Forgive Us Our Trespasses

During or even before the second world war, the Nazi regime targeted people it deemed lesser. With Aryans allegedly and supposedly being superior to others (be it religious beliefs, skin color or simply race). One group that gets almost forgotten, are the physically disabled. Like the protagonist in this short movie.

A short movie that is very well done and that shows how cruel and mad people got back then. Tension filled and really tight, I would not be surprised if this wins (or has won by the time you read this) awards. Short and while maybe not so sweet (subject matter), this checks all the "right" boxes. Nothing to forgive here ...

This is a nice short film. No doubt about. Solid acting from Talbot, the child isn't given much to work with, but it's ok. Let's just not talk about the "officer". Overacted and satirical. But that was to be expected.

From a technical standpoint: Very nice. Professional camerawork, ambient lighting and solid sound design.

But why is this on Netflix?

It has big team backing it (compared to other shorts), ok. But that's not a reason to put in on Netflix whereas lots of better shorts are for free on YouTube. Why this one in particular?

Then again, why was this topic chosen? Weird decision to have the characters speak English, clichéd class room scene, which exists in like 3 other movies (for example the exceptional 'Napola') and the Officer is a joke.

Good for a short, overall. But then again, this probably isn't your usual 3k $ student project.

The short film shows us the suffering of the disabled because the Nazi viewed them as being garbage that waste money and resources. I didn't know before that the disabled German adults and children had suffered the persecution, too. The film is well done with beautiful cinematography, good performance, great location and setting and costume, and the story was told in a way that kept our interest all the way through, routing for the boy to survive. It is perfectly titled, if we think about how human trespassed against each other so much at that time in the history. Heaven must have wept bitterly back then. I hope similar thing won't return in another form to our present time.

Soooo, when I started watching I thought this was a full length movie. When the credits rolled at 14 minutes I was like...wait a minute...LOL! I was just getting into it. Regardless, I was moved by this short and the poignant depiction of the fear, insanity, and brutality of Nazis. The beliefs and propaganda that eclipse so many, even the most vulnerable.

Well. As important as the topic of the Nazi genocide against people w disabilities is - you make a movie, do some research. The uniforms are wrong. The whole setup is wrong (SS does not come with tanks and for sure not within Germany). They come with a car, they would come to the school rather maybe, they will be pseudo-nice and "take the kid to an appointment at a clinic" etc - they would then later kill the kids at other facilities. I understand that this is fictionalized but it does not serve the topic to show the sinister and cold actions of the SS and the Nazis by showing them as if they were unorganized brutal idiots. We have to understand that they had smart and devious ways. Well. Just watch man in the high castle, gives you more insight into the psychology of evil.