Watch Respite (2007) Online

Respite consists of silent black-and-white film shot at Westerbork, a Dutch refugee camp established in 1939 for Jews fleeing Germany. In 1942, after the occupation of Holland, its function was reversed by the Nazis and it became a 'transit camp.' In 1944, the camp commander commissioned a film, shot by a photographer, Rudolph Breslauer. “By exhuming the scattered fragments and traces of the phantom film (intertitle cards, ideas for the scenario, graphic elements), Harun Farocki inscribes the Dutch footage within the genre of the corporate film. Read More

Watch Respite online. Featuring , Respite is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.3. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 1 services such as realeyz. The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 2007. Respite was directed by Harun Farocki. Read Less