Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020) is a wartime family drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Lynn Roth and drawn from documented accounts of the era. The story follows Caleb, a German shepherd, and the Jewish boy Joshua who raised him — until the day their family was taken.

When Nazi authorities seize the household in 1930s Germany, Caleb is separated from Joshua and handed to an SS officer who repurposes the dog for camp enforcement. Years later, the two are brought back together — on opposite sides of a concentration camp fence. August Maturo plays Joshua, Ayelet Zurer his mother; the weight of the film rests on that broken bond and the question of whether a dog can remember who he was.

Lynn Roth doesn't soften the history for younger audiences, which is both the film's risk and its integrity. It's a story about loyalty under conditions designed to destroy it. Stream Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020) on iFILM.