Tag Archives: Holocaust movies

love in dark times (film: Cloudy Sunday – Manousos Manousakis, 2015)

Posted on January 28, 2021 by admin

‘Cloudy Sunday‘, the 2015 film by Greek director Manousos Manousakis is one of those docu-dramas that remain in the memory of the audiences as references for the historical periods in which the stories take place, although they are conceived as … Continue reading →

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it’s never too late (film: Mr. Kaplan – Alvaro Brechner, 2014)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by admin

‘Mr. Kaplan‘ (2014) directed by Alvaro Brechner is, I think, the second Uruguayan film I’ve ever seen. It enjoyed success in Latin America and Germany, and represented Uruguay in the competition for best foreign film at the 2015 Academy Awards. … Continue reading →

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Europe in war (film: The Painted Bird – Vaclav Marhoul, 2019)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by admin

‘The Painted Bird‘ (2019) by Czech director Václav Marhoul is a very difficult film to evaluate. On the one hand, from a cinematic point of view, it is one of the remarkable performances we have seen in recent years – … Continue reading →

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Bruno Ganz’s adieu with a strong docu-drama about remembrance and the Holocaust (film: Winter Journey – Anders Østergaard, Erzsébet Rácz, 2019)

Posted on October 5, 2020 by admin

‘Winter Journey‘, a film directed by Anders Østergaard and Erzsébet Rácz, brings to the screen the book by Martin Goldsmith, who is also co-author of the screenplay together with the Danish director. Goldsmith is a renowned musicologist, the son of … Continue reading →

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the testimony of Mr. Laszlo Nussbaum (documentary : Nussbaum 95732 – Laszlo Csibi, 2017)

Posted on August 30, 2020 by admin

The opening sequence of the documentary – testimony that director László Csibi dedicated to Laszlo Nussbaum, one of the last Holocaust survivors living in the city of Cluj in Romania today, reminded me of my first encounter at Buchenwald with … Continue reading →

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Mărturia Domnului Nussbaum (documentar: Nussbaum 95736 – Laszlo Csibi, 2017)

Posted on August 30, 2020 by admin

Secvența care deschide documentarul – mărturie pe care regizorul László Csibi l-a dedicat lui Laszlo Nussbaum, unul dintre ultimii martori supraviețuitori ai Holocaustului care trăiesc astăzi în Cluj, mi-a amintit prima mea întâlnire la Buchenwald cu unul dintre locurile cumplite … Continue reading →

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the coming to age of the rabbit (Film: Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi, 2019)

Posted on January 7, 2020 by admin

‘Jojo Rabbit‘, Taika Waititi‘s film arouses controversy among film critics and viewers. Normal for a satirical comedy dealing with the darkest period in history? Perhaps, however, we should not be so shocked anymore, and not because almost eight decades have … Continue reading →

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Tema Holocaustului în filmul românesc

Posted on April 29, 2019 by admin

Câteva filme foarte vizibile și foarte discutate și disputate în spațiul public ar putea crea impresia că Holocaustul este o tema majoră a cinematografiei românești. Lucrurile nu stau deloc așa. Subiectul a fost aproape complet absent din cinematografia românească a … Continue reading →

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the Holocaust from a different perspective (Film: Nowhere in Africa – Caroline Link, 2001)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by admin

How much the cinema industry, perception and tastes have changed in only 17 years. These thoughts were triggered by watching ‘Nowhere in Africa‘, a film which was awarded in 2001 the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. Although … Continue reading →

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Holocaust – the story of the people who helped (Film: The Zookeeper’s Wife – Jessica Chastain, 2017)

Posted on August 7, 2017 by admin

It’s not easy to make a good fiction movie about the Holocaust. The story was told many times from different perspectives, it has a well known ending and a definite set of tragic victims and of evil characters. Although the … Continue reading →

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