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Austerlitz

Play trailer Poster for Austerlitz 2016,  1h 34m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 91% 11 Reviews Tomatometer - - Popcornmeter
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The juxtaposition of tourists who have come to visit the grounds of former Nazi extermination camps with the grave significance of these historic sites creates a sometimes mordant study of our current culture.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Nov 21, 2016
4/5
Everyone is looking, looking, looking. Looking at what? Buildings, walls, yards, enclosures. The victims are not there. The war criminals are not there. The past is not there. Go to Full Review
Nick James Sight & Sound Sep 16, 2016
What one collects by the end is a rounded portrait of humanity, and, somehow, one of hope, despite the ghastliness of human crimes and the need to revisit them. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety Sep 15, 2016
The present-day worth of preserved Holocaust death camps is tacitly addressed in Sergei Loznitsa's brilliant observational doc. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Jan 12, 2023
Austerlitz‘s people-watching pleasures are complicated but don’t resolve in any one direction. Go to Full Review
Craig Hubert Hyperallergic Feb 5, 2020
The film is relatively silent -- there is no added commentary, no titles, no extra sound -- capturing an emotional detachment that is hard to shake, all the more so because of its prevalence. Go to Full Review
Michael Sicinski Cinema Scope Nov 18, 2017
Exhibiting a simplicity and intellectual acuity that is far too rare in the field of documentary, Loznitsa has created a film whose cumulative impact will stay with you long after you watch it. Go to Full Review
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Sergei Loznitsa

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Austerlitz

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Movie Info

Synopsis The juxtaposition of tourists who have come to visit the grounds of former Nazi extermination camps with the grave significance of these historic sites creates a sometimes mordant study of our current culture.
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Production Co
Imperativ Film, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Angelegenheiten der Kultur und der Medien (BKM), German Federal Film Board
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
May 21, 2020
Runtime
1h 34m
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