The film is based on a true story: „Summer 1942. Walter Süskind is fired from his job at Unilever as ordered by the occupiers, but manages to secure a position of responsibility at the Jewish Council. More important than the income it provides is the fact that the job offers him and his family protection against deportation to Germany.

One evening Walter witnesses a Jewish working-class family being torn apart during a check. While the parents are rousted into a truck, their eight year old … [More]