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"The Balcony"
2000
Directed by
Ruth Walk
This is a moving
documentary portrait of Israel Becker, a founder of the first professional
Yiddish theatrical company in post-war Germany and writer and star of the
historic film, Long Is the Road, the first feature to portray the
Holocaust from a Jewish point of view. The Balcony captures Becker
at age 83, with an apartment adorned with his own paintings, many of which
show family members killed during the Holocaust. These images, along with
footage from Long Is the Road, reveal a man whose past is always
with him. Hebrew with English subtitles.
54 minutes. |
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