Jeckes - The distant relatives
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Jeckes - The distant relatives |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Jens Meurer Carsten Hueck |
| script | Jens Meurer Carsten Hueck |
| production | Jens Meurer |
| camera | Bernd Fischer |
| cut | Gaby Kull New Year |
| occupation | |
Jeckes - The distant relatives (alternative title: Jeckes - German Jews in Israel ) is a German documentary film directed by Jens Meurer and Carsten Hueck . The film was shot in Israel in 1997 and premiered on April 20, 1997 in the Filmmuseum of the Munich City Museum .
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The distant relatives - these are the German Jews in Israel , also called Jeckes . Seven Israeli men and women, born in Germany between 1909 and 1928, report on their biographies. These include, for example, a successful patroness, a former mayor of Jerusalem or a former majoress in the Suez War in 1973, who now lives in a radical settler community near Hebron. The seven protagonists with their different paths in life give an insight into and review of a special chapter in German-Israeli history.
Reviews
“The quality of documentaries is not always determined by the formal design, but also by who is facing the camera. Jens Meurer and Carsten Hueck deliberately avoided playful elements in their portrait of seven German Jews who fled to Palestine before or after the Holocaust , because they wanted to give all the space to the 'Jeckes'. A risk that was worth it. Their exciting search for clues, turned on 35 mm, unearthed 'distant relatives' full of humor and irony, whose fate reflects half a century of German-Israeli history. "
“The film discovers exciting life paths, asks for memories of the unforgettable first homeland, of the arrival in Palestine, of the relationship to the Jewish religion and the politics of the State of Israel in the past and present. This creates a kaleidoscope of reminiscences, opinions and dreams that offers plenty of material for debate. The interviewees are extremely lively narrators whose answers, sometimes with black humor, make the film not only an instructive, but also an entertaining essay. "
Awards
- Les Prix Planète Câble 1997 (Vue Sur les Docs, Marseille)
Web links
- Jeckes - The distant relatives in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jeckes - German Jews in Israel at Kino.de
- Note on VHS on Amazon
- Cinema archive
- Film information Stuttgarter Zeitung ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/jeckes-die-entfernten-verwandten/44251.html
- ↑ Jeckes - The Distant Relatives in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 20, 2012