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Cutting the Cord
Miriam Fux, a Yiddish singer in Europe and the star of the nostalgic “Mr. Chibotero” series of commercials from the 1980s, sets out on a journey to investigate her mother’s past. Miriam, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, finds out that her mother’s Holocaust story is a lie and that her sister was not born in a concentration camp, like her mother had told her, but rather as a result of her mother’s secret love affair with a German man.
Festivals and Awards:
Nominated for the Golden Link Award for Best Co-Production of the Year by the European Broadcasting Organization, 2005
Director: Danny Syrkin
Producer: Dana Eden, Solveigh Hardt, Paul Pauwels
Production Company: dana production
Cinematographer: Michel Van Laer
Editor: Ido Bahat
Original Soundtrack: Robi Lakatos
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Reshet TV, MDR, VRT, RTBF
Co-Production: L.E. Vision
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: רוחות רפאים
Category: Family / History / Holocaust
Tag Words: concentration camp family secrets Holocaust Holocaust survicors Miriam Fux Mr. Chibotero singer Yiddish
Miriam Fux, a Yiddish singer in Europe and the star of the nostalgic “Mr. Chibotero” series of commercials from the 1980s, sets out on a journey to investigate her mother’s past. Miriam, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, finds out that her mother’s Holocaust story is a lie and that her sister was not born in a concentration camp, like her mother had told her, but rather as a result of her mother’s secret love affair with a German man.
Festivals and Awards:
Nominated for the Golden Link Award for Best Co-Production of the Year by the European Broadcasting Organization, 2005
Director: Danny Syrkin
Producer: Dana Eden, Solveigh Hardt, Paul Pauwels
Production Company: dana production
Cinematographer: Michel Van Laer
Editor: Ido Bahat
Original Soundtrack: Robi Lakatos
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Reshet TV, MDR, VRT, RTBF
Co-Production: L.E. Vision
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: רוחות רפאים
Category: Family / History / Holocaust
Tag Words: concentration camp family secrets Holocaust Holocaust survicors Miriam Fux Mr. Chibotero singer Yiddish
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