![]() ![]() Drafted to serve in the Nazi army during World War II, Jägerstätter refused to take the required oath of loyalty to Hitler and was guillotined for it, leaving behind his wife, Franziska (Fani) and three small daughters. All rights reserved.įranz Jägerstätter was a man whose motivation came from the constant conversation he had with an invisible and inaudible friend-the God he chose to follow to the cross. ![]() ![]() © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. You can find Andrew Zwerneman's piece here. In this issue of V&B, we are delighted to publish two essays about A Hidden Life written by community members Andrew Zwerneman (northern Virginia) and Elizabeth Pease (Servant Branch).Įlizabeth Pease's piece is presented below. Thank you for your prayers, love and support as I’ve worked on this once-in-a-lifetime project.” I may be temporarily in a different city, but my heart is and always will be with the People of Praise. In a note to community members, Joe wrote, “I cannot adequately express my gratitude for the gift of this amazing community. He added, “The editing, by Rehman Nizar Ali, Joe Gleason and Sebastian Jones, is superb.” Writing in The Wall Street Journal, critic John Anderson said, “With A Hidden Life and the story of Franz Jägerstätter, the director has found the ideal vehicle for his cosmic inquiries, and has created a film that is mournful, memorable and emotionally exhilarating.” The title of the film comes from the 19th-century novel Middlemarch, by George Eliot, “for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” Ī Hidden Life tells the story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and devout Christian who was executed by the Nazis in 1943. (Malick’s 2011 masterpiece The Tree of Life was recently named the number one film of the decade by the Associated Press.) The film Joe worked on has been playing in theaters since December. Since 2016, Joe Gleason (South Bend) has been on assignment from the community to work as an editor for the film director Terrence Malick. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. ![]()
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