| Description |
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
2 in. |
| Description |
digital |
|
optical |
|
video file |
|
DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Cast |
Arnos̆t Lustig, Jan Wiener. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Gary Griffin; editor, Amir Bar-Lev. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2000. |
|
Special features include previously unseen footage, filmmaker's commentary, photo gallery, trailer gallery, scene access, interactive menus. |
| Awards |
Audience Award, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2000; Best Documentary-Special Mention, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2000. |
| Summary |
Documentary film that follows friends Jan Wiener and Arnošt Lustig on a trip to Europe in 1998. Holocaust survivors, Wiener and Lustig met in the United States, where both had fled from communist Czechoslovakia. The trip recreates the journey made by Wiener as he escaped from Nazi occupied Prague, through Slovenia and Italy, on his way to joining the British Royal Air Force before his return to Prague after World War II. |
| Language |
Mainly in English, with some sequences in Czech, German and Italian with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Wiener, Jan G., 1920-2010.
|
|
Wiener, Jan G., 1920-2010. |
|
Lustig, Arnošt.
|
|
Lustig, Arnošt. |
|
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
|
|
World War (1939-1945) |
| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives -- Jewish.
|
|
Documentary films.
|
|
Documentary films.
|
|
Video recordings.
|
|
Video recordings.
|
|
Personal narratives.
|
|
Personal narratives.
|
| Added Author |
Bar-Lev, Amir.
|
|
Lustig, Arnošt.
|
|
Wiener, Jan G., 1920-2010.
|
|
Crosby, Jonathan.
|
|
Mamlet, Alex.
|
|
Next Wave Films.
|
|
First Run/Icarus Films.
|
| Standard No. |
720229910316 |
| Music No. |
FRF 910316D First Run Features |
|
