Holocaust-themed drama 'Betrayed' tells the harrowing story of a Jewish family's plight in Norway during WWII.
Norway may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of the Holocaust. But as the powerful and immersive drama “Betrayed” reminds us, it was yet another European country whose Jewish citizens were ravaged by Nazi occupation.
Director Eirik Svensson, working off a vividly realized script by Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, recounts the truth-based story of the Braudes, an Oslo family of Lithuanian descent, most of whose members were eventually rounded up and deported to Auschwitz . Unlike many World War II-set tales of survival, this one is not a case of triumph over adversity but rather a wrenching look at one heinously targeted group and the faceless, factory-like speed in which an entire neighborhood could be decimated.The film, shot in Norway, Sweden and Lithuania, is particularly crushing because of how effectively it invests us in the lives of the Braudes.
Braude son Charles , a handsome, charismatic boxing champ who marries the lovely, gentile Ragnhild , is the nominal main character here and, for much of the time, the story swirls around him. His adult brothers, Harry and Isak , and, to an extent, their father Benzel , a kindly butcher, are less well-defined , as is fourth sibling Helene , who wisely leaves for Sweden early on to escape the looming terror.
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