Available Mar 24 to Mar 31
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The true story of a young German Jew who... forged no less than 300 false identity documents and saved the lives of hundreds of people.
21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won't let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created for himself, he throws himself into the city's nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand - and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma's only hope to survive is a last forged ID – with his own name on it.
- Year2022
- Runtime116 minutes
- LanguageGerman w/subtitles
- CountryGermany
- PremierePalm Beach County
- DirectorMaggie Peren, Korbinian Wandinger
- ScreenwriterMaggie Peren
- ProducerJutta Lieck-Klenke, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Dietrich Kluge, Bady Minck, Alexander Fritzemeyer, Martin Kosok
- CastLouis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler
- CinematographerChristian Stangassinger
- EditorRobert Sterna
Available Mar 24 to Mar 31
If you would like to donate to support our efforts, you can do so by clicking here. You can also experience all the films streaming in the Festival's virtual program by purchasing an All-Access Virtual Pass by clicking here.
The true story of a young German Jew who... forged no less than 300 false identity documents and saved the lives of hundreds of people.
21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won't let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created for himself, he throws himself into the city's nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand - and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma's only hope to survive is a last forged ID – with his own name on it.
- Year2022
- Runtime116 minutes
- LanguageGerman w/subtitles
- CountryGermany
- PremierePalm Beach County
- DirectorMaggie Peren, Korbinian Wandinger
- ScreenwriterMaggie Peren
- ProducerJutta Lieck-Klenke, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Dietrich Kluge, Bady Minck, Alexander Fritzemeyer, Martin Kosok
- CastLouis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler
- CinematographerChristian Stangassinger
- EditorRobert Sterna