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	At Glimz.net you can... ...find films with 503 awards.   sales show your film news help contact about glimz Glimz.net presents: Grandmother, Hitler and I   Not screened in United States - läs mer When Carl Johan De Geer was young, his grandmother was the safe point in his chaotic life tell a friend Grandmother, Hitler and I  Documentary, Sweden, 2001, 17 min by: Carl Johan De Geer A contradictory picture of nazism in the Swedish upper classes. As a child Carl Johan De Geer and his siblings seldom were in the same place or even the same country as their parents. During two years 1949-50 Carl Johan lived with his Grandmother, in a small flat in Stockholm, Sweden. His parent’s marriage was in constant turbulence until it at last disintegrated. His Grandmother gave his life stability. She saved him and she was the only person in his family who realised what children needed. Carl Johan and his siblings considered her to be a good person and they loved and adored her. His Grandmother was also a Nazi. Not only did she admire Mussolini, who she had had lunch with, but also Hitler. She collected Nazi magazines. On Grandmother’s bridge nights with her friends she did not hide them. She was proud of them. They were laid in a place of honour so that everyone could see them. In 1959 when Carl Johan started Art School his Grandmother gave him all the volumes (1939-45) of Die Kunst in Deutschen Reich. Carl-Johan did not know that he was ashamed of his Grandmother. He loved her. After the war other Swedish Nazis got rid of the evidence of their beliefs, but not his Grandmother. It was not admiration for Germany that made her a Nazi. She had ties to the British nobility and was quite fond of France. Maybe she was a Nazi because she had fallen for Hitler’s personal charm? She never liked to discuss politics. A lot of things were so obvious to her that she did not bother talking about them. Religion was given. And her being a Royalist. She loved all kings and queens. Nazism was in that respect given to her, but it did not seem to be a very well thought through thing. Carl-Johan never understood what went on in her mind and it was not until after she had died that he started to think about it and wonder: I loved my Grandmother. She was a good person. A Nazi cannot possibly be a good person. That is the paradox of this film. Dialogue: swedish Genre: Documentary Director: Carl Johan De Geer Screenwriter: Carl Johan De Geer Photography: Harry Tuvanen B-photo: Anders Nilsson Editing: Thomas Täng Light: Sten Lindberg Scenery: Carl Johan De Geer Music: Richard Wagner Sound: Håkan Linn Sound editing: Lars C. Lundberg Sound Mix: Berndt Frithiof Producer: Freddy Olsson Film Commissioner: Göran Olsson Sound Mix: CinePost Studios Production: Bokomotiv – De Geer & Olsson Donor: Svenska Filminstitutet Sales: Folkets Bio Awards: Best Short Film at Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2001 Honorable Mention at Nordisk Panorama, Denmark, Finland, Island, Norway, Sweden, 2001 Best Documentary at International Short Film Festival Siena, Italy, 2001 Best Documentary at Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2001 Nominated to Golden Bug at Guldbaggegalan, Sweden, 2002 (category Bästa dokumentärfilm) Festival screenings in Sweden: Uppsala kortfilmfestival, Uppsala, 2003 Guldbaggegalan, Stockholm, 2002 Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, 2001 Festival screenings internationally: Brief Encounters, United Kingdom, 2003 Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2003 Dokfest München, Germany, 2003 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway, 2003 Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany, 2003 Short Film Festival of Saint Benoit, Reunion Island, 2003 Tampere International Film Festival, Finland, 2003-03-05 Tinklai International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2003 Europeisk Dokumentarfilmfestival, Norway, 2002 Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2002, in competition Short Film Festival of Lyon-Villeurbanne, France, 2002 Minimalen, Norway, 2002 Sami Film Festival, Norway, 2002 Scandinavian Film Festival, United States, 2002 Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2002 Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2001 International Short Film Festival Siena, Italy, 2001 Nordisk Panorama, Denmark, Finland, Island, Norway, Sweden, 2001 Kritikerveckan i Cannes, France, 2001 Distributed by Glimz AB: Launched 2008, Not screened in United States - läs mer Distribution: Show to your audience? Läs mer på Glimz Sales Age limit: from 7 year Location: Sweden Format: 35mm     Voices about the film "När man blir medelålders..." Carl Johan De Geer (extern länk ) comment Vision In/Out Denna film är en del av projektet Vision In/Out med stöd från Framtidens kultur. read more Selections from Vision In/Out Det sista dygnet Fiction, Other, Sweden, 2006, 8 min read more  Sträva Fiction, Sweden, 2006, 3 min read more  The Art of Clowning Fiction, Sweden, 2007, 7 min read more  a selection of films from Glimz. © 2003-2009, Glimz AB tell a friend -  film wanted -  index -  filter -  show your film -  vip facebook: tipsa - grupp