Movie Review: Question 7


  At the recommendation of a grandparent of one my violin students, we watched Question 7.   The movie was filmed in 1961 in what was then West Germany, just five miles from the Eastern border.  The story takes place in East Germany, and the movie concerns post war Germany and the persecution facing Christians at that time. The movie centers on the struggles that both father and son must face, will they stand up for Christ in the face of persecution? The father is a pastor of a Lutheran church, and Peter, the teenage son, is prodigy pianist who wants to go to the Conservatory.  The only way he can go is if he answers seven questions in essay from.  Question 7 centers on faith. Whom do you follow? 
 The Father has his own battle to face.  He is sent to this new church because the former pastor is imprisoned for preaching the Bible.  Now the father must decide if he can still preach the word and satisfy the state.
At one point one of the parishioners tells his daughter, "Why can't you be like a radish, a little bit red on the outside?"  Can we be a little bit for the world on the outside and still serve Christ?  That was a rhetorical question. Of course not. 
The movie gives a person something to think about, and it in the light of what is happening in the world, it seems very relevant.  
The movie is about an hour and forty-five minutes long.  You can find this movie on Amazon Prime and it is free to watch. It is in English. It is worth watching.  And there is much to think about when it is over. 
If any of you, Readers, watch this movie, please let me know why you think the father made the choice that he did. 
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