Commander’s Shadow | Film shows real-life scenes of ‘area of interest’

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The Commander’s Shadow is a documentary showcasing the real locations depicted in the award-winning film Zones of Interest (2023).Unreleased archival footage

The Commander’s Shadow is a documentary showcasing the real locations depicted in the award-winning film Zones of Interest (2023).

July 26
2024
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War drama Areas of Interest (2023), Winner 2024 Oscars for Best International FilmIt caught the attention of the public and critics for its fictionalized alternate side of Nazism; the lives of the commandants and their families who lived near the concentration camps, living ordinary lives despite knowing the horrors of war. Commander’s Shadow It’s set against a historical backdrop and shows how these people really lived and where they lived.

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Director Daniela Volk’s film explores the past of Auschwitz, the main extermination camp of World War II, following the journey of Hans-Jürgen Höss (son of Commandant Rudolf Höss) and his grandson Kai, which culminates in the pair meeting Anita Lasker – Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor known as the “Violinist of Auschwitz.”

Unreleased archival footage

In addition to the conference, the work features never-before-seen archival images, excerpts from Rudolf Höss’s autobiography, and real locations that served as inspiration for the areas of interest. One of these is the Höss family house in Auschwitz. The building is intact and currently inhabited by a Polish family, but Daniela managed to convince them to let the film crew in.

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“It was really powerful to take Rudolf Höss’s son back to his real home, to have him go back to his room and remember looking out the window into the chimney, which was actually the crematorium where his father burned over a million people,” commented Wendy Robbins, executive producer of Commander’s Shadow.

The director’s film does not make the audience forget the horrors of World War II. But, according to her, it ends with a message of hope.

“We ended our film with an important message; our Holocaust survivors met Rudolf Höss’s son and said, ‘We have to talk to each other,'” Wolk said.

The production is currently showing on more than 700 screens in the United States, but its screening rights have been purchased by HBO, and the film will soon be available on Max.

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