An 86-year-old man crosses borders to thank a ghost. Grab tissues.
Born in the Sudetenland, a Czech-German border region, Adolf Hampel reflects on his story of flight, deportation and refuge at the end of the second world war. Now 86 years old, Adolf embarks on a sentimental journey to thank the family of the man who protected him and his family in a time of oppression.
Direction
Platen lets silence and landscape do the talking.
Acting
Hampel's raw, unguarded presence — no performance, just truth.
Director
Dominik Platen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Sudetenland's ethnic German population was expelled post-WWII in one of history's largest forced migrations — rarely depicted on screen.
Director Dominik Platen discovered Hampel's story through local archives, filming the journey without knowing if the protector's family would even agree to meet.
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