Memento

DDR 1965/1966 Kurz-Dokumentarfilm

A film about Jewish cemeteries in East Berlin with texts by Rabbi Martin Riesenburger. There are shots of gravestones and inscriptions – deported, murdered, perished; in Auschwitz or Theresienstadt. Commentary reminds us of the victims – "in 1933, 160,564 Jewish citizens lived in Berlin; in 1945, 3,500".

Source: 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

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    • Berlin-Weißensee

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  • Originaltitel (DD) Memento
  • Arbeitstitel (DD) Friedhof Berlin-Weißensee

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Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Originaltitel (DD)
  • Memento
Duration:
446 m, 16 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
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Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.1966, Oberhausen, Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage;
Aufführung (DD): 09.09.1966

Duration:
466 m, 17 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DD): 30.12.1965, für Kinder unter 6 Jahren nicht zugelassen.