Short Experimental documentary
The King and
the Yellow Star
This documentary uncovers the origin of the long-lived story that King Christian X of Denmark rode out into the streets of Copenhagen with a yellow star on his chest in 1943 in sympathy with the Danish Jews. Even though it never happened it’s widely accepted as a fact outside Denmark. The story traces back to the inventor of spin in wartime New York, and reveals that, even though untrue, an appealing story is always inspired by real life…
