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| The Photographer |
| Poland/France,
1998, 35mm, 80 minutes Polish, Yiddish, German, with English subtitles Director: Dariusz Jablonski Sunday, December 5, 12:15 pm |
| A chilling documentary created from 400 slides and home movies taken by a Nazi accountant working in the Lodz Ghetto from 1939 to 1944. The slides were discovered in mint condition in 1987 at a used book store in Vienna. They formerly belonged to Walter Genewein, who oversaw the ghetto’s finances where over 300,000 men, women and children were used as slave labor in the Nazi war effort. Conditions in the ghetto were so abominable that when it was liquidated in August 1944, only 70,000 people remained alive. After a productive day in the office, Genewein would stroll through the ghetto seeking to perfect his photographic hobby, impervious to the suffering around him. He was able to get a confiscated movie camera, and through his Nazi connections, a supply of the first-ever color film stock from AG Farben. To impress his Nazi superiors, Genewein sought to take pictures that showcased, "subhumans in the process of being civilized by the German culture of work." The film is narrated by Dr. Arnold Mostowicz, whose first-hand account accompanies the images taken by a man who had clearly forgotten his humanity. |
In Cooperation with
| The Embassy of the Republic of Poland | ||
| and The Embassy of France | ||
Distributed by Seventh Art
Releasing, USA
http://www.7thart.com/
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