Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: Blind at Heart

Set in 1920s Berlin, a bright, determined young medical student conceals her half-Jewish heritage as the city succumbs to Nazism in this gripping historical drama. The radiant young Hélène (Mala Emde) arrives in the decadent Weimar-era capital with dreams of becoming a doctor, but her aspirations are shattered when her fiancé dies during a protest at the Reichstag. Struggling with grief and the burden of her secret, she accepts a forged Aryan identity through marriage to a fervent Luftwaffe officer (Max von der Groeben), and spirals into a mode of self-preservation fraught with moral compromise. Adapted from Julia Franck’s award-winning novel, this richly textured portrait of resilience and identity lays bare the sacrifices and impossible choices that define survival.