Austerlitz (2016)

Name: Austerlitz
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-07
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.9

Austerlitz (2016), directed by Sergei Loznitsa.

09/07/2016 BR Documentary 1h 34m

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Synopsis

The film observes visitors to a Holocaust memorial site on a former concentration camp, exploring their reasons for visiting and what they seek, and serves as a sometimes sardonic study of the relationship (or the clash) between contemporary culture and the sanctity of the site.

Jesse MazuchCinematography
Sergei LoznitsaCinematography, Director, Writer
Danielius KokanauskisEditing

About the film

Austerlitz is a 2016 German documentary film written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It premiered out of competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It deals with the Holocaust by observing visitors at the Nazi concentration camps of Sachsenhausen and Dachau. The title is a hint at W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz novel.

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Plot

The plot of the movie is a black-and-white footage of tourists on the territory of museum complexes, former concentration camps that function as museums (Dachau, Ravensbrück, Sachsenhausen and Dora-Mittelbau). The tape is shot in a webcam format with medium close-ups - the camera is fixed at chest height and camouflaged so that people don't pay attention to it. Each scene lasts at least 5 minutes, with almost no museum exhibits in the frame, German, English, French, Spanish, Italian speech is heard. In general, most of the tourists look at, look at, take pictures, that is, they behave normally, but there are scenes in which the behavior of visitors can be considered incorrect and disrespectful.

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Critical response

Austerlitz has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.83/10.

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External links

Austerlitz at IMDb

Text from Austerlitz (2016 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerlitz_(2016_film)

Trivia

It premiered on September 7, 2016, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h34 — a typical feature length.
It won 0 award(s) and received 1 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — European Film Award for Best Documentary among them.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosImperativ Film
CountriesGermany
LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish
StatusReleased

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European Film Award for Best Documentary 2017

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Crew

Jesse Mazuch Cinematography
Sergei Loznitsa Cinematography
Sergei Loznitsa Director
Danielius Kokanauskis Editing
Sergei Loznitsa Writer

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What is Austerlitz about?

Austerlitz: The film observes visitors to a Holocaust memorial site on a former concentration camp, exploring their reasons for visiting and what they seek, and serves as a sometimes sardonic study of the relationship (or the clash) between contemporary culture and the sanctity of the site.

Who directed Austerlitz?

Austerlitz was directed by Sergei Loznitsa in 2016.

How long is Austerlitz?

Austerlitz runs for 94 minutes, or 1h34.