Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Forgotten Man” showing May 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
From Switzerland comes an intimate World War II psychological thriller — “A Forgotten Man” — examining the implications of neutrality in times of war.
In the spring of 1945 as Nazi Germany collapses, Swiss ambassador Heinrich Zwygart flees bombed-out Berlin after serving eight years in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a dreadful mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country.
While he tries to reunite with his estranged family in his unscathed home country, the arrival of peace puts Zwygart in a delicate position. How could the Swiss policy, which was more than favorable to Germany, be justified at a time when the Allies and the Russians are liberating Europe and question the behavior of the Swiss Government during the war? For Switzerland to end on the winning side after the war, someone will have to pay.
Haunted by his past, struggling to secure a future, but driven by his ambition Zwygart feels the trap closing in on him. He made it through the war, but will he survive peace?
“A Forgotten Man” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre May 10-16. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 10, 11 and 12 at 6:30 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, May 13, 14 and 16 at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.