at that moment there were still 7,000 Jews living in the Nazi capital: hiding in attics, basements, and warehouses, protected by courageous Berliners while desperately trying to avoid deportation. Only 1,700 lived to liberation. The Invisibles tells the stories of four survivors, interweaving their testimony with highly accomplished dramatizations, an unusual hybrid approach that brings edge-of-the-seat suspense to their years spent underground. The two men and two women whose stories unfold are well chosen, and their younger selves are sensitively portrayed: Cioma is an art student who uses his drafting skills to forge passports in exchange for food ration cards; Hanni dyes her hair blond and tries to pass as Aryan; teenager Eugen is handed to a succession of sympathetic Communist families; and Ruth must resort to roaming the streets before being taken in by a surprising protector. If their stories sound contrived, The Invisibles makes their veracity all the more stunning. (Mill Valley Film Festival)
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If someone asks anyone in the world if they can imagine that the Germans killed millions of completely innocent people, the other person will tell them that it is a completely absurd and insane idea. Something completely incomprehensible. Because there is a significant difference between "not liking Jews" and "sending Jews to the gas chamber". Claus Räfle's feature documentary offers an authentic insight into the lives of several Jews who chose to hide and live in anonymity in Berlin during World War II. I was very impressed by the concept of the film, with fiction passages were interspersed with archival interviews with survivors, which helped me learn a lot about the lives of these “invisibles”. Those were really dark and crazy times and I can't imagine it, although there are many realistic and well-made feature films and documentaries on the subject - of which The Invisibles is a prime example.
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