The Birch-Tree Meadow
Director Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Countries Germany, France, Poland
Duration 91 min
Synopsis
Myriam, an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor returns to the camp sixtyyears later. Marceline Loridan-Ivens – herself a death camp survivor – directs a harrowing autobiographical story in which the fictional blends with the environment. As Myriam (Anouk Aimée) confronts the ghosts of her past, she is caught between her will to remember, and her will to forget, especially after meeting Oskar (August Diehl), a young German photographer, who is also the grandson of an officer of the SS.
Myriam, an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor returns to the camp sixtyyears later. Marceline Loridan-Ivens – herself a death camp survivor – directs a harrowing autobiographical story in which the fictional blends with the environment. As Myriam (Anouk Aimée) confronts the ghosts of her past, she is caught between her will to remember, and her will to forget, especially after meeting Oskar (August Diehl), a young German photographer, who is also the grandson of an officer of the SS.