"UNBROKEN WILL" - Winner of the Golden Bear

Among more than 500 movies from 37 countries "UNBROKEN WILL" was chosen to be awarded the "Golden Bear" at the 31st Festival of Nations in Ebensee.

"First Prize" at Film Contest "Upper Austria in Film 2003"

"First prize" and "best film" in Category A at the film competition "Upper Austria in Film 2003"

"Bernhard Rammerstorfer's video documentary of Leopold Engleitner's life is one of the most impressive biographies available on video. (...) Brilliantly researched and produced to perfection, Rammerstorfer not only succeeds in telling the life story of a man whose memory spans the whole of the 20th century; by adding archive film material that dates back as far as the monarchy and the First World War Rammerstorfer has produced a piece of living social and provincial history."
Prof. Dr. WALTER MANOSCHEK
University of Vienna and one of the organizers of the exhibition Crimes of the German Wehrmacht

"This film is an important archive and Leopold's story is compelling. We follow his horrific experience of the First World War and the dreadful aftermath."
Prof. CHRISTINE E. KING, Staffordshire University, UK
Author of the book "The Nazi State and the New Religions: Five Case Studies in Non-Conformity"

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At the age of 93 the Austrian concentration camp survivor Leopold Engleitner returns to the places where it all happened and talks about his exciting life. This touching and impressive documentary recounts the experiences of this humble man, who, because he was a Bible Student (Jehovah's Witness) and objected to military service had to endure the brutal machinery of the Hitler regime in three concentration camps.

This video includes original film material from the years 1896 to 1945, with clips showing the Austrian Kaiser Franz Joseph, scenes from the First World War, and impressions of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Information about the video:

UNBROKEN WILL - VHS & DVD (PAL or NTSC)
(Written, produced and directed by Bernhard Rammerstorfer; running time: 61 min)

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