A GERMAN LIFE

EIN DEUTSCHES LEBEN

By Christian KRÖNES, Florian WEIGENSAMER, Roland SCHROTTHOFER, Olaf S. MÜLLER

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Documentary - Completed 2016

Brunhilde Pomsel always described herself as just being a side-line figure and not at all interested in politics. Nevertheless she got close to one of the worst criminals in world history - Joseph Goebbels.

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Visions du Réel 2016
Feature lenght competition
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 113 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Christian KRÖNES, Florian WEIGENSAMER, Roland SCHROTTHOFER, Olaf S. MÜLLER
    • Producer(s)
    • Christian KRÖNES (Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion GmbH)
    • Synopsis
    • Although Brunhilde Pomsel always described herself as just being a side-line figure and not at all interested in politics, she nevertheless got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else presently alive. Today aged 105, Pomsel used to work as secretary, stenographer and typist for the Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Brunhilde Pomsel’s life mirrors the major historical ruptures of the 20th century and German life thereafter. Nowadays, many people presume that the dangers of war and fascism have long been overcome. Brunhilde Pomsel makes it clear that this is certainly not the case. “A German Life” forces viewers to ask themselves what they would have done and whether they would have sacrificed any possible moral principles in order to advance their own careers.