Semya Oppenheim tells the story of a Jewish family Oppenheim in the 1930s in Berlin, as the Nazis are becoming a stronger power in the whole country. The main character of the film is Berthold Oppenheim. He goes to a regular German school. His teacher, who is a Jew, gets killed by a fascist. His new teacher is also a fascist and he strongly dislikes Berthold for his race and beliefs that aryans are not the supreme race in the world.
Berthold's father has his own furniture store that is threatened to be taken down because it carries the name Oppenheim. Berthold's uncle has been working in a hospital and doing surgery on German soldiers' eyes for 20 years and he is also threatened to lose his job because of his race.
Berthold and his new Nazi teacher get into a severe conflict over Germany's culture and values. The teacher gives Berthold the choice to apologize in front of the whole school and give up his beliefs or get expelled. Overall, the whole family is facing threats and they don't know if they will be fulfilled. They're stalling and as the Nazis are talking more social power, things keep getting worse for them.
Semya Oppenheim came out in the Soviet Union in 1939, the year when the Second World War started. What it manages to do is show perfectly what Nazi Germany was up to and raise awareness of what's already happening to Jews who have a German citizenship. An important remark would be that this film came out when Germany and The Soviet Union were on pretty good terms.
Semya Oppenheim managed to do exactly what it was supposed to - it demonstrated why people should fight against the Germans. It showed their cruelty towards literally anyone who is not a perfect aryan. And many Soviet people might not have known how serious this is.
Amazing movie with its funny and sad moments. Most importantly, this film was historically perfectly timed. The creators knew what they were doing and what they were doing it for. Recommend watching, 9/10.
Berthold's father has his own furniture store that is threatened to be taken down because it carries the name Oppenheim. Berthold's uncle has been working in a hospital and doing surgery on German soldiers' eyes for 20 years and he is also threatened to lose his job because of his race.
Berthold and his new Nazi teacher get into a severe conflict over Germany's culture and values. The teacher gives Berthold the choice to apologize in front of the whole school and give up his beliefs or get expelled. Overall, the whole family is facing threats and they don't know if they will be fulfilled. They're stalling and as the Nazis are talking more social power, things keep getting worse for them.
Semya Oppenheim came out in the Soviet Union in 1939, the year when the Second World War started. What it manages to do is show perfectly what Nazi Germany was up to and raise awareness of what's already happening to Jews who have a German citizenship. An important remark would be that this film came out when Germany and The Soviet Union were on pretty good terms.
Semya Oppenheim managed to do exactly what it was supposed to - it demonstrated why people should fight against the Germans. It showed their cruelty towards literally anyone who is not a perfect aryan. And many Soviet people might not have known how serious this is.
Amazing movie with its funny and sad moments. Most importantly, this film was historically perfectly timed. The creators knew what they were doing and what they were doing it for. Recommend watching, 9/10.
