Holocaust Film Appeals To Believers And Skeptics Alike

HAMBURG—Critics describe Die Lange Eisenbahnfahrt (The Long Railroad Trip) as the first Holocaust film to give a fair hearing to memorialists and deniers alike. “At last, we have a cinematic exploration of the Holocaust that portrays both sides equally, instead of fostering further divisiveness,” reviewer Hans Kerlemann wrote in Der Spiegel. “The film’s acknowledgment of anti-Semitic feelings in Hitler’s Germany, coupled with its scenes of people boarding packed trains, is especially powerful.” Die Lange Eisenbahnfahrt opens in select cities on the first day of Hanukkah.