Menachem and Fred
Synopsis
Meet Menachem and Fred, an Israeli professor and an American space engineer, brothers who are now reuniting as adults. When they separated during the Holocaust, Fred moved to New York, changed his full name and raised all-American Christians; Menachem is a religious Jew and lives near his children and their West Bank settlement. The men avoided their history for over 60 years until letters from their mother surfaced and forced them to confront the past. We travel with them to Germany on an emotional tour of the many homes and refuges they had, including their original family home, a hiding place when they were driven out on Kristallnacht, an orphanage and a camp.
Credits
Director(s)
Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner
Producer(s)
Ronit Kertsner, Ofra Tevet (Israel) and Jens Meurer (Egoli Tossell, Germany)
Script
Ofra Tevet
Cinematography
Klause Strum, Yoram Milo, James Carmen, Ron Katsenelson
Editor
Ronit Kertsner
Original Music
Zbigniew Preisner
Original Language
Hebrew, English, German, French
Subtitles
English, Hebrew, Russian, Polish
Produced with the help of
Noga comunications, The new film foundation, ARTE, SWR, ZDF, FILMSTUFTUNG, SR
Sound Designer
Israel David
