There’s No Escaping the Past in Lionsgate’s Espionage Thriller ‘The German’ Starring Oliver Masucci: ‘You Can Hide It and Lie About It, But It Will Always Haunt You’
variety.comMarta Balaga The past always finds you – even if you’re “The German.” “In my experience, you can’t ignore the past. You can hide it and lie about it, but it will always haunt you, you know?,” says Ronit Weiss Berkowitz, who co-created Lionsgate’s show with Moshe Zonder – known for “Fauda” – and producer Assaf Gil.
It certainly haunts Uri (Oliver Masucci), a family man and Holocaust survivor recruited by Mossad for a mission in Germany. “He never wanted to speak about his past.
He thought all we have to do is look forward to the future and forget what we have gone through,” adds Weiss Berkowitz, also behind Netflix’s “The Girl from Oslo”.
Her parents – just like Zonder’s – were survivors as well. “As a child, I had a father who was silent. He would never talk about it – my mother never stopped.” Zonder’s mother “never spoke about it at home.” “On the Holocaust Day, she would be in the kitchen, doors shut.
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