Overview

• Opening in German cinemas on 4 September, the long-term project by Marcin Wierzchowski follows families and survivors over four to five years.
• Relatives and witnesses emphasize that the shooter targeted people with foreign backgrounds, rejecting early claims that the attack struck everyone equally.
• The film highlights alleged institutional failures, including a blocked emergency exit at one crime scene documented by the research group Forensic Architecture.
• It recounts failed emergency calls by victim Vili Viorel Păun and notes that a police special unit later dissolved over right‑wing chats was on duty that night.
• Local officials still report no agreement on a permanent memorial, with Hanau’s mayor opposing a monument on the market square referenced in the film’s title.