Francesca

Overview

In 1945 an SS officer was shot to death by a Jewish woman near the gas chambers in Auschwitz. The shooting was carried out by Francesca Mann, a ballet dancer from Warsaw. This act of heroism received no recognition due to the rumors that Francesca collaborated with the Nazis. Francesca left behind nothing but a few photographs, a few press articles and plenty of conflicting testimonies about her conduct during the war. The filmmakers weaved the historical stories and built the myth: Francesca.