Day in the Life of Gestapo Officer Schmidt
Film
Day in the Life of Gestapo Officer Schmidt
Poland- Director
- Jerzy Ziarnik
- Year
- 1964
Constructed from the private photo album of a Gestapo officer, this short documentary juxtaposes his everyday snapshots with the captions he himself wrote. Through these images and notes, the film reveals the chilling banality of Nazi perpetrators’ lives while exposing the brutality they oversaw.
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Directed by
Jerzy Ziarnik
Written by
Jerzy Ziarnik