Forster is Seeking Support for Documentary Feature ‘Abducted’

DEGANZ member Tony Forster is crowdfunding on Indiegogo for his second documentary feature Abducted.

In 1973, nine of Anke’s extended family were arrested by the Stasi in East Germany for trying to escape to the West. At just two years old, she is taken from her family and put in an institution for political prisoners. Five turbulent years later, two strangers appear to take her to the West where she is reunited with her mother and father. However, she does not recognise them and the reunion feels more like another abduction to the young girl.

Now Anke returns to East Germany with her husband and children for work. Being back at the place of her childhood trauma brings forgotten and repressed memories to the surface. Through the film, she seeks to tell her story to not only process her past but to promote the need for the world to care for all children living in political conflict.

Abducted has been a long time coming, as Tony and Anke met while he was making his first feature An Accidental Berliner. So moved by her story, Tony promised to return to Germany to put her story on the screen. And after many years of delays, Tony is back in Germany to do so.

The mostly self-funded film is looking for a $5,000 boost to ensure the next shooting period is able to be completed.

You can find out more about the project and donate on Abuducted‘s Indiegogo page.

Last updated on 27 March 2025