Years of Promise and Rejection
Israel 2020
Two Screens, 8 min
German, Yiddish, Hungarian, Polish, French, Ladino
English Subtitles
Details
Anu - Museum of the Jewish People
Years of Promise and Rejection
Credits
Director: Ran Tal
Producers: Amir Harel
Line Producer: Karin Etedgi
Editor: Efrat Rasner, Yula Gidron
Sound Designer: Itzik Cohen
Graphic Designer: Lahav Halevi
Reserch: Hagit Ben Yakov
Synopsis
Between the two world wars, anew, multifaceted coulter flourished throughout the Jewish world. Which for the most part was of modern and secular nature.
In this new culture Jewish sources converged with the wealth offered by universal culture. It included literature and philosophy, works in diverse fields of art, a variety of languages and un abundant entertainment and recreational culture.
This flurry of activity blossomed, however in a world where hyper-nationalist and fascist ideologies ha begun brewing, spearheaded by the Nazi movement in Germany.