A Quiet Queens Neighbor Hid a Nazi War Criminal, Film Reveals at TIFF
The Housewife, premiering at TIFF, tells the true story of Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan, a Nazi death camp guard who lived undetected in Queens for years; Naomi Watts stars as Ryan as the film depicts her brutality at Ravensbrück and Majdanek, her deportation in 1973, and the disturbing notion that evil can hide behind a friendly neighbor, even as some critics question pacing and factual tweaks.