Documentary film about the persecution and ostracism of homosexuals in Nazi Germany
A closely guarded family secret is revealed – a taboo broken. Willi Heckmann, born in 1897, was a solo entertainer, lyrical tenor – and gay. When filmmaker Klaus Stanjek learns that his favourite uncle Willi was interned in a concentration camp for eight years because of his sexual orientation, a family façade suddenly collapses. A poignant search for clues emerges from the fog of memory. Documentary design tools meet animation and compositing.
A deeply moving and award-winning documentary about the persecution and ostracism of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the post-war period, which makes visible the dynamics of distorting and suppressing the truth in German families.
Festivals / film awards
- 2017: History Film Festival, Rijeka, HR, Best Screenplay
- 2015: Film of the Month, Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW)
- 2015: Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, RU, Best Documentary
- 2014: Nonfiktionale, Bad Aibling, DE, Citizen's Award
- 2013: William Dieterle Filmpreis, Ludwigshafen, DE
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