Join JxJ and the ACF DC for a screening of the celebrated Austrian thriller SCHÄCHTEN as part of the Washington Jewish Film Festival (WJFF) this year. Since 1990, the WJFF is an international exhibition of cinema that celebrates the diversity of Jewish history, culture and experience through the moving image. There will be a conversation with director Thomas Roth after the May 20th screening. 

SCHÄCHTEN follows a young Jewish businessman’s son, Victor Dessauer, played by actor Jeff Wilbusch, as he seeks just punishment for former SS officer Kurt Gogl, who tortured his parents. When he fails, he resolves to take the law into his own hands.

“Much of this story radiates into our present society and how quickly the cycle of hatred can re-emerge in all of us.” – Director Thomas Roth.