Saw this film last night on UK TV. I can add little to the reviews already given but would like to comment on Michael Wehle sour remarks.
Yes, not everything is explored, such a Fascism in the Ukraine. Can it be in the time given? Personally I had not problem with the one son seeing his father as a loving man etc. What else would a very young child think? The issue is the refusal to admit that his father was personally responsible for the crimes and, I think, that is what Sands is trying to do, namely to get him to concede when faced with the facts.
The documentary also indirectly alludes to the problems in many German families when the younger generation found out about the crimes of their parents.
Yes, not everything is explored, such a Fascism in the Ukraine. Can it be in the time given? Personally I had not problem with the one son seeing his father as a loving man etc. What else would a very young child think? The issue is the refusal to admit that his father was personally responsible for the crimes and, I think, that is what Sands is trying to do, namely to get him to concede when faced with the facts.
The documentary also indirectly alludes to the problems in many German families when the younger generation found out about the crimes of their parents.