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FAREWELL HERR SCHWARZ

SCHNEE VON GESTERN

By Yael REUVENY

MADE IN GERMANY FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2013

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- ISRAEL, GERMANY
- Languages
- HEBREW, GERMAN
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Director(s)
- Yael REUVENY
- Writer(s)
- Yael REUVENY
- Producer(s)
- Naomi LEVARI (Black Sheep Film Productions), Saar YOGEV (Black Sheep Film Productions), Melanie ANDERNACH (Made in Germany Filmproduction GmbH)
- Synopsis
- Michla and Feiv'ke Schwarz, sister and brother, could have re-met in Lodz in
  1945. But they didn't. She migrated to a Jewish state in the Middle East and
  founded a family there, while he returned to East Germany, changed his name
  to Peter, married a German woman and lived the rest of his life in the camp
  where he was once a prisoner. But they are just the beginning.
  The outcome of their decision effects the course of whole lives, for generations
  to come, here and now: Their children, who struggle to deal with their parents'
  silence and their own unasked questions. Their grandchildren who are haunted
  by family secrets and forced to question their own identity. Two families, in
  Germany and Israel, not knowing about each other for years, are strangely
  mirrored.
  “Farewell, Herr Schwarz” is an epic documentary by Yael Reuveny, the
  granddaughter of Michla Schwarz. A film about stories that can be inherited
  like the color of your eyes. A personal journey between Israel and Germany.
  1 missed-meeting, 2 families, 3 generations.
- Partners & financing
- Channel 8, Israel
  WDR
  BKM – Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
  Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
  Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
  Filmförderung Hamburg – Schleswig-Holstein
  The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts – Cinema Project
  with the participation of the Leon Recanati Foundation
  Supported by the Cultural Administration, Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport
  The Israel Film Council
  DEFA – Stiftung
  Stiftung ZURÜCKGEBEN
  IDFAcademy
  Greenhouse –
  A mediterranean project for the development of feature-lenght documentaries