(One tic is not here, in fact: the camera shot directly into a distant sunset. The style that Malick has found for this subject is very much the same as ever: an overpowering sense of being ecstatically, epiphanically in the present moment, an ambient feeling of exaltation created by a montage of camera shots swooning, swooping and looming around the characters who appear often to be lost in thought, to an orchestral or organ accompaniment, and a murmured voiceover narration of the characters’ intimate but distinctly abstract feelings and memories. Despite many opportunities to sign the oath of allegiance, Jägerstätter continues to stand up for his beliefs and is executed by the Third Reich in August 1943, while his wife and three daughters survive.The title is taken from George Eliot’s Middlemarch: “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.” Modest though he was, Jägerstatter’s own tomb is not in fact entirely unvisited, as Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in 2007, perhaps partly in contrition for the Church’s failure to oppose the Nazis. He is found guilty and sentenced to death. After months of brutal incarceration, his case goes to trial. Fani and their daughters are victims of growing hostility in the village over her husband's decision not to fight. During his time in prison, he and Fani write letters to one another and give each other strength. Jägerstätter is taken to prison, first in Enns, then in Berlin and waits months for his trial. Wrestling with the knowledge that his decision will mean arrest and even death, Jägerstätter finds strength in Fani's love and support. Despite the pleas of his neighbors, Jägerstätter refuses. Their first requirement is to swear an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the 3rd Reich. As the war goes on, Jägerstätter and the other able-bodied men in the village are called up to fight. With his mother and sister-in-law Resi, he and his wife farm the land and raise their children amid the mountains and valleys of upper Austria. Eventually, when France surrenders and it seems the war might end soon, he is sent back from training. Franz is called up to basic training and is away from his beloved wife and children for months. They live a simple life with the passing years marked by the arrival of the couple's three girls. Married to Franziska (Fani) (Valerie Pachner), the couple are important members of the tight-knit rural community. Radegund, Jägerstätter is working his land when war breaks out. Born and bred in the small village of St. HuggoĪ Hidden Life follows the real-life story of Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl) who refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Beyond what he is to do, the further associated question becomes if there is a breaking point for him in the pressure placed by those around him and by the Nazis.
With Fani by his side, Franz has to decide what to do, his continuing objections which they know could lead to him being imprisoned or possibly executed for treason. This stance places not only him but his family at greater odds with those in the community, each person objecting not always for the same reason, and thus leads to them being increasingly ostracized and isolated. The problem now is that the Austrian military members must swear loyalty to Adolf Hitler, something that he in good conscience cannot or is unwilling to do. But in 1941 as the war continues, Franz is called back into military service.
Along with his colleagues, Franz was sent home from basic training early in the conflict when it looked the war might be over with France's surrender to Germany.
Hard-working husband and wife farmers Franz and Fani Jägerstätter, parents to three infant daughters, are part of the tight-knit rural community, which includes extended family members, of St.
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