Sounds from the Fog (movie)

Sounds from the Fog (movie)

Klänge des Verschweigens
  • Production country: Germany
  • Producer: Klaus Stanjek
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 12/12/2012
  • Run time: 90 min.

Movie description

Chronicles the odyssey of a gay musician in Nazi Germany. Director Klaus Stanjek's cheerful Uncle Willi lived with his family, except when he was touring as a musician across Germany. Only when Willi turned 90 did his nephew Klaus Stanjek detect what his whole family had hidden: that Uncle Willi has spent eight years in Nazi camps and that he was gay. In a radical personal approach, veteran filmmaker Stanjek follows the complex turns that his family takes when they confront his Uncle Willi's secret. The result is a personal and political portrait of his beloved uncle, a talented singer and accordion player, that is one part historical inquiry and one part fascinating detective story.