Is There A Film Adaptation Of Jennifer Teege'S Memoir?

I get asked about this book all the time when I’m babysitting a stack of memoirs at the café where I hang out—people love the hook. To be direct: there isn’t a widely released feature-film adaptation of Jennifer Teege’s memoir 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me' (the book that stunned a lot of readers when she discovered her family connection to Amon Göth). What exists instead is a patchwork of interviews, TV and radio segments, and documentary pieces where she tells her story in her own voice. Her memoir has been translated, discussed on panels, and used in theater and lecture contexts, but as of mid-2024 there’s no big-screen movie everyone can queue up for.

If you’re the kind of person who imagines scenes and casting choices (guilty as charged), the story feels like it could work brilliantly as a limited series or a sensitive, character-driven film: the internal shock of discovery, the family conversations, the trips to archives and the moral wrestling. Until some production company does greenlight a faithful dramatization, the clearest way to experience her narrative is to read 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me' and watch her interviews—those carry an immediacy that a dramatization might dilute. I still find the rawness of her own testimony more affecting than dramatized scenes, but I’d absolutely be first in line if a thoughtful director picked it up.

No feature film adaptation has been released of Jennifer Teege’s memoir 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me', at least up through mid-2024. Her story has popped up across documentaries, interviews, and public talks rather than as a dramatized movie, and people sometimes option memoir rights without anything reaching full production, so that’s probably why things feel a bit murky. If you’re hunting for a visual version, start with recorded interviews and documentary clips—those let you hear her reaction and see her processing the family history in a way a fictionalized film might not replicate. I’m curious if a limited series would ultimately serve the material better than a two-hour film, but for now I’m happy re-reading parts of the book and watching her speak whenever I can.

I’ve followed this story for a while in book groups and lectures, and the short answer is: no, not in the form of a commercial feature film that’s been released globally. Jennifer Teege’s memoir 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me' has been widely covered in print and broadcast media, and her interviews and public talks are often included in documentaries about descendants of Nazi perpetrators, but there hasn’t been a standalone, theatrical adaptation that retells her memoir as a narrative movie.

From a reader’s perspective, that’s probably for the best right now—her account is intimate and complex, and any screen version would need time to breathe. I suspect producers have at times optioned rights or discussed projects (that’s common with powerful memoirs), but development doesn’t always lead to production. If you want a cinematic feeling without waiting, look for long-form documentary projects or recorded lectures where she speaks; they capture nuance and keep the real person at the center. Personally, I find those sources invaluable for classroom discussions, because they pair the emotional truth of her voice with the historical context surrounding 'Schindler’s List' and other cultural depictions of the era.