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The Flat

Documentary

2011, Movie, 1h 37min

The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv was where my grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the 1930s. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. When my grandmother passed away at the age of 98 we were called to the flat to clear out what was left. Objects, pictures, letters and documents awaited us, revealing traces of a troubled and unknown past. The film begins with the emptying out of a flat and develops into a riveting adventure, involving unexpected national interests, a friendship that crosses enemy lines, and deeply repressed family emotions. And even reveals some secrets that should have probably remained untold...

Country: Israel,Germany

Director:

Arnon Goldfinger

Cast:

Axel Milberg

Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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What we see in the meetings here between Jews and Germans are professional people — prosperous, educated, friendly — for whom mentioning Nazis or murder would violate taboos. Only the third generation became interested...

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"The Flat" is an award-winning documentary film that tells an astonishing tale of family secrets and long-buried memories dating back to the Holocaust era. The story unfolds as director Arnon Goldfinger sorts through his Tel Aviv flat, which had been home to his grandparents for 70 years before his grandmother's passing at age 98. Goldfinger and his family uncover clues revealing that his grandparents had a previously unknown friendship with a high-ranking Nazi officer, SS official Leopold von Mildenstein, who was even a guest in their home. As the family delves deeper into the mystery, they discover the painful truth about their history and the complex moral ambiguities that arose from their relationships during that dark period. The film takes the audience on an emotional journey as they grapple with the weight of their family's past and the efforts to confront the suppressed truth.