The terrible effect of the Nazis upon a single Jewish family provides the basis for this drama. The family cannot handle the strain and gradually breaks up. Interspliced within the film are...
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Title: Distant Journey (1950)
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The terrible effect of the Nazis upon a single Jewish family provides the basis for this drama. The family cannot handle the strain and gradually breaks up. Interspliced within the film are newsreel clips of angry crowds, and scenes of horror. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür
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surrealism | suicide by jumping | split screen | liberation | jewish ghetto |Taglines:
A SHOCKING FILM of the most terrible tragedy of the century!Certificate:
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The film was seen by very few people en Checoslovaquia in his time because it was censored by the communist government upheld by Stalin. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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1 January 1950 (Czechoslovakia) See more »Also Known As:
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One of the first films about the Holocaust, this is set in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt (modern Terezin) about a marriage between a Jewish woman and a Czech gentile but with truly impressive filmic style which was much admired by Alain Resnais who reflected it in his 'Night and Fog'. There are parallels here with Lanzman's 'Un Vivant Qui Passe' also about Theresienstadt and Maetzig's German near contemporary film 'Ehe im Schatten' (marriage in the shadows) about a similar marriage. Alfred Radok is one of the great lost directors - part of the famous Laterna Magika of Prague - he was the victim not just of the Nazis but of the Communists.