Jews have played a constant and diverse role in the growth of
cinema and film-making. This unique book provides a catalogue of
over 1,200 films about Jews and Jewish history, culture,
personalities, and issues. It contains entries that have been
collected from a variety of sources worldwide (much of it personal
correspondence with film-makers themselves) and there is
international coverage of the following genres: documentaries;
foreign language films; Hollywood features; film testimony;
made-for-television mini-series, dramas, and documentaries;
educational/instructional films; and Yiddish cinema. Coverage spans
from Wallace McCutcheon's silent two-reeler, "Old Isaac, the
Pawnbroker" (1907) to Erwin Leiser's new film, "The Class of
1940/Jahrgang 1940," to be released in 1992. Short, medium, and
full-length films and monumental mini-series are included--from
Evald SchroM's 12-minute "Psalm/Zalm" to Dan Curtis's 18-hour "War
and Remembrance."
The second part of the book provides a section of comprehensive
indexes, cross-referencing all films by subject (e.g. Amsterdam,
the Catskill mountains, Nazi propaganda films, the Six Day War,
Yiddish culture), director, country of production (at least 28,
from Argentina to Yugoslavia), and source material (i.e. novels,
plays, stories, diaries). The volume also includes a list of Jewish
film festivals and useful addresses of archives and institutes, as
well as a bibliography. This is an extremely valuable book for
filmographers, historians, researchers, students, libraries,
institutes, festival programmers, and film buffs.
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