Originally presented as a television series but screened as a single piece at the 2023 London Jewish Film Festival, The Devil’s Confession tells an extraordinary story in a style which robs it of much of its power. Overwrought dubbing which distorts what was originally said competes with a heavy-handed score to make material of tremendous historical importance feel like something out of a soap opera – but if you can stick with it, there’s a good deal here worthy of attention.
It is not, thankfully, the only means whereby one can now get access to the aforementioned material, but it does supply context which is both historically interesting and psychologically intriguing. Saskia Sassen narrates key stretches. A notable figure in her own right, for her work in the fields of sociology and economics, she’s also the daughter of Willem Sassen, a Nazi propagandist who remained loyal to his party after.
It is not, thankfully, the only means whereby one can now get access to the aforementioned material, but it does supply context which is both historically interesting and psychologically intriguing. Saskia Sassen narrates key stretches. A notable figure in her own right, for her work in the fields of sociology and economics, she’s also the daughter of Willem Sassen, a Nazi propagandist who remained loyal to his party after.
- 2/2/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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