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I Want To Tell My Story
Shimon Rothschild knows exactly where everyone should stand on set: the cinematographer, the set design, the actors playing the members of his family who perished in the Holocaust.
On the eve of his 100th birthday, Shimon recreates his life story together with director Tomer Heymann: the chain of coincidences that saved him from the gas chambers of Auschwitz, the brutal medical experiments he endured at Sachsenhausen, the death march, and his life after the war. In a specially constructed studio, and with actors portraying figures from his past, Shimon moves through the space, giving instructions with unwavering determination and a unique sense of humor, while exploring the boundaries between memory and reconstruction.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2026.
Director: Tomer Heymann. Co-Director: Nadan Pines
Producer: Leigh Heiman, Tomer Heymann, Nancy Spielberg. Co-Producer: Veronika Mendle. Executive Producer: Lati Grobman, Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer, Sandra Maischberger, Steven and Franki Cohen, Alina Slonim
Cinematographer: Daniel Miller, Avner Shahaf, Roi Kayzerman
Editor: Daniel Reeb
Soundtrack Editor: Yossi Appelbaum
Original Soundtrack: Alberto Shwartz
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, KAN 11, BR/ARTE, Fiverr, The Claims Conference, The Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation, Jewish Story Partners, The Stella & Dolphi Goren Foundation
Casting: Ana Fainstein
Cast: Gabriel Faber, Andreas Merk, Dan Madpis, Harel Grinfeld, Aliza Barashi, Omer Berkovich, Yoav Dagan, Valeria Laichtman
Script: Tomer Heymann
Research: Tali Shamir-Wertzberger, Nadan Pines
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: אני רוצה לספר את הסיפור שלי
Shimon Rothschild knows exactly where everyone should stand on set: the cinematographer, the set design, the actors playing the members of his family who perished in the Holocaust.
On the eve of his 100th birthday, Shimon recreates his life story together with director Tomer Heymann: the chain of coincidences that saved him from the gas chambers of Auschwitz, the brutal medical experiments he endured at Sachsenhausen, the death march, and his life after the war. In a specially constructed studio, and with actors portraying figures from his past, Shimon moves through the space, giving instructions with unwavering determination and a unique sense of humor, while exploring the boundaries between memory and reconstruction.
Festivals and Awards:
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2026.
Director: Tomer Heymann. Co-Director: Nadan Pines
Producer: Leigh Heiman, Tomer Heymann, Nancy Spielberg. Co-Producer: Veronika Mendle. Executive Producer: Lati Grobman, Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer, Sandra Maischberger, Steven and Franki Cohen, Alina Slonim
Cinematographer: Daniel Miller, Avner Shahaf, Roi Kayzerman
Editor: Daniel Reeb
Soundtrack Editor: Yossi Appelbaum
Original Soundtrack: Alberto Shwartz
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, KAN 11, BR/ARTE, Fiverr, The Claims Conference, The Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation, Jewish Story Partners, The Stella & Dolphi Goren Foundation
Casting: Ana Fainstein
Cast: Gabriel Faber, Andreas Merk, Dan Madpis, Harel Grinfeld, Aliza Barashi, Omer Berkovich, Yoav Dagan, Valeria Laichtman
Script: Tomer Heymann
Research: Tali Shamir-Wertzberger, Nadan Pines
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: אני רוצה לספר את הסיפור שלי
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