Cinema
Tel Aviv-Berlin
תל אביב-ברלין
Tzipi Trope · 1987
Synopsis
Tel Aviv, 1943. Benjamin Ukstein, a survivor of a concentration camp where his family perished, is treated for tuberculosis in a hospital that takes in other survivors. The nurse Léa, born in Poland and arrived before the war, falls in love with him, and they marry despite what separates them. In 1948, they have a daughter; Léa runs a hat shop, Benjamin gives piano lessons, furnishes the apartment like his parents' house and dreams of Berlin. He falls in love with Gusti, a survivor like himself, leaves the household, then recognises in a forge Yaakov Miller, who was a kapo in his camp.
Context
The screenplay is by Tzipi Trope herself. Shmuel Vilozny plays Benjamin, Rivka Neuman Léa, Anat Harpaz Gusti and Yosef Carmon the former kapo; Yaakov Goldwasser plays a moneylender. The film won five Silver Menorah awards, which preceded the Ophir Awards: best film, screenplay, actress, supporting actor and art direction. It was shown in 1987 at the Berlin festival, in the Panorama section, then in Montreal and London.
Who it is for
One hour and thirty-five minutes, in Hebrew. It helps to know that a kapo was a prisoner whom the Nazis put in charge of watching the others.
Prizes and reception
Five national awards, including best film and best screenplay; selected at Berlin in 1987 for the Panorama.
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