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Jewish History in Film: Three is not company in this post-World War II movie, 'Enemies, A Love Story'
From the title onward, it is evident that director Paul Mazursky's "Enemies, A Love Story" is anything but your typical run of the mill love story. Ron Silver is magnificent as the tragic Herman Brode...
Jewish History in Film: Eastern Europe and the immigrant experience in 'An American Tail'
With the holiday season behind us, cool weather upon us, and our wax-covered Chanukiahs needing a polish before being put away until next year, there are few better films to snuggle up to than the Steven Spielberg produced, Don Bluth directed, “An A...
Jewish History in Film: Post-War Europe and a sobering search for identity
Over seven years ago, Martin Scorsese unveiled his series “Masterpieces of Polish Cinema” at the Lincoln Center, highlighting works mostly made between the 1950s and the 1970s. During this time, Poland produced such masterpieces as Andrzej Waj...
Jewish History in Film: Unfulfilled dreams of the promised land in 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'
There have been several films surrounding the historical moment when Israel was established, most taking a nationalist stance, such as “Exodus” starring Paul Newman. As joyful of a moment as this was for many, even for the characters in the film we...
Jewish History in Film: Poland's broken Jewish past in 'The Hourglass Sanatorium'
'Sanatorium pod klepsydra' ('The Hourglass Sanatorium'), directed by Wojciech Has and starring Jan Nowicki and Tadeusz Kondra, is one of the most imaginative films to come out of the 1970s. It is...
Jewish History in Film 'Hester Street' is a nod to Jewish immigration
The year 2020 was filled with a lot of heartbreak in the film community and it ended delivering one final blow. On Dec. 31, one of the most important independent filmmakers of the last 50 years lost...
Jewish History in Film: Fragmented memories of war in 'Waltz with Bashir'
In an interview with David Poland for "DP/30: The Oral History of Hollywood," director Ari Folman expressed that the reactions he received in Israel toward his 2008 adult animated film, "Waltz with...
Jewish History in Film: 'Munich' - a mediation on the cycle of violence
It was just 36 years before the Munich Olympics in 1972 when Hitler used the event as a means to push Nazi propaganda onto the world. It was now Germany's moment to show the world how much they...
Jewish History in Film: First Israeli film to achieve international success - 'Sallah Shabati'
Jewish History in Film is a new series exploring how our culture and history is represented in films from all over the globe. Israeli cinema is such an overlooked contribution to the film world, birth...
