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The Land of the Fathers
The Land of the Fathers

THE LAND OF THE FATHERS

Vaters Land

Directed by Nurith Aviv
Germany, 2002
Documentary, TV Movie, History

Synopsis

Starting from Sigmund Freud’s definition of mourning and from Hannah Arendt’s observation of the behavior of German intellectuals in 1933, Nurith Aviv, visiting Berlin, the hometown of her Jewish ancestors, lets her friends in Germany speak about what, according to them, has been irrevocably lost.

Synopsis

Starting from Sigmund Freud’s definition of mourning and from Hannah Arendt’s observation of the behavior of German intellectuals in 1933, Nurith Aviv, visiting Berlin, the hometown of her Jewish ancestors, lets her friends in Germany speak about what, according to them, has been irrevocably lost.