The Return from the Other Planet

Jun 26 2023 N/A NA
Documentary

In 1945, a few months after his release from Auschwitz, Yechiel De-Nur, still in his striped jacket, sat down and started writing. After two weeks, he was reborn as Ka-Tzetnik, “the man from the camps.” The books that he wrote were translated into 32 languages and sold millions, while the author himself hid behind the pseudonym Ka-Tzetnik. At the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 his revelatory testimony revealed his true identity as he described Auschwitz as “the other planet,” a place outside of human judgment. Years later, undergoing an experimental LSD treatment for trauma, he revisits his experience, imagining himself as a SS officer, and that changes everything.

Plot

Ka-Tzetnik, the mysterious writer, was embraced by millions of readers around the world when he named Auschwitz, "The Other Planet". But when an experimental LSD treatment brings new understandings with it, the writer's new messag...

Written by

Assaf Lapid, Naomi Levari, Saar Yogev

Directed by

Assaf Lapid

Cast

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Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

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