Based on Aharon Appelfeld's novel of the same name, Badenheim 1939 is an allegorical satire that tells the story of a Jewish resort in Austria that hosts a yearly arts festival. Slowly the 'Sanitations Department' begins to shut the town and prepare the residents for a move to Eastern Europe. It is 1939 and amid swirls of unidentified rumours the community struggle to understand what is happening to them.
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