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Mendel

  • 1997
  • 1h 35m
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6.1/10
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Mendel (1997)
ComedyDrama

A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's... Read allA Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away fro... Read allA Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away from him.

  • Director
    • Alexander Røsler
  • Writer
    • Alexander Røsler
  • Stars
    • Thomas Jüngling Sørensen
    • Teresa Harder
    • Hans Kremer
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
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    • Director
      • Alexander Røsler
    • Writer
      • Alexander Røsler
    • Stars
      • Thomas Jüngling Sørensen
      • Teresa Harder
      • Hans Kremer
    • 1User review
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Thomas Jüngling Sørensen
    • Mendel
    Teresa Harder
    Teresa Harder
    • Bela Trotzig
    Hans Kremer
    • Aron Trotzig
    Martin Meingast
    • David
    Bjørn Sundquist
    Bjørn Sundquist
    • Vottemannen
    Charlotte Trier
    • Mrs. Freund
    Wolfgang Pintzka
    • Mr. Freund
    John Henning Görbing-Hermstad
    • Markus Freund
    Lene Bragli
    • Mrs. Rosen
    Geo von Krogh
    • Mr. Rosen
    Bjørn Jenseg
    • Ugland
    Gaute Thu Tesli
    • Siggen
    Ketil Gudim
    • Farmer
    Wenche Kvamme
    • Sister Britt
    Trond Høvik
    • Missionary
    Torill Øyen
    • Miss
    Stig R. Amdam
    • Olsen
    • (as Stig Ryste Amdam)
    Anitra Eriksen
    • Young Neighbor
    • Director
      • Alexander Røsler
    • Writer
      • Alexander Røsler
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    7/10
    definitely not a comedy
    I've seen this film billed as a comedy about a Jewish family's post-war adjustment to Norway. However, this is a very poignant film, filled with chilling flashbacks to the Holocaust. I would never take a child to see this film.

    The child protagonist's struggle to define himself as a Jew in Norway is challenging, charming, and heart-rending all at once. His nightmares are powerful and genuinely terrifyingly.

    Certainly most Norwegians come across as unsympathetic evangelizers in this film. Was this what Jewish refugees really met when they came to post-war Noray, I wonder? It is interesting to hear the child's language gradually become Norwegian.

    The family's hidden secret is telegraphed from the very beginning of the film. So when it's revealed, my reaction was "so what?" The interactions between Mendel and his older brother were incredibly powerful, the real stuff of sibling rivalry, rage, betrayal, and powerful love.
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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Norway
    • Language
      • Norwegian
    • Also known as
      • 门德尔
    • Production companies
      • Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
      • Norsk Film
      • Northern Lights
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      1 hour 35 minutes
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