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Movie
Original title heritage
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2013
length 17 minutes
Rod
Director Matthias Zuder
script Marie-Therese Thill
production Annika Steffens
camera Thomas Forster
cut Frank Schumacher
occupation

Erbgut is a German short film by Matthias Zuder from 2013. At the 40th Student Academy Awards (“Student Oscar”) 2013, Erbgut was nominated in the “Best Foreign Film” category.

action

Max is on the road with his pregnant wife Lina when he receives an unpleasant call: His grandfather would like to see him again briefly before he is picked up. Reluctantly and only by persuading his girlfriend, Max complies with the request. When Max enters the grandfather's house alone, it becomes clear that a past that still has an impact today seems to separate the two. The grandfather gives his grandson a surprising gift: a gold bar weighing five kilograms that he has stored in a safe in his wardrobe. Max is asked to think about the origin of the valuable item. After a few minutes nothing is as it was: The visit to grandfather becomes a moral test for Max. In a conversation between Max, Lina and grandfather, the viewer is finally shown the full certainty about the origin of the gold: The grandfather was an overseer in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . The gold comes from the valuables and the dentures that were stolen from the murdered concentration camp inmates. Later, Max's grandfather, Max's parents and Max himself benefited from this genetic makeup. At the end of the film, the grandfather leaves the house with his lawyer to appear responsible for what he did back then in court. The film closes with the words of the grandfather. "I did my work there!"

background

Erbgut is the graduation film at the Hamburg Media School by director Matthias Zuder, screenwriter Marie-Therese Thill , producer Annika Steffens and cameraman Thomas Förster. The film is produced by the Hamburg Media School. The film was awarded several international festival prizes.

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