To Live and Survive

To Live and Survive (2025)

The Story of Erich Finsches

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2025-11-27
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Director: Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

Summary

The documentary portrays Erich Finsches, a true Viennese original and Holocaust survivor. Based on over six years of collected material by director Matthias Jaklitsch, who supported Erich on his travels, the film shows him as a positive, humorous, but also argumentative and unique personality in all his humanity. At 97, Erich continues to tirelessly advocate for remembrance of the past, attending memorial ceremonies and schools to spread his message of "Never Again." Instead of a traditional "eyewitness narrative," the film not only documents Erich's life, his youth during Nazi persecution, and his rebuilding of a new life after the war, but also the relationship between the director and the protagonist.

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  • Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch

    as
  • Erich Finsches

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Directing Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch Director
Production Jasmin Hagendorfer Producer
Production Günther Friesinger Producer
Production Johannes Grenzfurthner Producer
Production Matthias Ramon Jaklitsch Producer
Sound David Hebenstreit Music
Sound Daniel Hasibar Sound

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