Die Freiheit des Erzählens

Germany, January 2007
FILM, Documentary, 100 min.

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directed by
Casten Does, Robin Cackett
Written by
Casten Does
Status
In distribution
Website
www.gad-beck.de

Gad Beck is a great story teller. He was ten years old when the Nazis came to power and 19 when his great love Manfred Lewin was deported and killed in Auschwitz. He was interned at Rosenstrasse camp in Berlin in 1943 but set free after unique street protests by non-Jewish relatives. As leader of an underground group Gad Beck afterwards helped many illegal Jews to survive until he and his friends were caught. How is history remembered and told? A film about the poetics of memory and about the omnipresence of media representations in history. A film about negotiating between generations, about curiosity, flirtation and tact. A film about mundane heroism and gay lust for life in a murderous time.

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World Premiere
January 2007
Original Version
German (english subtitles),  colour, Digi Beta, 100 min.
Production
Never Lose Faith Productions
Producer
directed by
Casten Does, Robin Cackett
Written by
Casten Does
Cinemato­graphy
Frank Kranstedt
Editing
Susanne Foidl
Music
Till Brandt
Location Sound Mix
Robin Cackett, Ruth Spätling, Susann Liman

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