Stumbling Blocks ( Stolperstein )

Stumbling Blocks (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Stolperstein
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
76 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Dörte Franke

Written By:
Dörte Franke

Actors:
Gunter Demnig ..... Himself
Uta Franke ..... Herself
Peter Jordan ..... Himself
Dorothy Jordan ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Gunter Demnig first catches your eye, then your thoughts. Although the Cologne artist's stolpersteine (stumbling blocks) are neatly paved into the sidewalk, they force passers-by to stop and read them. 'Here lived' begins the inscriptions engraved in brass on the concrete squares measuring about four inches-on each one, just the name, date, and place of death of an individual killed by the Nazis. But this basic information about the fate of one person among 6 million has the power to create questions in the minds of pedestrians.

Stolpersteine (German expression for "stumbling blocks") is a project of the artist Gunter Demnig. These memorials commemorate those deported and killed by the Nazis, mostly in Nazi concentration camps or extermination camps, including Jews, Sinti and Romani people (also called gypsies), members of the resistance during World War II, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christians in opposition and the disabled.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 28 April, 2010.