Yael Hersonski’s acclaimed, award-winning film is an extraordinary documentary which tells the story of a Nazi propaganda film shot – but never completed – in the Warsaw Ghetto on 1942. Hersonski’s film tracks down the actual events of that time and reconstructs the “reality” of the film from an original perspective. The Nazis’ footage remained silent, allowing for the creation of a new relationship between image and sound – made up of picturesque, surreal music performed by numerous artists and instruments.
Awards and nominations:
World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award, Sundance Film Festival
Nominated for Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary Cinema, Satellite Award (International Press Academy) For Best Documentary Motion Picture
Director: Yael Hersonski