This grotesque historical film is a caricature of the narrow-minded and careerist oligarchs of the 20s. A young military officer stops the young jurist from killing himself and recommends him to his commander, lieutenant-colonel Doborján as a typist.
While Berlin-based businessman Paul Graf is in Shanghai, his nosy busybody mother Maria, who was only to mind his apartment, opens his mail, finds a letter notifying he's to become father and without consulting him travels to see the expectant mother, Nina, at her home, uncle Harald Brandl's farm and stork home. Maria falls in love with Harald but also finds the key to the Graf family's past, fled from Hungary during the Soviet-crushed rebellion. Paul arrives and finds Nina impossible to deal with, yet wants a bond with his unborn son.
Wall of Silence is a gripping documentary drama that uncovers the dark secrets of a small town in Austria. Burdened by guilt and haunted by the horrors of World War II, the town's inhabitants reenact the events of the past, illuminating the devastating effects of national socialism and the Holocaust. As the truths unfold, the wall of silence that has kept the town trapped in its painful history begins to crumble, and the residents are forced to confront their shared past.
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