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Menachem and Fred
Israel, 2009 | , 90 minutes, |
Director:
Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner
Script: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner
Producers: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner, Jens Meurer
Sponsors: Channel 8 – Noga Communications, Germany - Filmstiftung Nrw, Mfg Baden Wurttemberg, Swr-Sudwestrundfunk, Sr-Saarlandischer Rundfunk
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| Synopsis |
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Winner of The Cinema for Peace award for
most inspirational movie of the year
Berlin 2009
This is the story of two brothers who for decades feared to meet.
Attempting to repress their past and build new lives, the brothers buried dark secrets in their hearts. Only when rare letters were found, letters from their parents who were in a concentration camp at the time, to the orphanage where the brothers hid during the second world war, did Menachem and Fred start to re-establish contact and come to terms with their past.
Menachem and Fred live in two extremes of Jewish identity. Fred is an American aerospace engineer. His children are married to Christians. Menachem is religious, holds a doctorate in education and lives in Jerusalem. His children live in West Bank settlements.
The film accompanies Menachem and Fred on an emotionally charged journey that examines their past and probes their psyches. A strange, unexpected relationship develops with the Hopp family, sons of the Nazi who deported their family to the concentration camp. Dietmar Hopp is one of the wealthiest men in Germany owner of the software giant “SAP.” This controversial relationship between the sons of the murderers and the sons of the murdered brings about a surprising development between the two families.
The film raises existential questions pertaining to fate, survival, identity, life choices and their influence on the future generations. |
Awards and Festivals |
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Awards:
The Cinema for Peace award for most inspirational movie of the year , Berlin 2009
Audience Favorite for Best Documentary, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival 2009 |
Festivals:
Hoff Internatinal Film Festival, Germany 2009
Cinema For Peace Awards, Berlin 2009
Warsaw Jewish Motifs Film Festival 2009
Stockholm Jewish Film Festival 2009
San Fransisco Jewish Film Festival 2009
Silicon Valley Jewish Film festival, 2009
Calgary Jewish Film Festival, 2009
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, 2009
Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, 2009
Temple Emanu-El, Sarasota, 2010
NJ Celebration of Israeli film, 2010
San Antonio Jewish Film Festival, 2010
Kansas University, 2010
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 2010
DC JCC- Screening Room, 2010
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More Credits |
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| Script: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner |
| Co-Production Company: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner |
| Camera: Klause Sturm, James Karmen, Yoram Milo, Roni Katsenelson |
| Editor: Ronit Kertsner |
| Original Music: Zbigniew Preisner |
| Original Language: Hebrew – English – French – German |
| Subtitles: English |
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