Language Does Not Lie
La langue ne ment pas2004
- Stan Neumann
- 1h 19m
- November 15, 2004 · France
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
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 15, 2004
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- German, French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films d'Ici ARTE,Les Films d'Ici
- Cast
- Denis Lavant
- Director
- Stan Neumann
- Producer
- Stan Neumann
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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