Opa's War

201233 min 16 secFilm: Documentaire

Réalisation: Stefanie Brantner

Production: Camila Blos

Scénarisation: Stefanie BrantnerMira Burt-Wintonick

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While visiting her ancestral home in Austria, a young Canadian woman unearths an old photograph of her late grandfather dressed in full German military uniform and is struck with the devastating realization that her beloved “Opa” was a soldier in Hitler’s army. Having grown up immensely proud of her Canadian grandfather, who fought with the Allies, she struggles to reconcile how the two men she adored as a child could have battled on opposite sides of the trenches.

Set in the picturesque Austrian Alps, Opa’s War takes viewers on a personal journey, uncovering a multilayered story that, until now, had remained untold. Featuring intimate conversations with family members, the film wrestles with the notion of inherited guilt and seeks to make sense of one soldier’s circumstances and choices during the Second World War. In the process, Opa’s War sheds light on a family history buried under decades of silent remorse.

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Catégories de sujets


  • Psychologie et Psychiatrie > Émotions et Sentiments
  • Famille > Portraits de famille
  • Conflits, Guerres et Paix > Souvenirs de guerre
  • Conflits, Guerres et Paix - Archives de la Seconde Guerre mondiale > Vétérans
  • Pays étrangers > Seconde Guerre mondiale
  • Sciences humaines > Les communautés au Canada/Dans le monde
  • Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté > Économie et développement (1500 à nos jours)
  • Diversité > Identité
  • Histoire > Deuxième Guerre mondiale

Générique


réalisateur
Stefanie Brantner
écriture
Stefanie Brantner
Mira Burt-Wintonick
producteur
Camila Blos
images
Allie Caldwell
montage
Aaron Hancox
Alec Mathewson
son
Adèle Charlebois
Kyle Stanfield
musique
Jeff Johnston