Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer is a notable film directed by Bernhard Hetzenauer, running about 78 minutes.

What it’s about. Vera Kohn, a Jewish woman of German descent born in Prague in 1912, fled from Czechoslovakia to Latin America in 1939, where she built a new life for herself as a theater actress in Quito, Ecuador. The trauma of losing home stayed with her forever. A severe mental breakdown changed her life. She spent three years with German Gestalt therapist Karlfried Graf Duerckheim in the Black Forest where she was introduced to his 'Initial Therapy'. Cured, she returned to Ecuador and became the country's most influential psychotherapist. The documentary essay tells the story of various encounters between the Austrian filmmaker whose grandfather was an SS soldier and the remarkable 98-year-old Jewish psychologist.

Who’s in it. Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer stars Bernhard Hetzenauer and Vera Kohn.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on GuideDoc and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer page.