A German Life

Name: A German Life
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: November 10, 2017
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Brunhilde Pomsel

2017

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: November 10, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Brunhilde Pomsel

Summary: Brunhilde Pomsel describes herself as an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins," but she got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else left alive. Today aged 104, Pomsel served as Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' stenographer. Brunhilde Pomsel's life mirrors all the major breaks andBrunhilde Pomsel describes herself as an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins," but she got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else left alive. Today aged 104, Pomsel served as Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' stenographer. Brunhilde Pomsel's life mirrors all the major breaks and continuities of the 20th century. Many people think that the dangers of war and fascism have been overcome. Brunhilde Pomsel makes it clear that this is not case. "A German Life" makes the viewer automatically ask: How would I have acted? What principles might I have betrayed to advance my career? Her extraordinary biography and personal journey into the past lead to the disturbing but timeless question: How reliable is my own moral compass?… Expand

Director: Christian Krönes and Florian Weigensamer and Olaf S. Müller and Roland Schrotthofer

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Sheri Linden

Nov 13, 2017

We all like to imagine ourselves as brave resisters. Pomsel's unapologetic account of being "one of the cowards" is a haunting, ever-timely reminder of how easy it can be to cash the paycheck and look the other way. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 21, 2017

A German Life is likely to be the last new movie of its kind: a documentary that presents contemporary testimony from someone who witnessed the inner workings of the Nazi high command. Read full review

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