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Jiddisch musik (1987)

Jiddisch musik poster
Directed by
Marian Hirschorn
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
45 min

How it feels

This documentary looks at the Yiddish language and music of Eastern European Jewish communities before World War Two. It shows how songs and melodies were central to daily life in the small towns called shtetlekh. The film uses music to remember a world that no longer exists.

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What happens

Jiddisch musik er en film instrueret af Marian Hirschorn. I tiden før 2. Verdenskrig levede Østeuropas jøder i små byer, "shtetlekh", og talte næsten udelukkende jiddisch – en slags tysk blandet med hebraisk og lokalt sprog. Musik spillede en væsentlig rolle i deres liv. Nu eksisterer disse byer ikke mere, og med den ældre generation forsvinder også jiddisch som levende sprog. Gennem sang og musik beskrives miljøet dengang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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