This is one of the rare occasions when watching documentaries that I was fascinated throughout. Jaw-droppingly dramatic and emotional, it reveals, as another reviewer has already said, the human spirit in its best form.
The man in question, Garri Urban, is one of the most fascinating people I've seen in this kind of film. Ruthless, stubborn, serious, emotional, forgiving, fearless...a man of true courage with some brilliant meditations on life, my favourite being "God is in your body: being good, being kind to people. Don't exploit people - don't rob people of the world for you". The maker and narrator of the account, his son Stuart, must have had a difficult task seeing his father in such moments of recollection, but remains professional and composed throughout.
This doc has everything, from stories of torture to the reunion with a lost lover not seen in decades. Outstanding.
The man in question, Garri Urban, is one of the most fascinating people I've seen in this kind of film. Ruthless, stubborn, serious, emotional, forgiving, fearless...a man of true courage with some brilliant meditations on life, my favourite being "God is in your body: being good, being kind to people. Don't exploit people - don't rob people of the world for you". The maker and narrator of the account, his son Stuart, must have had a difficult task seeing his father in such moments of recollection, but remains professional and composed throughout.
This doc has everything, from stories of torture to the reunion with a lost lover not seen in decades. Outstanding.