Margot Friedländer is an extremely remarkable woman. She has written a very moving book about her life that gets under your skin with every line and is absolutely believable. The film adaptation of her life only shows a fragment of what she really experienced and what is portrayed in the book. Unfortunately, the cinematic concept isn't entirely convincing. The interview sequences with the real Margot Friedländer are mixed with re-enacted scenes. The entire part in the Theresienstadt internment camp, the time after the liberation and their trip to America are missing or only briefly touched on. Sure, you can't portray a whole life in 90 minutes, but at least you can portray what it was about. Not only her time in the underground, but also her time in the camp. All in all worth seeing, but poorly staged and not really convincing. The real Margot in the interview scenes is the best, as is her young double, the actress Julia Anna Grob.
Review of Ich bin! Margot Friedländer
