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EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to UnBroken, the award-winning documentary that tells an extraordinary story of survival from Nazi Germany.
The distributor plans a February 21 theatrical release of the film from first-time director Beth Lane. UnBroken bowed at the Heartland Film Festival in 2023 where it won Best Premiere Documentary Feature, going on to screen at DOC NYC and other festivals across the U.S. It won audience awards at RiverRun International Film Festival in North Carolina, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Iowa, and Berkshire International Film Festival in Massachusetts.
“UnBroken chronicles seven siblings who evaded certain capture and death, and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz,” notes a synopsis. “After being hidden by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in war-torn Germany. Emboldened by their father’s mandate that they ‘always stay together,’ the children used their own cunning and instincts to fight through hunger, loneliness, rape, bombings and fear.”
The synopsis continues, “Their journey culminates with a painful ultimatum, when, separated from their father, they are told that they must declare themselves as orphans in order to escape to a new life in America. Unbeknownst to them, this salvation would become what would finally tear them apart, not to be reunited for another 40 years.”
Lane said in a statement, “Partnering with Greenwich and joining their roster of films is an honor. Their ability to bring this personal journey, which is not only my directorial debut but my artistic life’s most significant work, transforms the pain of generations past into something that can heal and inspire others to choose empathy and compassion. It is a privilege to have Greenwich deliver UnBroken to audiences where it takes courage to share our story of hope.”
UnBroken is directed by Beth Lane and written by Lane and Aaron Soffin. Executive producers include Beth Lane, Joel Moody, Barbara Gerson, Mark Gerson, Jen Lane Landolt, Mark Landolt, Andy Hall, Jennifer Sofio Hall, Doug Prochilo and Angus Wall and The Weber Family Arts Foundation. The film was edited by Aaron Soffin and Dina Guttmann. Music is by Jonathan Snipes.
Greenwich’s Andy Bohn negotiated the acquisition with Submarine’s Ben Schwartz and Josh Braun on behalf of the filmmakers.
Greenwich Entertainment has established itself as a leading distributor of prestige independent, international, and documentary films. Previous releases include Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi’s Academy Award-Winning Free Solo; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman; Coup! starring Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen; Close to You starring Elliot Page, and The Critic starring Ian McKellen. Among the company’s upcoming releases are Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Durga Chew-Bose’s Bonjour Tristesse, and Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up The Hill.
