The film "Otto Neururer: Hope through Darkness," based on the life of the first Austrian priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp, had its world premiere recently in Iowa.
The film, which recounts the true story of Blessed Neururer, was screened April 24-26 at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Dubuque. Austrian filmmaker Hermann Weiskopf, who produced and directed the work with German co-producer Ottfried Fischer, was on hand for the first screenings.
His company, AVG Film Production, is known for creating historical dramas from World War II based on the lives of real people. A previous film, "Shattered," told the story of Richard Berger, a Jewish leader in Innsbruck, Austria, who, in 1938, was also killed by the Nazis. Weiskopf and his team believe it's important to spread inspirational local history from that era through film.
