The Living Witnesses (Les témoins vivants)

Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron

Director Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron

Luxembourg producer PAUL THILTGES DISTRIBUTIONS

Script Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron

Original version

French
English
Luxembourgish

Duration 84 minutes

Type of financing

Aide Financière Sélective (AFS)

Cast and crew

Cast

Christina Khoury
Claude Marx
Dean Schadeck
Halina Szpilman
Marian Turski
Chadon Tina Marie Yapo

Crew

Amandine Klee Director of photography
Arnaud Mellet Sound Recordist
André Dziezuk Music
Felix Sorger Editing
Loïc Collignon Sound Mix
Raoul Nadalet Colorgrading
Laura Lux Production Management & First Assistant Director
Joshua Thil Still photographer / video assist

Synopsis

THE LIVING WITNESSES is a film tying the past to the present: from antisemitism, racism, and the Holocaust of the Second World War to the new wave of racism emerging throughout Europe today. Following three living witnesses from the Second World War, survivors of deportation or concentration camps, and three students from Luxembourg either born here or immigrated from Syria or the Ivory Coast. With the deportation and the extermination of Jews in mind, the six living witnesses discover how crimes against humanity still play a considerable role in the consciousness of our societies today. We are still living in the post-Second World War era, but the « never again » statements seem to fade away.

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