Je vais tuer Hitler
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Je vais tuer Hitler

9.0 / 10 2023NR French
DocumentaryWarHistory

Storyline

One day, in Savigny, an 18-year-old boy left his house in the middle of the war, saying: "I'm leaving, I'm going to kill Hitler." His name was Joseph, he was Jewish, he was my great-uncle. He disappeared during the night of the Occupation, and his existence became a family secret. He disappeared from history, the small as well as the big: he is not on any deportation list, and the only archive where he appears is a family photo of him as a child. It disappeared like a stone at the bottom of the water, instead of going up in smoke in the sky of Poland. What did he become? And why didn't anyone mention his name anymore?

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5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pauline Horovitz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Je vais tuer Hitler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker