Romania, WWII. Against all odds, a group of Jewish actors, composers, and musicians – expelled from the Romanian theatres by racial laws – creates an extraordinary theater called Barasheum. Operating between 1941 and 1944 and featuring legendary figures, such as Jenny Shmilovici, Agnia Bogoslava, the Gamberto sisters, N. Stroe and the dancing couple Benny & Rudy, the theather was a bastion of cultural resistence and hope in a time of great anti-semitic violence. Renowned Romanian filmmaker Radu Gabrea, who has devoted many films to Yiddish culture and the history of the Romanian Jews, along with film historian and veteran Jerusalem Cinematheque staff-member, Costel Safirman, take us on a nostalgic and uplifting documentary journey.
"And They Went Away Like the Wind..." (Romania 2010, dir: Radu Gabrea, Costel Safirman) - A film about the Barasheum Theater at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem (with special screening in Tel Aviv and Haifa) Screenings (in the presence of the directors):
Jerusalem Cinematheque 9.12.2010 19:00 Cin.1
- before the screening, tribute to the Barasheum Theater. Special guest: Lia Koenig. Pianist: Miriam Reznik-Wolf
Jerusalem Cinematheque 10.12.2010 12:00 Cin. 4
Tel Aviv Cinematheque 10.12.2010 18:00 Cin. 1
Haifa Cinematheque 11.12.2010 19:00 Cinematheque
At 18:30 on 9.12.2010. Opening of the photographic exhibit Barasheum - A Jewish Theater in the Shadow of War, dedicated to the Romanian Jewish artists who, during WWII, on the Barasheum Theater's stage, kept Jewish cultural resistance aflame. The exhibition is open at the Jerusalem Cinematheque till December 30.
The series of cultural events is organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, in cooperation with the Jerusalem Cinematheque / The Jewish Film Festival, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and the Haifa Cinematheque.
Comunicat de presă Comunicat de presă Comunicat de presă „Şi s-au dus ca vântul...” în cadrul Festivalului Internaţional de Film Evreiesc de la Ierusalim
