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Release Date:
July 11, 2011
Original Title:
The Flat
Alternate Titles:
A lakás
Die Wohnung
Ha-dira
L'Appartement de ma grand-mère
Mieszkanie
Квартира
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
ZDF
Zero One Film
Production Countries:
Germany | Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv was where my grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the 1930s. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. When my grandmother passed away at the age of 98 we were called to the flat to clear out what was left. Objects, pictures, letters and documents awaited us, revealing traces of a troubled and unknown past. The film begins with the emptying out of a flat and develops into a riveting adventure, involving unexpected national interests, a friendship that crosses enemy lines, and deeply repressed family emotions. And even reveals some secrets that should have probably remained untold...
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Director:
Arnon Goldfinger
Director of Photography:
Philippe Bellaiche
Talia Gal'On
Editor:
Tali Halter Shenkar
Music:
Yoni Rechter
Producer:
Thomas Kufus
Arnon Goldfinger
Writer:
Arnon Goldfinger
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