Berlin-Jerusalem

5.2(8)19891h 29m1

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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Status
Released
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Language
English

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Amos Gitai

Produced in

France, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Where to watch

Availability for United Kingdom. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)Toronto Film Festival13 Sept 1989
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical13 Mar 1990
  • IsraelIL

    • Theatrical3 Feb 1989
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical (limited)Venice Film Festival1 Sept 1989

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Berlin-Jerusalem was released on 3 February 1989.

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