Berenshtein

<img src="https://data.ajff.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/web_embed_Laurel_JuryInCompetition_02.png" style="max-width: 20%; width: 20%; border-width: 0px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;" />A heroic Jewish Red Army battalion commander revisits his traumatic past, in this riveting, lavishly produced docudrama based on a true story. The last surviving member of the great partisans, Leonid Berenshtein was a highly decorated anti-Nazi fighter who sabotaged German train transports and pinpointed Hitler’s secret V-2 doomsday missile facility for Soviet bombers. But beyond his valor is a personal story of adversity and sacrifice. Through flashbacks and reenactments, Berenshtein grapples with the disassociation of his wartime experiences, recounting battlefield atrocities, lost love and fateful decisions. What emerges is a moving profile of a modest man who survived against all odds without surrendering his human decency.