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A father and his son set off to Germany to find out whether their family participated in the Nazi atrocities. The father, born a German Christian in the last days of World War II, learned as a teenager of his people’s brutal past, deserted the German army and fled to Israel. Despite all the difficulties, he settled on a kibbutz and married the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Their son was called “Split” by the other kibbutz children, because he was half-German and half-Jewish. “Split”, now a TV cameraman, returns to Germany with his father to learn the truth about the rumor that uncle Wolfgang was a cameraman for Nazi propaganda films.
Festivals and Awards:
Cut Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997; Toronto International Film Festival, 1998
Director: Chen Shelach
Producer: Dan Tal
Cinematographer: Micha Livne
Editor: Micha Livne
Original Soundtrack: The Esev Bar group
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 1 - Israel Broadcasting Authority
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: חצי
Category: Aliyah / Family / Holocaust / Identity / Immigration / Kibbutz
Tag Words: cameraman Christian Gerany German army Holocaust Immigration investigation Journey Kibbutz Nazi propaganda films survivors WWII
A father and his son set off to Germany to find out whether their family participated in the Nazi atrocities. The father, born a German Christian in the last days of World War II, learned as a teenager of his people’s brutal past, deserted the German army and fled to Israel. Despite all the difficulties, he settled on a kibbutz and married the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Their son was called “Split” by the other kibbutz children, because he was half-German and half-Jewish. “Split”, now a TV cameraman, returns to Germany with his father to learn the truth about the rumor that uncle Wolfgang was a cameraman for Nazi propaganda films.
Festivals and Awards:
Cut Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997; Toronto International Film Festival, 1998
Director: Chen Shelach
Producer: Dan Tal
Cinematographer: Micha Livne
Editor: Micha Livne
Original Soundtrack: The Esev Bar group
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 1 - Israel Broadcasting Authority
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: חצי
Category: Aliyah / Family / Holocaust / Identity / Immigration / Kibbutz
Tag Words: cameraman Christian Gerany German army Holocaust Immigration investigation Journey Kibbutz Nazi propaganda films survivors WWII