The streaming platform’s short film tells an innovative story about the Nazi era from the perspective of a disabled child.
Netflix He has a short film hidden among his films that exposes the horrors that the Nazis subjected people with different abilities to. Forgive us for our offenses lasts just a little 15 minutes but its debates and lessons on disability will endure over time. This production provides innovative stories about one of the darkest moments of humanity.
It is estimated that During the Nazi regime 300 thousand people were murdered in Germany just for having a disability. While another 400,000 were sterilized without their consent. These measures were part of the Aktion T4 program. The program was promoted by Adolf Hitler to impose eugenics and racial “hygiene.” Many of the victims were children, like the protagonist of the short film.
What is Forgive Our Offenses, Netflix movie about?
The story takes place in a place far from the trenches and war combat. The context frames us in a small village where we will see A child with a hereditary disease who suffered a malformation of one of his hands. The Germany around him discriminates against him.
At her school, they begin to teach about the Nazi plan. Her teacher explains the high costs that people with disabilities represent for the State and one of her classmates exclaims that they should be killed for the good of the nation. The protagonist knows he is in danger and begins his plan to escape beyond his country.
Trailer for Forgive Our Offenses, a Netflix movie
Cast of Forgive Our Offenses, Netflix movie
The 15-minute short film was directed by Ashley Eakin, who also developed the script with Shawn Lovering. It stars: Knox Gibson. While the rest of the main cast was made up of: Hanneke Talbot and Justin Moder.
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