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A short documentary. The film talks about the science fiction fairy tale from the Nazi Germany’s cultural history. This is the film’s real Haus Atlantis, an Expressionist building built in 1931 in Bremen, designed by the controversial german architect Bernard Hoetger and commissioned by businessman Ludwig Roselius in order to restore the self esteem of the German people. Hoetger was inspired by Roselius’s belief that Germans originated in Atlantis and were thus the founders of civilisation.

Director : קרן רוסו

Production Year : 2016

Duration : 10

Language : English

Vitch

A daughter tells the story of the controversial choices that her father, a Jewish artist from Poland, made in order to survive the Holocaust. Eddie Vitch (née Ignace Levkovitch) was a talented caricature and mime artist. His iconic drawings of the silver screen’s biggest stars covered the walls of the Brown Derby in Los Angeles – a famous backdrop to Hollywood and the stuff of celebrity lore. In the 1930’s US immigration deported him back to Europe where his mime act became a huge success. When Germany invaded France in 1940, he was performing in Paris. The Nazi officers who saw him on stage sent him to...

Director : Sigal Bujman

Production Year : 2017

Duration : 78

Language : English