Berlin Jérusalem
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1989
French release14/03/1990
Runtime
1h 29m
Synopsis
Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine: Mania Vilbouchevich Shohat (1880-1961), called Tania, a Russian Jew and revolutionary, goes from Minsk to Palestine to live on a collective. She promotes feminism and laments a shift in the men from self-defense to aggression. Her friend, Else Lasker-Schuler (1869 - 1945), expressionist poet and German Jew, is in Berlin, writing, caring for her son, watching Hitler's movement take power. She goes to Jerusalem and imagines a park for Arab and Jew. Her poems, voiced from within, capture her experience. The film meditates on the violence at the root of Israel's birth: of the Nazis and of the Zionists.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : Agav Films, Maison de la Culture du Havre
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Nova Films, Channel Four Television, Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, Orthel Films, Transfax Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Agav Films
- French distribution : Les Films de l'Atalante
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriters : Amos Gitaï, Gudie Lawaetz
- Directors of Photography : Henri Alekan, Nurith Aviv
- Music Composers : Marcus Stockhausen, Simon Stockhausen
- Editor : Luc Barnier
- Sound Recordist : Antoine Bonfanti
- Production Manager : Laurent Truchot
- Sound Editor : Michel Klochendler
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French, Hebrew, German, English
- Coproducer countries : France, The Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, Israel
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1989
- French release : 14/03/1990
- Runtime : 1 h 29 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 69909
- Visa issue date : 06/12/1989
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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