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Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann (1999)

Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann poster
Directed by
Volker Koepp
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h 12m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows elderly Jewish residents in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, once known as Czernowitz. It shows their daily lives and memories of the city's lost Jewish culture.

observationalslow-pacedintimatequietreflectivenostalgicsoberculturally attentive

What happens

Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann ist ein deutscher Dokumentarfilm von Volker Koepp mit dem Kameramann Thomas Plenert von 1998. Er beschreibt jüdisches Leben in der ukrainischen Stadt Tscherniwzi, die einst als Czernowitz ein wichtiges Zentrum jüdischer Kultur war. Der Film erhielt mehrere Filmpreise und Würdigungen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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