During the day, she walks around in public where there are large crowds, learning to "look and move like everyone else" her outward confidence helps her to hide in plain sight. To blend into German society, Hanni dyes her hair blond and renames herself "Hannelore Winkler". Hanni sneaks out of the apartment and is taken in by a Christian friend of her mother's. The family protecting her are soon found out and arrested. She works in a factory, sewing parachutes for the Wehrmacht, despite having a badly injured finger. Hanni Lévy, aged 17, is taken in by a family after her mother's death. With nowhere else to stay, Cioma takes his forged military pass and impulsively cycles all the way from Berlin to Switzerland, hoping to cross the border. He lives peacefully with her for some time, until she is betrayed by a friend and arrested. A warrant is soon sent out for his arrest and he hides in the home of Helene Jacobs. His wallet and the passport photos of other Jews were stored within. One day, Cioma accidentally leaves his bag on the train. Stella decides not to denounce him and bids him farewell, which the older Cioma believes was an act of love and mercy. He expresses his long-time infatuation with her and invites her to his hideout. He works alongside Werner Scharff, who is soon caught by the Gestapo and sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto, a hybrid concentration camp and ghetto.Ĭioma is spotted by a former classmate, Stella Goldschlag, who unbeknownst to him is a Jewish informant. With his education and experience in graphic design, Cioma finds work falsifying passports and other documents for Franz Kaufmann, a lawyer, who is helping people to escape the country. Some of the homeowners suspect or are aware of his Jewish heritage, but let him stay nonetheless. Cioma pretends to be a German soldier in need of temporary lodging, as assigned by the accommodation office, and he moves from apartment to apartment.
Unfortunately, his parents are sent there and are killed soon after. The helpers put themselves at great risk should their activities be known to the Gestapo, who work with a network of spies and informants.Ĭioma Schönhaus, aged 20, is spared from being sent to Auschwitz by pretending to be an employee at a munitions factory. Their saviours come from different walks of life, including ordinary German citizens, communists, Christians, and people working within the Nazi hierarchy. Their survival is attributed to resilience, luck, and help from others. Their individual situations are re-enacted, and in interspersed interviews, they recollect and comment on their experiences. The film recounts the struggle of Cioma Schönhaus, Hanni Lévy, Eugen Friede and Ruth Arndt-Gumpel to survive their persecution as Jews in Berlin from 1942 to 1945. The main actors are Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. It interweaves personal interviews, dramatic reenactment, archival footage, and narration. The film presents the experience of four Jewish teenagers who survived the Holocaust by going into hiding in Berlin during World War II. HDV Betacam provides quality lensing throughout, and tech credits are excellent.The Invisibles (German: Die Unsichtbaren – Wir wollen leben) is a 2017 German docudrama by Claus Räfle. However, monotone earnestness is so prolonged that when frequent Bardem collaborator Mariano Barroso inserts into his “Bianca’s Dream” an awkward dialogue between a pharmaceutical company’s head honcho and two aid workers, the attempt actually comes as a relief. The longest and best entry, “Good Night Ouma,” about former child soldiers in Uganda, tangibly demonstrates the good work of the aid agency. Wenders employs double exposures to pun on “Invisibles,” but fails to make a connection with raped women of the war-torn Congo. Made to commemorate MSF’s 20th Spanish anniversary, anthology begins flatfootedly and keeps plodding for most of the duration.
Pubcasters could bite, but fests will need to look to their own consciences before programming. Produced by Javier Bardem’s Pinguin Films shingle for charitable org Medicins Sans Frontiers (aka Doctors Without Borders), pic assembles five minu-docus tackling ignored social problems from Africa and Latin America. Running time: 23 MIN.įour Latino helmers and Wim Wenders help worthy causes get a profile, but the solemn portmanteau pic “Invisibles” is closer to well-meaning infomercial than docu.
Screenplay, Corcuera, Elena Garcia Quevedo.Ĭamera (color, HDV Betacam-to-DigiBeta), Jordi Abusada editor, Martin Eller. Running time: 13 MIN.ĭirected by Javier Corcuera. Camera (color/B&W, HDV Betacam-to-DigiBeta), David Omedes editors, Barroso, Yago Muniz music, Nneka Egbuna.
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