Aufschub [Mal de archivo]
Respite

Section
Memories of Evil. Film, reminiscence and the historical traumas of a century
Country
Germany, South Korea
Year
2007
Runtime
40 min.
Production
Harun Farocki Filmproduktion
Director
Harun Farocki
Writer
Harun Farocki
Photographer
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Producer
Harun Farocki
Cast
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Notes
International Film Festivals: Cannes, Marsella, Nueva York

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Aufschub [Mal de archivo]

RESPITE resurrects film footage shot by Rudolf Breslauer, a temporary inmate of the Dutch transit camp for Jews, Westerbork. Commissioned by the camp’s SS commandant, Breslauer films the unloading and loading of trains, and devotes much of his footage to the varied work and activities of the inmates. How do our familiarity with “conventional” images of concentration conflict with the Westerbork documentary?