The Ties That Bind
1984, English. Directed by Su Friedrich.
The Ties That Bind is an experimental documentary about the filmmaker's mother, who was born and lived in southern Germany from 1920-1950. Through a mixture of personal anecdote and social history, she describes the rise of Nazism, the war years, and the Allied occupation, during which she met her future husband, an American soldier. The Ties That Bind breaks with the usual format of war documentaries, thus allowing a different portrait of the individual to emerge, while it reflects on the current political situation in America and the filmmaker's activities in relation to those issues.
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- 0h 55m
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- English
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- Released
- 4 April 1984
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Su Friedrich
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Who directed The Ties That Bind?
The Ties That Bind (1984) was directed by Su Friedrich and stars Lore Bucher Friedrich.