The film "Winter Journey" is based on the true story of Martin Goldsmith's Jewish parents, who fled Nazi Germany after the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935. As talented musicians, they were forced to perform only for the Jewish Cultural Federation, a propaganda organization controlled by the Reich Chamber of Culture. The film brings their beautiful and painful love story to life using archive material and reenactments of conversations between Martin Goldsmith and his father Georg Goldsmith. The dynamic between Goldsmith and Bruno Ganz, who plays his father, is fascinating, and the story transcends its place in history with moments like Ganz referencing his role as Hitler in Downfall.
Winter Journey
A family's long-buried secret from their German past is revealed when Martin Goldsmith confronts his father over a tense weekend.
