The Commandant's Shadow
Fathom Events | Release Date: May 29, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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4
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1
Negative:
0
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100
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 11, 2024
Perhaps that final meeting in Lasker-Wallfisch’s front room does not offer closure. Nothing could. An amazing and dramatic historical tableau nonetheless. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 12, 2024
Völker’s sensitive film brings together these two wounded families to sit down for tea. It’s a fascinating encounter defined by guilt and unspeakable hurt. There is no sense of absolution or cathartic breakthrough. There is only imperfect reckoning. Read full review
80
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJun 24, 2024
Both Kai and Lasker-Wallfisch’s daughter, Maya, encourage the reluctant Hans Jürgen, now a frail 87-year-old man, to confront his family’s complicity. As they push and he resists, the process is unsettling and unsatisfying for everyone. But somehow it unfolds that Anita, an extraordinary character and the film’s true heart, sees Hans Jürgen most clearly. Read full review
80
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMay 28, 2024
An overpowering work of excavation and confrontation—as well as a timely and urgent warning about the continuing threat of antisemitism. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMay 30, 2024
Regrettably, “never again” proves to be a misguided ethos for a film about pain that’s so nakedly unresolved, both in its characters, and in a world that has learned nothing from the lessons they were born to teach it. Read full review
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