20.5. & 21.5.23 „Schächten“ at Washington Jewish Film Festival
In person Q&A with Thomas Roth on May 20th after the screening
Schächten – A film by Thomas Roth
Set in Vienna in the 1960s, Schächten follows a young Jewish businessman named Victor who bears witness to an unthinkable miscarriage of justice: the acquittal of an SS commandant who oversaw the murder of Victor’s mother, sister, and grandparents when he was a child.
As a result, Victor loses faith in the ability of the legal system to mete out proper punishment and vows instead to take the law into his own hands. Thomas Roth’s film sensitively handles difficult subject matter and builds to a haunting conclusion.
