Language Does Not Lie (2004)

11/15/2004 (FR) • 1h 19m

Documentary, History

Overview

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts of his wife, he survived the war. From 1933 when Hitler came to power to the war's end, he kept a journal paying attention to the Nazis' use of words. This film takes the end of 1945 as its vantage point, with a narrator looking back as if Klemperer reads from his journal. He examines the use of simple words like "folk," "eternal," and "to live." Interspersed are personal photographs, newsreel footage of Reich leaders and of life in Germany then, and a few other narrative devices. Although he's dispassionate, Klemperer's fear and dread resonate

Top Billed Cast

Denis Lavant

Narrator (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

language

nazism

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