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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Marina Willer creates an impressionistic visual essay as she traces her father’s family journey as one of only twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II. The film travels from war-torn Eastern Europe to the color and light of South America and is told through the voice of Willer’s father Alfred, ...

Written By: Marina Willer, Alfred Willer, Brian Eley, Leena Telén

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 27 m

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Summary Marina Willer creates an impressionistic visual essay as she traces her father’s family journey as one of only twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II. The film travels from war-torn Eastern Europe to the color and light of South America and is told through the voice of Willer’s father Alfred, ...

Written By: Marina Willer, Alfred Willer, Brian Eley, Leena Telén

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Sep 16, 2017
Willer’s essay film is obviously a cathartic experience, her documenting a family history that transcends the personal towards the universal
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 11, 2017
The banality of Marina Willer’s voiceover only goes to prove the old cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 16, 2017
The sad truth is that we’ve heard countless harrowing stories of the Holocaust, and this one, for the most part, isn’t presented in a way that makes it indelible or urgent.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 14, 2017
In the end, this relentlessly scenic travelogue/valentine is Willer literally giving her old man peace of mind.
By Craig D. Lindsey FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 14, 2017
Cinematically and emotionally it’s a mixed bag, a slow-moving visual treatise and occasional vanity piece that requires — but doesn’t always earn — our indulgence.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cohen Media Group
Release Date Sep 15, 2017
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline A Story of Courage. A Legacy of Survival. A Lifetime of Memories.
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