ALIEN BORN

FREMD GEBOREN

By Esther VAN MESSEL

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 1997

Based on the book Fragments by Binjamin Wilkomirski. Daniel Ganzfrieds inquiries later led to the uncovering of Wilkomirskis story as a shame.

    • Year of production
    • 1997
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Duration
    • 60 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Esther VAN MESSEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Esther VAN MESSEL
    • Producer(s)
    • Karin KOCH (Dschoint Ventschr)
    • Synopsis
    • Binjamin, the only child of his family to have survived Auschwitz, was adopted by a couple in Switzerland, where with a new name and the advice to forget his past, Benjamin grows to manhood. Some 50 years later an Orthodox Jew who lives in Israel arrives on the scene to say that he believes he might be Binjamin’s father. Based on the book Bruchstücke (‚Fragments’) by Binjamin Wilkomirski. Daniel Ganzfried’s research led to the conclusion that Wilkomirski’s biography was forged. Dschoint Ventschr therefore produced Our Jew by Daniel Wildmann as an exposé. Fremd Geboren can only be borrowed along with Our Jew.