MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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What did you do in the war, Daddy?
MARIA DUARTE is chilled by a documentary that brings together the son of Rudolf Hoss with a Jewish Auschwitz survivor
Hans-Jurgen Hoss, son of Rudolph Hoss
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
New releases from Sam Carter, Spell Songs and Les Thomas
KEN COCKBURN traces the one original language – that of the Yamnaya pastoral nomads – from which all European and Indian languages derive
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the debunking of the iconic British war hero
ALEX HALL recommends a searing panorama of our global predicament
The Commandant’s Shadow (12A)
Directed by Daniela Volker
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