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Cast

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Erich Finsches

Erich Finsches

Crew

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Director

Jasmin Hagendorfer

Jasmin Hagendorfer

Producer

Günther Friesinger

Günther Friesinger

Producer

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Johannes Grenzfurthner

Producer

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Producer

David Hebenstreit

David Hebenstreit

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Daniel Hasibar

Daniel Hasibar

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To Live and Survive

20250.0 / 1092 min
Documentary

Overview

The Story of Erich Finsches

The documentary portrays Erich Finsches, a true Viennese original and Holocaust survivor. Based on over six years of collected material by director Matthias Jaklitsch, who supported Erich on his travels, the film shows him as a positive, humorous, but also argumentative and unique personality in all his humanity. At 97, Erich continues to tirelessly advocate for remembrance of the past, attending memorial ceremonies and schools to spread his message of "Never Again." Instead of a traditional "eyewitness narrative," the film not only documents Erich's life, his youth during Nazi persecution, and his rebuilding of a new life after the war, but also the relationship between the director and the protagonist.