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Six Million and One

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Israel, Austria, Germany · 2012
1h 33m
Director David Fisher
Starring Joseph Fischer
Genre Documentary

Filmmaker David Fisher and his siblings confront their late father's difficult, disturbing journey as a Hungarian Jewish holocaust survivor. Visiting the sites of their father's forced labor in concentration camps, the siblings attempt to learn more about and come to terms with a horrifying history.

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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Fisher's separate visit with several still-traumatized American World War II vets who helped liberate the death camps is also stirring - and horrifying.

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Village Voice by Nick Schager

All the while, Fisher and his kin's incessant, contentious bickering exposes the ongoing difficulty of reconciling with inherited trauma, though such squabbling's protracted prominence also, ultimately, suggests the need for a bit more editorial trimming.

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The New York Times by Stephen Holden

It is an emotional journey for these grown children, now in their 40s and 50s, who engage in sometimes heated conversations, several taking place on the actual sites where Joseph and other prisoners endured unimaginable suffering.

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New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The siblings react with humor and horror to what they discover. So will many viewers of this self-indulgent but engaging work.