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The Lady in Number 6 (2013)

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Original title
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Directed by
Malcolm Clarke
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
38 min
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor at the time of her death. It follows her as she shares her philosophy of life and the role music played in helping her endure hardship.

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What happens

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life is an Academy Award-winning 2013 documentary-short film directed, written and produced by Malcolm Clarke. The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life tells the story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a German-speaking Jewish pianist from Prague who was at her death the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. In the documentary, she discusses the importance of music, laughter, and how to have an optimistic outlook on life. Herz (1903–2014) died at age 110, one week before the 86th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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