Babiy Yar (2003)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Jeff Kanew

Writers:

Artur Brauner (writer)
Stephen Glantz (writer)

Release Date:

3 July 2003 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Das vergessene Verbrechen (The forgotten crime)

Plot Keywords:

Nazi Soldier | Place Name In Title | 1940s | SS | Holocaust

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michael Degen	...	Genady Lerner
Barbara De Rossi	...	Natalya Lerner
Katrin Saß	...	Lena Onofrienko
Axel Milberg	...	Oberst Paul Blobel
Evklid Kyurdzidis	...	Sascha Lerner (as Evklidis Kiourtzidis Kiriakos)
Gleb Porshnev	...	Stepan Onofrienko
Anatoli Guryev	...	Gleb
Olga Shuvalova	...	Franka (as Olga Yerokhovets)
Aleksandr Marchenko	...	Jakob
Klaus Rätsch	...	Militärarzt
Mark Aizikovitsch	...	Kantor

Also Known As:

Babij Jar - Das vergessene Verbrechen (Germany)

Runtime:

Germany:112 min (Berlin Film Festival)

Country:

Germany | Belarus

Language:

German | Russian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Film full of errors

This film is more propaganda than fact unfortunately,. When historical events are turned into propaganda, not only is it a shame, it demeans the historical event which the film is dedicated to.

First of all, the majority of those that perished in Babiy Yar were ethnic Ukrainians. This fact seems to be completely ignored by the makers of this film.

Secondly, the Ukrainians didn't speak German and any attempt at making this seem plausible lends credence to colossal myths that the Soviets propagated to create further rifts between the Ukrainian and the Jews.

I can't recommend this film. Sorry. It's a poor reproduction of events, with many factual errors.