A life for a life - Adam Resurrected
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A life for a life - Adam Resurrected (cinema) A life for a life - Adam Hundesohn (DVD / TV) |
| Original title | Adam Resurrected |
| Country of production |
Germany Israel United States |
| original language |
English German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Schrader |
| script | Noah Stollman |
| production |
Ehud Bleiberg Werner Wirsing |
| music | Gabriel Yared |
| camera | Sebastian Edschmid |
| cut | Sandy Saffeels |
| occupation | |
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A life for a life - Adam Resurrected (alternative title: A life for a life - Adam Hundesohn , original title: Adam Resurrected ) is an American - German - Israeli film drama by Paul Schrader . The film is based on Yoram Kaniuk's novel Adam Hundesohn , which was released in Israel in 1968.
action
The film tells the story of Adam Stein, the patient of a psychiatric clinic for Holocaust survivors in Israel in 1961. The former vaudeville artist Stein was the only member of his family to survive persecution and concentration camps because he agreed to the amusement of the concentration camp commandant to slip into the role of a dog. When a neglected boy who thinks he is a dog is admitted to the clinic, Stein is able to overcome his own trauma during the gradual rapprochement between him and the boy.
background
The film has been screened at numerous international festivals including the Telluride Film Festival , the Toronto Film Festival , the Haifa Film Festival and the Valladolid International Film Week . In Germany it was released on February 19, 2009.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film described the film as a "virtuoso developed drama", which succeeds in skilfully interlinking the various time levels. The main character's disturbance would become “visually aesthetically visible and palpable”.
Awards
- 2009: Best Music Award at the Valladolid International Film Week
literature
- Yoram Kaniuk: Adam the dog son. German by Ruth Achlama, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1989
- Yoram Kaniuk: A life for a life - Adam dog son. Identical translation, List, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3548608303
Web links
- A life for a life - Adam Resurrected in the Internet Movie Database (English)