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Once a Nazi

Structured as a who done it documentary thriller; Once a Nazi... is Adalbert Lallier's tragic story, a man haunted by his connection to the most infamous group of mass murderers of the twentieth century - the notorious Waffen SS. Today Lallier wrestles with the demons in his soul; a passive participant still trying to solicit forgiveness from a society that is both repelled and fascinated by his alleged complicity. Due to his having witnessed the murder of seven concentration camp prisoners; the film juxtaposes an ex-soldier's crisis of conscience with his dramatic testimony in a war crimes tribunal fifty-five years later. How do we judge him? How does he judge himself? His current dilemma speaks to the very heart of human forgiveness; a timeless tale of morality using the utter despondency of World War II as a starting point.

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  • "Structured as a who done it documentary thriller; Once a Nazi... is Adalbert Lallier's tragic story, a man haunted by his connection to the most infamous group of mass murderers of the twentieth century - the notorious Waffen SS. Today Lallier wrestles with the demons in his soul; a passive participant still trying to solicit forgiveness from a society that is both repelled and fascinated by his alleged complicity. Due to his having witnessed the murder of seven concentration camp prisoners; the film juxtaposes an ex-soldier's crisis of conscience with his dramatic testimony in a war crimes tribunal fifty-five years later. How do we judge him? How does he judge himself? His current dilemma speaks to the very heart of human forgiveness; a timeless tale of morality using the utter despondency of World War II as a starting point."
  • "Structured as a who done it documentary thriller; Once a Nazi... is Adalbert Lallier's tragic story, a man haunted by his connection to the most infamous group of mass murderers of the twentieth century - the notorious Waffen SS. Today Lallier wrestles with the demons in his soul; a passive participant still trying to solicit forgiveness from a society that is both repelled and fascinated by his alleged complicity. Due to his having witnessed the murder of seven concentration camp prisoners; the film juxtaposes an ex-soldier's crisis of conscience with his dramatic testimony in a war crimes tribunal fifty-five years later. How do we judge him? How does he judge himself? His current dilemma speaks to the very heart of human forgiveness; a timeless tale of morality using the utter despondency of World War II as a starting point."@en
  • "Adalbert Lallier is a man haunted by his connection to the most infamous group of mass murderers of the 20th century, the Nazi SS. Today, Lallier wrestles with the demons in his soul. Having witnessed the murder of seven concentration camp prisoners during World War II, he is called on to testify at a war cimes tribunal 55 years later. How do we judge him? How does he judge himself? Structured as a documentary thriller, this movie functions as a moral compass, provoking the audience to consider what their actions might have been in similar circumstances. Lallier is still trying to solicit forgiveness from a Quebec society that is both repelled and fascinated by his alleged complicity."
  • "Adalbert Lallier watched his commanding officer shoot 7 Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. He finally confessed 52 years later and was called to testify at a war crimes tribunal in Germany. Structured as a documentary thriller, this movie functions as a moral compass, provoking the audience to consider what their actions might have been in similar circumstances."

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  • "Vidéo"

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