Inheritance
by James Moll
List Price:
Our Price: $11.13
You Save: $15.82 (59%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Monika HertwigDirector: James Moll
Brand: New Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: DOCURAMA
Product features:
- Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, a soft-spoken woman grappling with a profound legacy left to her by a father she never really knew. Monika's father was Amon Goeth. Often described as a monster and inhuman, Amon Goeth was the prominent Nazi leader and commandant of the Plaszow Concentration Camp. Utterly ruthless and sadistic, he murdered thousands of Jews and others during th
Movie Reviews of Inheritance
Movie Review: Children of perpetrators - interesting perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to say that I admire Monika, and I suppose she could have grown up admiring and worshipping her father and the Nazi dogma, like so many perpetrators' children have done. However, when she said to the producer of this film "I am not my father," there was never a more true statement. It must be so difficult for someone to find out that they are the child of a mass murderer. One can either live in denial and embrace their parents for the life they led under the Third Reich, or they can admonish it, and acknowledge the evil that Nazism was and is. I think the latter is more difficult for these children of Nazis.
It's not so much the fact that Monika has come to terms with what her infamous father did, but the fact that she was confused and horrified to know that her mother did nothing, and stood by Amon Goeth's side and loved the man. Afterall, it was her mother Ruth, that she grew up and lived with. Amon was executed when she was a baby. Even Helen Jonas wanted to understand what could make the man so evil.
As for poor Helen, the Holocaust is something that will never leave her and has affected her family, even many years after her liberation. It has also affected Monika. We have heard the horrible testimony of Holocaust survivors, and the stories never leave you. However, the difference with this film and the survivor testimonies is the fact that here are two women, both living on opposite sides of the coin, and both wanted to understand what is probably incomprehensible as the horrors of the Holocaust, to which Amon Goeth fully and happily participated.
From a psychological perspective, this film is extremely fascinating.
Summary of Inheritance
INHERITANCE - DVD MovieSimilar DVD Movies
ConspiracyHBO Home Video; Release date: 2002-03-26; DVD
Best price: $4.35
Price in other shops:
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah SeneshNew Video; Release date: 2010-04-13; DVD
Best price: $13.67
Price in other shops:
51 Birch StreetImage Entertainment; Release date: 2007-08-14; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops:
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon WiesenthalFox; Release date: 2007-09-11; DVD
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
Beautiful BoyRelease date: 2011-10-11; Amazon Instant Video; Movie
Best price: $14.99
EichmannE1E; Release date: 2011-01-18; DVD
Best price: $11.90
Price in other shops:
Come and SeeKino International; Release date: 2003-09-02; DVD
Best price: $16.70
Price in other shops:
No. 4 Street of Our LadyRelease date: 2011-03-07; Amazon Instant Video; Movie
Best price: $1.99
Night and Fog (The Criterion Collection)RESNAIS,ALAIN; Release date: 2003-06-24; DVD
Best price: $9.18
Price in other shops:
The Restless ConscienceNew Video; Release date: 2009-03-31; DVD
Best price: $18.99
Price in other shops: