This is a look at the question of reparations concerning looted art work from Nazi Germany. Focusing on the case of Max Stern who was a Jewish art dealer who escaped to Canada before the war after he was forced to liquidate at unfair prices by the Nazis. When the City of Dusseldorf tried to hold art exhibits in his honor old wounds are opened up and road blocks appear.
This is a very good film about the problems of opening up old wounds and the thorny problem about how to make things right after almost a century. It’s not an easy question to answer and THE SPOILS makes a solid attempt to unknot just the problem with this exhibition but also the problems with reparations in general. It doesn’t seem to shy away from the complicated questions.
I really liked this film a great deal. Even if I wasn’t interested in the subject this film would have hooked me with its compelling presentation.
Recommended.
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