Special programme “New Baltic films”

Ghetto

1 hr. 40 min. | History, War | N/A

This feature film is based on the real events of the war years. The place of action is the Vilnius ghetto (1942-1943) during the Nazi occupation. The film tells the story of a fatal and at the same time incredibly tragic story of flaming love and terrible hatred between a Nazi officer Kitel, a former actor and jazz musician, and Chaya, a Jewish singer with a star in the music world. Due to this fatal love, a theater is established in the Vilnius ghetto. The residents of the ghetto agree with the establishment of this theater with dissatisfaction and resistance. They feel humiliated by the blasphemous idea that a theater will exist here, where the Jews of Vilnius were massacred, that is, in the cemetery.

Audrius Juzėnas

Audrius Juzėnas

Audrius Juzėnas was born in Ukmergė in 1963 and studied physics and directing at the Lithuanian Conservatory at Vilnius University. He also worked as a journalist and film critic for the newspaper Respublika, program director for Baltic TV. Audrius Juzėnas has won many awards for his documentaries.
Languages
English, German
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Produced
2005: Lithuania, Germany

Film information

Director
Audrius Juzėnas
Screenplay
Joshua Sobolis
Music
Andreas Hofer
Cinematography
Andreas Hofer
Cast
Sebastian Hulk, Heino Ferch, Erika Marozsan, Andrius Žebrauskas, Vytautas Šapranauskas, Margarita Žiemelytė
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