A 9-minute letter from hell that will wreck your entire day — and you need that.
In an impassioned message from the grave, one concentration camp Liberator forces us to remember the horror humanity is capable of. Utilizing actual photos from the Buchenwald concentration camp, and a soulful performance by Harrison Young, Inheritance is a gut-wrenching experience that not only informs, but puts the burden of defending humanity squarely on the viewer.
Direction
Cuoco weaponizes silence and archive footage.
Acting
Young's voice carries unimaginable weight.
Director
Paul Cuoco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harrison Young was 79 during filming, a WWII veteran himself who reportedly broke down between takes.
Released during early 2000s 'never again' fatigue, this was Cuoco's angry answer to Holocaust documentaries that let viewers off easy.
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