Masterfully weaving the different story threads together, The Invisibles is a testament to the resourcefulness, willpower, and sheer chance that permit us to survive against incredible odds. Yet their prudence was at odds with their youthful inclination towards recklessness, sometimes prompting them to join the resistance, forge passports, or pose as Aryan war widows. While moving between cinemas, cafés and safe houses they dodged Gestapo and a dense network of spies and informants, knowing that certain death was just one mistake away. Claus Räfle’s gripping docudrama traces the stories of four real-life survivors who learned that sometimes the best place to hide is in plain sight. While Goebbels infamously declared Berlin “free of Jews” in 1943, some 1,700 managed to survive in Nazism’s capital until liberation. They hailed from different social classes and different neighborhoods, but they shared a single common secret: they were Jews. Four ordinary German youths trying to navigate the scarcities and prohibitions of Berlin at the height of World War II. The film was on the short list for submission as Germany’s entry to the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film for 2019.įour young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become “invisible.” They tell the exciting and highly emotional story of these daring heroes, devoting themselves to a largely unknown chapter of Jewish resistance. THE INVISIBLE is an extraordinary drama, based on interviews conducted by director Claus Räfle and co-author Alejandra López, and included in their film. Unbelievable, but true: During the Second World War, some young Jews managed to become invisible in the anonymity of Berlin. 19-21, 2018 The SIFF Film Center) will both open with director Claus Räfle’s film ” The Invisibles” (Die Unsichtbaren – Wir wollen leben). 5-9, 2018 CINEMA 21) and KINOFEST Seattle (Oct. This years Portland German Film Festival (Oct.
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