Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Several engaging main characters and warm cross-generational relationships can’t quite offset patchy storytelling and uncertain aims in Back to the Fatherland.
Austria · 2018
1h 19m
Director Gil Levanon, Kat Rohrer
Starring
Genre Documentary
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A documentary that looks at the problems for young modern Israelis returning to the Germanic countries of central Europe, and in particular how this impacts upon older generations of their families, who had to leave countries like Austria and Germany. Central to the film is the impending move to Berlin of the two filmmakers Gil Levanon and Kat Rohrer. The former has a grandfather who cannot forgive Germany for what it did to him and his family, whereas the latter is an Austrian whose grandfather was a committed Nazi.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Several engaging main characters and warm cross-generational relationships can’t quite offset patchy storytelling and uncertain aims in Back to the Fatherland.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Back to the Fatherland is too shallow to do justice to its psychological quest.
The New York Times by Ken Jaworowski
The survivors offer several potent recollections. Yet most other scenes linger and provide few insights.
All Back to the Fatherland manages to do is suggest the subject is worth more attention.