Exil Shanghai (1997)

Directed by

Ulrike Ottinger

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

4h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary tells the stories of six German, Austrian and Ashkenazi Jews who found themselves in exile in Shanghai. Using interviews, photographs, documents and new footage, it shows how their past experiences connect with the city's present-day contradictions.

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