The Accountant of Auschwitz
| The Accountant of Auschwitz | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Matthew Shoychet |
| Written by | Ricki Gurwitz |
| Produced by | Ric Esther Bienstock Ricki Gurwitz Jeff Sackman (Executive Producer) Berry Meyerowitz (Executive Producer) |
| Cinematography | Luke McCutcheon |
| Edited by | Ted Husband |
| Music by | Ken Myhr |
Production companies | Good Soup Productions TLNT Productions |
| Distributed by | Aqute Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Accountant of Auschwitzis a Canadian documentary film, produced by Ricki Gurwitz andRic Esther Bienstockand directed by Matthew Shoychet.[1]The film centres on lawyerThomas Walther's prosecution in the 2010s of formerSchutzstaffelmemberOskar Gröning,focusing in part on theethicaldebate around whether there's any useful purpose to be served in prosecuting an elderly man for crimes he committed 60 years earlier.[2]
The film premiered at theHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festivalin 2018,[3]and later had a brief theatrical run before airing onDocumentary Channeland Netflix.
The film won fourCanadian Screen Awardsat the8th Canadian Screen Awardsin 2020, for Best History Documentary Program or Series, Best Editorial Research (Ricki Gurwitz), Best Visual Research (Ricki Gurwitz), and Best Music in a Non-Fiction Program or Series (Ken Myhr).[4]It was also nominated, but did not win, for Best Editing in a Documentary Program or Series (Ted Husband) and Best Direction in a Documentary Program (Shoychet).
Production
[edit]The film was executive produced byJeff Sackman,Berry Meyerowitz, Sari Stitt, Shael Rosenbaum, Jordan Nahmias, and Randi Kishenbaum. Producers were Ric Esther Bienstock and Ricki Gurwitz.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Kate Taylor,"Review: The Accountant of Auschwitz is an informative, thought-provoking doc".The Globe and Mail,June 7, 2018.
- ^Chris Knight,"The Accountant of Auschwitz asks if it's okay to prosecute a Nazi".National Post,June 7, 2018.
- ^Jordan Adler,"Film on Oskar Groening trial to premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto".Canadian Jewish News,April 26, 2018.
- ^Brent Furdyk,"Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed".ET Canada,May 25, 2020.
- ^The Accountant of Auschwitz (2018) - IMDb,retrieved2023-12-28
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