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Homosexuals and Lesbians in the Face of Nazism

Country: France, Language: French, 52 mins

Original Title

La case du siècle: Homosexuels et lesbiennes face au nazisme
  • Director: Michel Viotte
  • Writer: Jean-Pier Delaume, Édouard Lenormand, Michel Viotte, Jean-Pier Delaume
  • Producer: Hélène Badinter, Alice Baldo, Jules David, Lara Orsoni

CGiii Comment

Based on the latest historical research and recently discovered archives this film retraces the journey of men and women persecuted by the Third Reich because of their sexual orientation. Resetting the social and political context of the 1920s, when European society still "tolerated" homosexuality, this documentary details the mechanisms of repression led by the Nazi regime against this particular group and the horror of the concentration camps as told by those who experienced it first hand.


Les homosexuel.le.s face au nazisme, retrace le parcours de ces hommes et de ces femmes persécutés par le troisième Reich en raison de leur orientation sexuelle. Débutant dans le contexte social et politique des années 20, alors que la société européenne « tolérait » encore l’homosexualité, ce documentaire détaille les mécanismes de la répression et l'horreur des camps de concentration.

S’il retrace le martyre des homosexuels et des lesbiennes, ce film n’omet pas d’inscrire ce récit dans une perspective plus vaste et de réunir au sein d’une même mémoire toutes les victimes de la cruauté nazie.


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Cast & Characters

Caroline Ferrus (as Narrator (voice))
Stefan Kosinski (as Self (archiveFootage))
Erwin Widschwenter (as Self (archiveFootage))
Walter Schwarze (as Self (archiveFootage))
Adolf Hitler (as Self (archiveFootage))
Magnus Hirschfeld (as Self (archiveFootage))
Ernst Röhm (as Self (archiveFootage))
Albrecht Becker (as Self (archiveFootage))
Tiemon Hofman (as Self (archiveFootage))
Heinrich Himmler (as Self (archiveFootage))
Josef Meisinger (as Self (archiveFootage))