Berlin-Jerusalem
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Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine: Mania Vilbouchevich Shohat (1880-1961), called Tania, a Russian Jew and revolutionary, goes from Minsk to Palestine to live on a collective. She promotes feminism and laments a shift in the men from self-defense to aggression. Her friend, Else Lasker-Schuler (1869 - 1945), expressionist poet and German Jew, is in Berlin, writing, caring for her son, watching Hitler's movement take power. She goes to Jerusalem and imagines a park for Arab and Jew. Her poems, voiced from within, capture her experience. The film meditates on the violence at the root of Israel's birth: of the Nazis and of the Zionists.
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Cast
27 people
Lisa Kreuzer
Else
Known for
Dark
The American Friend
Rivka Neuman
Tania
Known for
Jesus
Amos Gitai
Henri Alekan
Markus Stockhausen
Ludwig
Also in
Samstag aus Licht
Art - The Self-Portrait of Art
Marek Rozenbaum
Known for
Live and Become
Luc Barnier
Gudie Lawaetz
Benjamin Levi
Paul
Simon Stockhausen
Vernon Dobtcheff
Editor
Known for
The Odyssey
Before Sunset
Bernard Eisenschitz
Man in Berlin cafe
Also in
Wings of Desire
Out 1
Amos Gitai Director · Gudie Lawaetz Writer Simon Stockhausen Composer
United States release March 8, 1991 · Produced in France, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom · Languages English, French, German, Hebrew
Production
Transfax Film Productions
Production
AGAV Films
Production
Hubert Bals Fund
Production
Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)
Production
CNC
Production
RAI
Production
La Sept Cinéma
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
La Sept
Production
Nova Films
Production
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana
Production
France · Israel · Italy · Netherlands · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ברלין ירושלים
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · February 3, 1989
Theatrical
United States · March 8, 1991
Canada
September 13, 1989 · Limited theatrical · Toronto Film Festival
France
March 13, 1990 · Theatrical
Germany
February 22, 1992 · Berlin International Film Festival
Italy
September 1, 1989 · Limited theatrical · Venice Film Festival
Netherlands
December 13, 1991 · Amsterdam
Portugal
June 25, 1991 · TV premiere
Türkiye
April 15, 1990 · Istanbul Film Festival
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