5 hrs 46 mins | Fiction | HistoricalThis is the true story of Hans Schroeder, a young German mesmerized by the Hitler Youth aura who finds himself with a SS Panzer division on the Russian front where he is captured and taken prisoner. Years later, he is released from a Siberian prisoner-of-war camp and returns to Wiesbaden, his beautiful German hometown. Those were years of great hardship in postwar Germany. Hans is lucky to find a job in Hans Wiegel's toy shop, falls in love with Eva, and eventually decides to emigrate to the USA. Hans's mother had earlier moved to America and her glowing letters fire up the young couple's drea...
This is the true story of Hans Schroeder, a young German mesmerized by the Hitler Youth aura who finds himself with a SS Panzer division on the Russian front where he is captured and taken prisoner. Years later, he is released from a Siberian prisoner-of-war camp and returns to Wiesbaden, his beautiful German hometown. Those were years of great hardship in postwar Germany. Hans is lucky to find a job in Hans Wiegel's toy shop, falls in love with Eva, and eventually decides to emigrate to the USA. Hans's mother had earlier moved to America and her glowing letters fire up the young couple's dreams.
Hans settles down to an exemplary family life in Massachusetts, USA until one day something happens. Hans snaps, suddenly, and commits a horrific double-murder. During the course of his trial his past experiences are exposed under psychiatric investigations, experiences that shed light on the dramatic events Hans was a part of while a prisoner of the Russians. Hans comes across as a conflicted, confused personality. If the narrative appears confused at times, it is partly because of the confusion that reigns in Hans's mind. His imagination often suppresses one identity to allow another to take shape and bubble to he surface.
As the story opens in the early 1970s, Hans is sitting in a Massachusetts courthouse watching the jury selection for his second trial on two counts of murder. The harrowing details of what follows remind us that the scars inflicted by the torments and excesses of authoritarian regimes never fade away. Seldom do the demons from one's past completely disappear.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 001 The Siberian Odyssey of Hans Schroeder - Opening Credits |
0 mins 15 secs |
| 2. | 002 Chapter 01 |
10 mins 46 secs |
| 3. | 003 Chapter 02 |
21 mins 44 secs |
| 4. | 004 Chapter 03 |
10 mins 14 secs |
| 5. | 005 Chapter 04 |
7 mins 30 secs |
| 6. | 006 Chapter 05 |
14 mins 40 secs |
| 7. | 007 Chapter 06 |
15 mins 50 secs |
| 8. | 008 Chapter 07 |
19 mins 52 secs |
| 9. | 009 Chapter 08 |
20 mins 49 secs |
| 10. | 010 Chapter 09 |
15 mins 37 secs |
| 11. | 011 Chapter 10 |
42 mins 18 secs |
| 12. | 012 Chapter 11 |
23 mins 41 secs |
| 13. | 013 Chapter 12 |
28 mins 59 secs |
| 14. | 014 Chapter 13 |
12 mins 23 secs |
| 15. | 015 Chapter 14 |
18 mins 42 secs |
| 16. | 016 Chapter 15 |
21 mins 11 secs |
| 17. | 017 Chapter 16 |
12 mins 13 secs |
| 18. | 018 Chapter 17 |
18 mins 49 secs |
| 19. | 019 Chapter 18 |
13 mins 47 secs |
| 20. | 020 Chapter 19 |
12 mins 51 secs |
| 21. | 021 Credits |
0 mins 35 secs |
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