Santa Fe (TV 1986)
"Wohin und zurück - Teil 2: Santa Fé" (original title)

Santa Fe begins where Corti's 1982 film God Does Not Believe In Us Anymore leaves off. In 1940, a ship arrives in New York harbor filled with exhausted Jewish immigrants desperate to begin ... See full summary »

Director:

Axel Corti

Writers:

Axel Corti, Georg Stefan Troller

Stars:

Valda Aviks, Gabriel Barylli, Monica Bleibtreu

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Valda Aviks
Gabriel Barylli	...	Freddy Wolff
Monica Bleibtreu	...	Mrs. Shapiro
Tilli Breidenbach	...	Frau Bauer
Doris Buchrucker	...	Lissa
Judith Drake
Anton Duschek
Renée Felden
Joachim Kemmer	...	Binder
Karin Kienzer
Franz J. Klein	...	Dr. Bauer
Peter Lühr	...	Dr. Treumann
Leo Mazakarini	...	Améranth
Herbert Moulton
Dagmar Schwarz	...	Frau Marmorek

Storyline

Santa Fe begins where Corti's 1982 film God Does Not Believe In Us Anymore leaves off. In 1940, a ship arrives in New York harbor filled with exhausted Jewish immigrants desperate to begin a new life. Freddy struggles to find work, learn English, and overcome his piercing alienation. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a poet/delicatessen owner, an aging surgeon who cannot find work, and a lovable charlatan photographer. A totally absorbing picture, which examines with complete assurance the hopes, doubts, and memories of immigrants who have no place to call home. Corti's trilogy continues with Welcome In Vienna.

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Plot Keywords:

immigrant | jewish | life magazine | writing a novel | fired from the job | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Austria West Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

2 March 1986 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Santa Fe

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG), Thalia-Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986)

User Reviews

Excellent rendition of refugee life in war time New York

The second movie of a trilogy, Axel Corti continues an excellent portrayal of the the saga of refugee Jews from Central Europe. Axel Corti did a fabulous job of blending in stock footage of New York City of the early 1940's along with original footage from a film made during the mid- 1980's.

The characters are believable and the circumstances thy find themselves appear to be true to life. The acting appears to be flawless as I found to be true in the first of the trilogy, "God Does Not Believe in us Anymore" I have not as yet viewed the third movie as yet, Welcome to Vienna, but anticipate similar quality.