Because I Was a Painter: Art That Survived the Nazi Camps

2014
6.5| 1h44m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 05 March 2014 Released
Producted By: Augenschein Filmproduktion
Country: Germany
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In 1945, when the Allies liberated the concentration camps, they discovered thousands of secretly created artworks. With unprecedented access to paintings, drawings, etchings and sculptures held in collections around the world, BECAUSE I WAS A PAINTER conducts a gripping and fascinating investigation into art that captures, reflects and inspires in difficult times.

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Documentary

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Director

Christophe Cognet

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Augenschein Filmproduktion

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Because I Was a Painter: Art That Survived the Nazi Camps Audience Reviews

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
HeadlinesExotic Boring
Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
stoneking31 Saw this last night at Jewish International Film Festival in Sydney and was appalled by it. There was so little merit in this unfocused and ill-conceived attempt to illustrate the work of a handful of Jewish illustrators. Postcards shots of concentration camps clamour for attention with dreadfully out-of-focus and hard to see pencil drawings that are almost completely devoid of feeling or soul-power. I was left wondering what the film was really about and was lost most of the time in a kind of rambling assemblage of thoughts that never quite rose to the level of dramatic storytelling. In fact, that was the greatest weakness of the film - its lack of story - and wonderful storytellers. Instead we are treated to curators in white gloves, waving their hands in front of the drawings, and wondering to ourselves, what exactly is the filmmaker trying to say?