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The Accountant of Auschwitz

17 August

 Original Name: The Accountant of Auschwitz
English Name: The Accountant of Auschwitz
Year: 2018
Run Time: 78'
Language: English, German
Type (Colour/ Black & White):  Colour
Country: Canada 
Director:  Matthew Shoychet
Producer: Ricki Gurwitz, Ric Esther Bienstock
Key Interviews: Bill Klied, Hedy Bohm, Max Eisen, Eva Kor
Screenplay: Ricki Gurwitz
Cinematographer: Luke McCuthceon
Editor: Ted Husband
Sound Designer:  Gary Vaughan
Music Composer : Ken Myhr
Production Company: TLNT Productions Inc.
World Sales:  Aqute Media Inc.
World Sales Phone:
World Sales Email: alisha@aqutemedia.com

Festivals:

  • Hot Docs IDF 2018
  • Palm Springs IFF 2019

Selected Filmography:

  • 2018 The Accountant of Auschwitz (Doc)
  • 2015 Anne Frank: 70 Years Later (Doc Short)
  • 2014 Patrick: Evil Awakens (Short)
  • 2012 Faker Chaser (Short)

Director’s Biography:

Matthew Shoychet is a Toronto-based filmmaker. He has worked in the narrative and documentary world of short films for many years. He is a graduate of York University's Film Production BFA, as well as Sheridan College's post-graduate in Advanced Television and Film. In 2013, he worked with acclaimed Canadian director Bruce McDonald on the video instalments for the musical concert Tumbling Into Light, by The Flying Bulgars. Shorts directed by Matthew include, Red Ether, (2011), Faker Chaser, (2012), Patrick: Evil Awakens, (2014) and Anne Frank: 70 Years Later, (2015). His newest project, The Accountant of Auschwitz, is his feature film debut.

Synopsis:

Oskar Gröning, known as the "Accountant of Auschwitz," was charged with the murder of 300,000 Jews. When he took the stand in 2015, at the age of 94, his trial made headlines worldwide. The debate around his prosecution is at the centre of this historic yet contemporary look at justice. As survivors travel to Germany to testify, the heinous acts of the Holocaust remain vivid and traumatic. For some, there is no grey area: Gröning was witness and therefore complicit, regardless of his duty to follow orders. Others look at a frail man in the last years of his life and see no reason to pursue charges. Bringing war criminals to justice, with no statute of limitations, asks fundamental moral questions with few simple answers. From Nuremberg to the new alt-right, The Accountant of Auschwitz constructs a stark reminder that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.