Berlin-Jerusalem (Berlin-Yerushalaim) 35 years old

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.

Credits

Berlin-Jerusalem Cast

Name Character
Vernon Dobtcheff He was 54, now 89 years old as Editor
Lisa Kreuzer She was 43, now 78 years old as Else
Raoul Guylad as Dr. Weintraub
Juliano Mer-Khamis He was 30, 52 years old when he died as Menahme (as Juliano Mer)
Rivka Neuman as Tania

Berlin-Jerusalem Crew

Name Department
Luc Barnier as Editor. He was 34 (57) years old when He died Editing
Simon Stockhausen as Original Music Composer. He was 21 (now 56) years old Sound
Henri Alekan as Director of Photography. He was 79 (92) years old when He died Camera
Amos Gitai as Director. He was 38 (now 73) years old Directing
Amos Gitai as Producer. He was 38 (now 73) years old Production
Amos Gitai as Writer. He was 38 (now 73) years old Writing
Berlin-Jerusalem (35 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 03, 1989
  • Runtime: 89 minutes