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Adamah (1949)

Adamah poster
Original title
אדמה
Directed by
Helmar Lerski
Genre
docudrama
Country
Mandatory Palestine
Runtime
47 min
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Jewish boy who survived the Holocaust tries to heal from his trauma by working the land and making friends at a youth village in Mandatory Palestine. The film follows his daily life and relationships with other students and staff. It was made with real pupils and teachers from the village.

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What happens

Adama (English: Tomorrow's a Wonderful Day) title is a motion picture produced in Mandatory Palestine shortly before the establishment of Israel. It was directed by Helmar Lerski and filmed during 1947–1948. The plot of the film focuses on the life of a Jewish boy, who was a Holocaust survivor, trying to rehabilitate himself from the traumas he experienced by working on the land and establishing social relationships while living in the youth village Ben Shemen. The initiator of the film was Dr. Siegfried Lehman the founder of Ben Shemen. He was motivated by a desire to show the world the educational system used in the village and he also had hopes of using the film as a tool for fundraising. The actors in the film were actual pupils in the village and the educational staff also participated in the production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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