70 years after a body is found floating in a Sydney river, middle aged Jewish doctor Jack learns his father, a Holocaust survivor, is responsible for the unsolved murder of an alleged Nazi and sets out on a quest to find the truth.
Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer is of 1 hour(s) and 56 minute(s). It is Produced By: Identity Films, Screen Australia, VicScreen, BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released on 2023-12-07.
Genres: Documentary
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