Image by: Martin Farkas
MARTIN (1999, 53 min) tells the controversial story of Martin Zaidenstadt, an 87 year old Dachau KZ survivor who remained to live his life in the adjacent town. Spun out through the experiences of three young tourists who came to a routine day trip to a KZ memorial and found more than they expected. The film takes place in the "back-stage" of a concentration camp memorial and brings up some basic questions about the relationship between memory and commemoration, the construction of historical truth and the connection between the "Third Generation" and the Holocaust.
Selected Festival Screenings and Awards:
Berlin Film Festival 2000 (Forum of young Cinema); New Directors New Films 2000 (MoMA/ Lincoln Center; Purchased for MoMA permanent collection.; Jerusalem International Film Festival 1999 (Wolgin Award for Best Documentary); Doc Aviv Documentary Film Festival 2000 (Best Film Israeli Competition and Best Film International Competition (shared)); Sheffield International Documentary FF 2000
Film Team
Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Cinematography: Martin Farkas; Kristof Oufelien
Editors: Ron Goldman
Original Score: Karni Postel
Sound design: Jane Stewart