Cafe Zelig (2020)
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Country:
Germany
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Duration:
96 min
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Genre:
society
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Director:
Tanja Cummings
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Producer:
Kristina Konrad
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Cast:
Salo Wolf, Henry (Hillel) Rotmensch, Natan Grossmann, Ron Eiger
About film
Some of the world’s last remaining Holocaust survivors from all over Europe meet every week at Café Zelig in Munich, Germany. Together they argue and discuss various topics, enjoy life and celebrate holidays — but they also remember those who are no longer with them. Some survivors and their children make a trip to Poland, to their homeland, to remember how they ended up in Germany and recall the hardships that happened in the past and remain in the present.
Rewards and nominations
- The Impact DOCS Awards 2021 (USA) — nomination: Award of Merit
- 54th Hof International Film Festival — Official Selection
- Miami Jewish Film Festival 2021 — Official Selection
- DOK.fest München 2021 — Official Selection
- Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2021 — Official Selection
Director
Tanja Cummings is a German director and producer. She received a Masters in Philosophy and English. Cummings spent over twenty years working as a text editor and a storyboard artist. As the head project manager at European Association for East/West Rapprochement, she has created a series of documentary shorts since 2011. Cummings made her feature documentary debut with the film Line 41 about the history and psychology of the criminals, witnesses, and victims of the Holocaust. The documentary film Cafe Zelig is her second directorial work.
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Director
Tanja Cummings is a German director and producer. She received a Masters in Philosophy and English. Cummings spent over twenty years working as a text editor and a storyboard artist. As the head project manager at European Association for East/West Rapprochement, she has created a series of documentary shorts since 2011. Cummings made her feature documentary debut with the film Line 41 about the history and psychology of the criminals, witnesses, and victims of the Holocaust. The documentary film Cafe Zelig is her second directorial work.
