The Last Mentsch (2014)
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Country:
Germany
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Duration:
89 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Pierre-Henry Salfati
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Producer:
Sylvain Bursztejn
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Cast:
Mario Adorf, Katarina Derr, Hannelore Elsner, Herber Leiser
About film
Marcus Schwarz (played by the striking German artist Mario Adorf) – whose real name is Mena’hem Teitelbaum – was denying his Jewish heritage his entire life. As he feels his own death approaching, Schwarz decides he wants to be buried at a Jewish cemetery. But his will is not a good enough reason for the Rabbinate. Marcus must prove he is a Jew at all, so he sets off to visit a small Hungarian village where he was born.
Rewards and nominations
- St. Louis International Film Festival, USA 2014 — Audience Choice, Award Best Feature Film
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA 2015 — Audience Award, Best Narrative Feauture
Director
66-year-old French screenwriter, film and television director. His first film La fonte de Barlaeus won the Best Short Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Tolérance, Salfati’s feature debut, received a César Awards nomination. Since the end of the 1990s, Salfati focused on documentaries and started making films on the Jewish themes, such as Talmud and feature film The Last Mentsch. He also filmed a documentary about Serge Gainsbourg Je suis venu vous dire.
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Director
66-year-old French screenwriter, film and television director. His first film La fonte de Barlaeus won the Best Short Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Tolérance, Salfati’s feature debut, received a César Awards nomination. Since the end of the 1990s, Salfati focused on documentaries and started making films on the Jewish themes, such as Talmud and feature film The Last Mentsch. He also filmed a documentary about Serge Gainsbourg Je suis venu vous dire.