I watched this movie on Australian SBS, where it was described as a historical drama. It feels more like an artistic documentary. The zone of interest was a restricted area around Auschwitz concentration camp during WW2. The film shows the life of the camp commander and his family. The camp is behind the fence and what is going on there can be heard and sometimes smelled. A lot of the story is suggested in the movie, not shown explicitly. The constant background noises from the camp are sometimes barely noticeable, sometimes loud. The haunting atmosphere of the movie reminds me a bit of Picnic at the Hanging Rock. There is no Hollywood ending in this film. Highly recommended to watch on a quiet lazy day.
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I noticed one possible inaccuracy in the film. When there is a meeting of camp commanders and the names of the camps are listed, one is given as Majdanek. As far as I know, that was not the name Germans used officially. Majdanek is the Polish name of the area. The official camp name was KL Lublin. Majdanek is at least pronounceable for German-speakers, another camp name, commonly used in literature after the war is Chełmno - this one is unpronounceable. The German name was Kulmhof. Another well known example is Łódź Ghetto - Łódź, like Oświęcim and Chełmno, was incorporated into Germany in 1939 and was called Litzmannstadt.
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