Swedish Shorts - Swedish Film Institute

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Grandmother, Hitler and I
(mormor, hitler och jag)
by Carl Johan De Geer
To most people, condemning Nazism is a matter of common
sense. But not to all. As a child, Carl Johan De Geer
lived a few years with his grandmother who was a Nazi,
even after World War II. Much later, after her death,
he started to ponder what could have made his grandmother
believe in Nazism and Hitler to such an extent.
Director, screenplay: Carl Johan De Geer
Photo: Harry Tuvanen
Sound: Håkan Linn
Editing: Thomas Täng
Music: Richard Wagner
Producer: Freddy Olsson
Production: Bokomotiv – De Geer & Olsson AB,
Sweden 2001
Sales: Telepicture Marketing Ltd
Category: Documentary for young people and adults
Format: 35 mm English or French subtitles, Betacam SP
English subtitles, 17 mins.
selected for int’l critics’ week
”night of the shorts” cannes 2001
awards: best swedish short film, göteborg
film festival 2001. best documentary film,
int’l short film festival, vila do conde 2001.
honorary mention, nordic panorama,
aarhus 2001