The Enchantment

1991 · 57 min

A portrait of the Amsterdam sculptor and resistance fighter Frits van Hall (1899–1945), made by his grandson Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch. Frits van Hall became known for his refined and delicate sculptures, his design for the Van Heutsz Monument in Amsterdam (1935), and his role in the artists’ resistance during the Second World War. After his arrest by the German occupiers, Frits van Hall was deported to the concentration camp Dachau and later to Auschwitz. During the “death march” in the winter of 1945, he was shot dead by a guard.

Credits

  • Screenplay, production and direction · Petra and Peter Lataster-Czisch

  • Editing · Jan Langeveld

  • Camera · Peter Lataster

  • Sound · Bert van den Dungen, Flip van den Dungen

  • Line producer · Manuela Hartsuyker

  • Broadcaster · Human