Farewell, Herr Schwarz

Name: Farewell, Herr Schwarz
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 9, 2015
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 72

2015

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: January 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Siblings Michla and Feiv'ke Schwarz survived the Holocaust but never reunited after the war. Michla moved to the soon-to-be-founded Jewish state in the Middle East and started a family there. Her brother Feiv'ke, presumed dead, returned to East Germany, married a German woman and inexplicably lived amidst the concentration camp ruins whereSiblings Michla and Feiv'ke Schwarz survived the Holocaust but never reunited after the war. Michla moved to the soon-to-be-founded Jewish state in the Middle East and started a family there. Her brother Feiv'ke, presumed dead, returned to East Germany, married a German woman and inexplicably lived amidst the concentration camp ruins where he was once a prisoner. The Israeli and German sides to the family lived unaware of each other for half a century until first time filmmaker Yael Reuveny probed exactly what happened to her family in 1945. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Yael Reuveny

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Ella Taylor

Jan 5, 2015

In Reuveny’s subtle hands, any uplift to emerge from this extraordinary tale is earned, not gratuitously extracted. Read full review

Tina Hassannia

Jan 7, 2015

The film works best when it focuses on the talking heads. Reuveny captures everyone’s initial reactions to the news and how their feelings change over time, uncomfortable silences and all. She knows exactly when to cut and when to pause, to let those moments of silence speak for the deceased, and let the pain of the past resonate within the frame. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Jan 8, 2015

The film peels back the layers of a mystery. Who knew what, and when? And how could someone choose this path? The film is rich with artfully framed interviews of newly discovered family members, like Reuveny’s quarter-Jewish German cousin considering a religious conversion. Even the music and finely observed interiors are so cinematic that you often forget this is a documentary. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Jan 7, 2015

It’s an absorbing documentary that eloquently explores questions about forgiveness. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 13, 2015

There's no denying that this is a fascinating story, albeit one that raises far more questions than it answers. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 8, 2015

Yael Reuveny’s Farewell Herr Schwarz traces a Holocaust mystery with stumbling curiosity and endearing sincerity. Read full review

Wes Greene

Jan 5, 2015

The sobering quality that informs both the documentary's aesthetic and content largely suppresses any spontaneity or much-needed moments of levity. Read full review

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