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Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time

Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time

The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and the LGBTQ+ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to Palestine as a Zionist, but became the spokesperson for the Orthodox community, spearheading its fight against Zionism. He was still publishing queer poetry in Dutch. He was killed in Jerusalem in 1924, and his assassins were never caught. Today, never-before-heard audio recordings shed new light upon the mystery of the first Zionist political assassination.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2024

Director: Zvi Lanzman

Producer: Zvi Lanzman, Mira Mendel

Production Company: Tree House Productions, Interakt

Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), Van Leer Institute, EO Netherlands

Script: Shira Clara Winther

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: דה-האן: קול מחוץ לזמן

The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and the LGBTQ+ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to Palestine as a Zionist, but became the spokesperson for the Orthodox community, spearheading its fight against Zionism. He was still publishing queer poetry in Dutch. He was killed in Jerusalem in 1924, and his assassins were never caught. Today, never-before-heard audio recordings shed new light upon the mystery of the first Zionist political assassination.

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2024

 
Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time

Director: Zvi Lanzman

Producer: Zvi Lanzman, Mira Mendel

Production Company: Tree House Productions, Interakt

Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Kan the Israeli Public Broadcast corporation (IPBC), Van Leer Institute, EO Netherlands

Script: Shira Clara Winther

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: דה-האן: קול מחוץ לזמן

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