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A feature film. A Hungarian widow living in a small village, faces the repercussions of this escalating persecution. Having lost her job in Bratislava due to her ethnicity, she finds her village overrun by the Hlinka Guard, whose mission is to assert Slovak dominance. She hides a Jewish child in her house. An adaptation of the late Peter Kristúfek's book "Ema a smrtihlav"

results.listIds.director : Iveta Grófová

results.listIds.year : 2024

results.listIds.duration : 129

results.listIds.lang : German, Hungarian, Slovak

The Woman Rabbi

A documentary. Gisi Fleischmann helped to save thousands of Jews during the dark period of the Slovak and European history. Today, her name is known mostly to historians, but she was once a legendary member of the "Working Group", an underground resistance group active in Slovakia. This documentary" tells the story of the Gisi, torn between the sense of responsibility for her large community and for her own family. The film also bears witness to the way the contemporary Slovak society tries to deal with its past.

results.listIds.director : Anna Grusková

results.listIds.year : 2012

results.listIds.duration : 52

results.listIds.lang : Slovak

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