Watermarks (2004)

Directed by

Yaron Zilberman

Genre

documentary film, sport film

Country

Israel, France, Austria, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary reunites a group of elderly women who were star swimmers for a Jewish sports club in 1930s Vienna. They gather to share memories of their youth and the club's forced closure under the Nazis.

nostalgicpoignantreflectiveupliftinggentleintimatehistoricwarm

What happens

Watermarks is a 2004 award-winning theatrical feature documentary co-written and directed by Yaron Zilberman as his directorial debut. The film reunites the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna, who were forced to disband during the rise of fascism in 1930s Austria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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