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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary | Foreign
Written by:
Ronen Dorfan
Yonatan Israel
Yaron Zilberman
Directed by: Yaron Zilberman
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 21, 2005
DVD: December 6, 2005
Running Time: 80 minutes, Color
Origin: France / Israel / USA
Language(s): English / German / Hebrew (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Judith Haspel, Trude Hirschler, Anni Lampl, Hanni Lux, Ann Marie Pisker, Nanne Selinger, Greta Stanton, and Elisheva Susz
Watermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Told by the swimmers, now in their eighties, Watermarks is about a group of young girls with a passion to be the best. It is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who still swim daily as they age with grace. (Kino International)
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What The Critics Said
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Boston Globe Wesley Morris
In the absolutely moving new documentary Watermarks, seven women in their 80s return to the Vienna swimming pool of their youth.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
The excellent film combines a wealth of archival material with the reminiscences of an unforgettable group of octogenarian women who were champion swimmers when Hitler annexed Austria in 1938.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
A moving documentary that approaches the Holocaust from a fresh, intimate perspective.
Read Full Review >New York Post Debra Birnbaum
Ultimately a moving, poignant tale about triumph in the face of the unthinkable.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Not a great movie, but contains fascinating historical material.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Unfortunately their story ends just as it becomes most provocative.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Laura Sinagra
Though Zilberman's affection for the women leads to some indulgent digression, the doc's low-key tone (and lack of the stock, timpani-backed Nazi iconography) throws certain anecdotes into powerful relief.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Each woman is a terrific interview, and if the climactic vision of these still beautiful ladies gliding through the water doesn't bring a lump to your throat, you surely have no heart.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Not especially lively filmmaking, but Zilberman has unearthed some terrific footage of the club in its heyday.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Well-intentioned and exceedingly nice, Watermarks aspires to warm the soul, but succeeds only in numbing the mind.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
As documentaries go, Watermarks is nothing special. But the women who inhabit it are sensational.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kathryn D. gave it a10:
Remarkable! Moving and educational. One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I will never forget viewing this. This is one of those rare things that the world would be a better place for seeing.
Jack W. gave it a10:
Riveting. Finally, a "real" movie from those times, that brinkgs us back in time and then forward to the real people, as they are today, interacting together once again. Brilliant.
Renata S. gave it a10:
As a 20 something female it is particularly intriguing to watch footage of other women fighting to achieve success and achieve it during such a tragic time. The documentary was moving and motivational.
Jimmy gave it a3:
Oh yea, it didn't seem as if the above reviews weren't written by the same person.
Honey L. gave it a10:
So moving. Made me proud to be Jewish and for the first time, I wanted to visit Israel.
Judith K. gave it a10:
Sensitive, gentle, yet realistic portrayal of discrimination and the real triumph of the will!
Roger R. gave it a10:
Quite moving and inspirational - smooth and creative editing of achival footage - unique perspective of the pre-holocaust experience.
