When a young woman (Lena Stolze as a fictionalized version of Anna Rosmus) investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Rosmus wrote her first book, "Resistance and Persecution - The Case of Passau 1933-1939", which was published in 1983. Undeterred by threats, she now wrote "Exodus - In the Shadow of Mercy", a book focusing on the plight of Passau's Jews during the twentieth century. Her work continued to cause unprecedented uproar as well as international praise. She was eventually forced out and moved to America.
Lena Stolze is a perfect lead. She approaches the character an her world with a sense of wonder that anticipates "Amelie", though this material is much darker. The film, though light-hearted and innocent in many ways, does bring up an important point: it is not simply a matter of "erasing" or "forgetting" or "ignoring" history -- a community must actually confront it in order to move on.
Rosmus wrote her first book, "Resistance and Persecution - The Case of Passau 1933-1939", which was published in 1983. Undeterred by threats, she now wrote "Exodus - In the Shadow of Mercy", a book focusing on the plight of Passau's Jews during the twentieth century. Her work continued to cause unprecedented uproar as well as international praise. She was eventually forced out and moved to America.
Lena Stolze is a perfect lead. She approaches the character an her world with a sense of wonder that anticipates "Amelie", though this material is much darker. The film, though light-hearted and innocent in many ways, does bring up an important point: it is not simply a matter of "erasing" or "forgetting" or "ignoring" history -- a community must actually confront it in order to move on.