Flight

Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime Although briefly finding refuge in France where he changed his name to Leo Maillet his stay was cut short by Germanys invasion of Paris Flucht traces Maillets escape from the Gestapo and the French police using Maillets Entre chien et loup series of paintings as the framework for the film Accompanied by Maillets son Daniel Peter Nestler revisits the late artists hiding places and depicts a hauntingly beautiful portrait of an outstanding artist on the run