
For the first time in their life, Adam and Ida Paluch tell their story to a German film crew. It is an incredible tale about a lifelong quest about identity, loss and the search for belonging – told through interviews and animations illustrating the Jewish twin’s only vague memories. Adam and Ida were three years old when they were separated during the Holocaust. Adam survived a concentration camp and was later adopted. Ida survived the war hidden by a Polish couple. Both children were baptized, issued a fake birth certificate with new names and grew up Catholic. It seemed all but impossible that they would ever reunite. However, the twins always felt “something missing”. Following a 53-year long journey that took them around the globe, one day Ida believes to recognize her brother on a newspaper photo resembling her grandfather. When the two strangers meet, they are convinced to have found each other at last. “We know it is us,” says Ida. Is it a happy end? Can history be overcome?
- Year2022
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Polish
- CountryGermany
- DirectorJan Tenhaven
- ScreenwriterTilman Muller, Jan Tenhaven
- Executive ProducerOlaf Jacobs
- CinematographerSven Kiesche
- EditorOliver Szyza
- ComposerCassis Birgit Staudt
For the first time in their life, Adam and Ida Paluch tell their story to a German film crew. It is an incredible tale about a lifelong quest about identity, loss and the search for belonging – told through interviews and animations illustrating the Jewish twin’s only vague memories. Adam and Ida were three years old when they were separated during the Holocaust. Adam survived a concentration camp and was later adopted. Ida survived the war hidden by a Polish couple. Both children were baptized, issued a fake birth certificate with new names and grew up Catholic. It seemed all but impossible that they would ever reunite. However, the twins always felt “something missing”. Following a 53-year long journey that took them around the globe, one day Ida believes to recognize her brother on a newspaper photo resembling her grandfather. When the two strangers meet, they are convinced to have found each other at last. “We know it is us,” says Ida. Is it a happy end? Can history be overcome?
- Year2022
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Polish
- CountryGermany
- DirectorJan Tenhaven
- ScreenwriterTilman Muller, Jan Tenhaven
- Executive ProducerOlaf Jacobs
- CinematographerSven Kiesche
- EditorOliver Szyza
- ComposerCassis Birgit Staudt