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Grandmother, Hitler and I

Documentary Films in Competition 2001 / Mormor, Hitler och jag / Sweden 2001

Synopsis

Carl Johan De Geer as a boy spent some happy years with his grandmother who, even after the war, remained a firm believer in Nazism. Many years after her death the adult Carl Johan begins following up certain clues. What could have drawn her to Nazism, this special woman with her funny bun, her enthusiastic love for Hitler, her heavy brown furniture and ‘true Aryan art’?

About the film

17 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Carl Johan De Geer / Screenplay Carl Johan De Geer / Dir. of Photography Harry Tuvanen / Music Richard Wagner / Editor Thomas Täng / Producer Freddy Olsson / Production Bokomotiv - De Geer and Olsson AB

About the director

Carl Johan De Geer (b. 1938, Canada) studied at Konstfack in Stockholm. His speciality is no-budget productions, among them his latest short documentary Grandmother, Hitler and I (Mormor, Hitler och jag, 2001). Filmography: Broth (Buljon, 1995), Lie (Lögn, 1996), Teater (1998, short), Jag Minns Lena Svedberg (1999, short doc.).