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On 27th December 1973, a nightmare began for an entire family. On that night, a German businessman named Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. He was never seen alive again by his friends or family. He became one of the 'disappeared', and it seemed that no-one knew what had happened to him. His wife, Ingeborg, and his daughters, Renate and Gabriele, spend the next seven years not knowing if Thomas was alive or dead. Then, in 1980, an IRA informant led police to recover his body. But the trauma for the Niedermayers did not end then: there were further devastating consequences for all of them. Thomas and Ingeborg's only granddaughters, Tanya and Rachel, were told nothing of this history when they were growing up. Now, 50 years after their grandfather was kidnapped, they have embarked on a painful journey of discovery -- to find out the shocking truth of what really happened half-a-century ago.

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Donald Clarke Irish Times Digs up some still-startling horrors, but it also restores fleshed-out humanity to a decent man – more than a victim – who, like so many others, is often remembered just as a name spoken grimly on a distant news report. Rated: 4/5 Aug 11, 2023 Full Review Leaf Arbuthnot Guardian The film skilfully shows how brutal acts rarely happen in a vacuum, but reverberate for many years, their darkness passed down the generations like a curse. Rated: 3/5 Aug 11, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis On 27th December 1973, a nightmare began for an entire family. On that night, a German businessman named Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. He was never seen alive again by his friends or family. He became one of the 'disappeared', and it seemed that no-one knew what had happened to him. His wife, Ingeborg, and his daughters, Renate and Gabriele, spend the next seven years not knowing if Thomas was alive or dead. Then, in 1980, an IRA informant led police to recover his body. But the trauma for the Niedermayers did not end then: there were further devastating consequences for all of them. Thomas and Ingeborg's only granddaughters, Tanya and Rachel, were told nothing of this history when they were growing up. Now, 50 years after their grandfather was kidnapped, they have embarked on a painful journey of discovery -- to find out the shocking truth of what really happened half-a-century ago.
Director
Gerry Gregg
Producer
David Blake Knox
Screenwriter
David Blake Knox
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m