See you again with Brundibar
| Movie | |
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| Original title | See you again with Brundibar |
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| Country of production | Germany , Czech Republic |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Douglas Wolfsperger |
| script | Douglas Wolfsperger |
| production | Douglas Wolfsperger |
| music | Alex Komlew |
| camera | Frank Amann , Igor Luther |
| cut | Frank Brummundt |
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Greta Klingsberg , Annika Westphal, Ikra-Fatma Latif, David Schmidt u. a. | |
Reunion with Brundibar is a feature documentary by the German director Douglas Wolfsperger . It was released in theaters on December 4, 2014.
action
Annika and Ikra are members of the youth theater group “Die Zwiefachen” at the Berlin Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz . Like all “twofold” people, they come from difficult circumstances and use the theater work to process the breaks in their biographies. When they were supposed to rehearse the children's opera Brundibár , the enthusiasm was limited. Brundibár, composed by Hans Krása , was performed in the Theresienstadt ghetto and the background to the opera is difficult. But when they travel to Theresienstadt together with the Holocaust survivor Greta Klingsberg , who played the main role and sang at the time, one develops unusual friendship.
background
Brundibár was performed over fifty times in Theresienstadt, the last time in October 1944. The performances played an important role in the Theresienstadt propaganda film , as the cultural commitment of the Jews in the camp was intended to underline the apparent idyll of Theresienstadt. Afterwards, almost all those involved were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered there. Greta Klingsberg is one of the few survivors of the original cast.
The theater project at the Schaubühne was initiated by Douglas Wolfsperger, who accompanied the rehearsals with the camera and established contact with Greta Klingsberg.
A special focus of the film is on how young people come to terms with German Nazi history .
criticism
“'Reunion with Brundibar' is a quiet, moving film. In addition, he raises the big questions of the Holocaust: How did this happen? Can it happen again What would i have done He gives an answer to another question. How can you tell about the Holocaust today? With films like this. "
TV version
The ORF broadcast a shortened version (52 min) of the film on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018 .
Awards
- Nomination for the Prix Europa 2014
- Dokubiber for the best documentary film ( Biberacher Film Festival 2014)
- Preselection of the German Film Award 2015
- Special Mention Best Documentary Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
- Certificate of Merit, 52nd Chicago International Television Awards
Festivals
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2014 (world premiere)
- Festival of German Language Films Prague 2014
- Hof International Film Festival 2014
- Biberach Film Festival 2014
- Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2014
- Cinema Festival Lünen 2014
- Film show Baden-Württemberg 2014
- Miami Jewish Film Festival 2015
- FIPA Biarritz, 2015
- Berlinale 2015
- Washington Jewish Film Festival 2015
- Jewish International Film Festival Australia 2015
- Finále Pilsen 2015
- Zlín Film Festival 2015
- Giffoni Film Festival 2015
- German Film Fest Paris 2015
- Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2015
- Ale cinema! Poznań 2015
- Moscow Jewish Film Festival 2016
Web links
- Reunion with Brundibar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
- Website of the director Douglas Wolfsperger
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the reunion with Brundibar . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 740 K).
- ^ Reunion with Brundibar. In: Filmstarts.de. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Miriam Hollstein: Survivors know no taboos. In: Welt Online. December 9, 2014, accessed January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ “dokFilm” on Holocaust Remembrance Day: TV premieres “With books on the run” and “Reunion with Brundibár” press release of the ORF on January 25, 2018, accessed on August 27, 2018
- ↑ Who are Europe's best? / PRIX EUROPA for the best European media programs enters a new round. In: presseportal.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ The winners. (No longer available online.) Biberach Film Festival, archived from the original on November 3, 2014 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results 2015: German Film Academy. (No longer available online.) In: deutsche-filmakademie.de. www.deutsche-filmakademie.de, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards 2015. In: olympiafestival.gr. Retrieved January 8, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ Awards 2015. (No longer available online.) In: chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016 ; Retrieved June 14, 2016 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
