A missed meeting in 1945 splits a family into two. The director’s grandmother decides to drift away from the place of her catastrophe to a new Jewish state while her brother Feiv'ke chooses to change his name and stay in the place where he was once a prisoner . Following the choices made by a brother and sister, the director finds herself on a journey between Israel and Eastern Germany, between past and present, victims and victimizers. Which questions can be answered after their death, 63 years after that missed meeting?


Tales of the Defeated

(Doc., 31 min., DVD, 2009, HD, Color)

Written and Directed by: Yael Reuveny
Production: The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School - Jerusalem (JSFS)
Language: Hebrew, German and English with English subtitles

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Synopsis


A missed meeting in 1945 splits a family into two. The director’s grandmother decides to drift away from the place of her catastrophe to a new Jewish state while her brother Feiv'ke chooses to change his name and stay in the place where he was once a prisoner . Following the choices made by a brother and sister, the director finds herself on a journey between Israel and Eastern Germany, between past and present, victims and victimizers. Which questions can be answered after their death, 63 years after that missed meeting?


Festivals

  • Visions Du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland 2010
  • The Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival, 2009
  • The Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Israel, 2009

Festivals

  • Visions Du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland 2010
  • The Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival, 2009
  • The Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Israel, 2009