L'instruction (Die Ermittlung)
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How can the Holocaust be represented in cinema? Since the first images of the liberated death camps, this question has posed moral challenges for filmmakers, historians, and ultimately the public itself. From the radical refusal of any reconstruction to immersive staging, any cinematic approach inevitably raises questions about the limits of representation, as well as the aesthetic and ethical choices involved—and of how cinema can be a suitable place for such a work of remembrance.
With Die Ermittlung (L'instruction) (2024), director RP Kahl focuses on Peter Weiss's documentary play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials (1963–1965), considered the first major attempt by West German justice to criminally judge the crimes of Auschwitz. The film confronts the audience with testimonies and transcripts, raising the issue of representing industrial genocide through the words of those who witnessed it and those responsible.
The evening invites deep reflection on the history and challenges of the cinematic representation of the Holocaust. An introductory lecture will put the work in its historical context before a discussion between director RP Kahl and film historian Yves Steichen.
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Introductory lecture on the historical context of the work followed by a discussion between director RP Kahl and film historian Yves Steichen.
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
Institut Pierre Werner
Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster
28 Rue Münster
2160 Grund Luxembourg
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