Winter Journey (2019) ( Vinterrejse )

Winter Journey (2019) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Vinterrejse
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

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

Movie filmed in 2019 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Anders Østergaard
Erzsébet Rácz

Written By:
Martin Goldsmith

Anders Østergaard

Actors:
Bruno Ganz ..... George Goldsmith, born Günther Ludwig Goldschmidt
Martin Goldsmith ..... interviewer Martin Goldsmith
Harvey Friedman ..... Martin Goldsmith
Leonard Scheicher ..... Günther Goldsmith
András Bálint ..... Professor Spittel
Dani Levy ..... Landlord Adolf Korn
Izabella Nagy ..... Rosemarie Goldsmith
Fritzi Uhrig ..... Girl
Joseph Goebbels ..... Self
Adolf Hitler ..... Self
Kurt Singer ..... Self

Synopsis:

'Winter Journey' is based on American radio host Martin Goldsmith's book about his Jewish parents, who fled Nazi Germany. Both were talented musicians, but after the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935 they were only able to perform as members of the Jewish Cultural Federation, a bizarre propaganda organization fully controlled by the Reich Chamber of Culture. This film brings to life the reality of their beautiful and painful love story, using remarkable and ingenuously edited archive material. It also includes reenactments of the conversations Goldsmith had with his father in preparation for his book. The dynamic that emerges in the interaction between Martin Goldsmith himself, as the unseen interviewer, and a vulnerable Bruno Ganz, playing his father Georg Goldsmith, is fascinating. On one occasion Ganz even references his legendary role as Hitler in Downfall (2004), when Goldsmith, Sr., mimics an agitated Nazi official who stamps his visa. In ways like this, the story transcends its modest place in the history of the war.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 17 March, 2024.