ID

FBW000134      Short fiction

Country / Year

Israel / France / USA, 1950

Original Title

Jerusalem My City / Jérusalem ma ville / Jeruschalaim Iri

Other Title(s)

Jerusalem Diary [AT]

Directed by

Victor Vicas

Produced by

Palestine Films Production Ltd./Inc., Jerusalem/New York, NY / Les Films Victor Vicas, Paris; for United Israel Appeal (UIA), New York, NY / Jewish Agency, Jerusalem

Staff

Producer: Victor Vicas; Associate producer: Joseph Krumgold, Norman Lourie; Assistent director: Jacob Marx (als: Jaacov Marx); Script: Michael Elkins; Camera: Rolf Michael Kneller; Assistent cameraman: Samuel Rois; Assistant editing: Germaine Artus; Music: Claude Arrieu; Narration: Chaim Blanc (engl. Version), Pierre Alekan (franz. Version)

Cast

Chaim Blanc; Susi Hahn; Ariela Bachrach

Length

14'14''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 01 Mar 1950: Start date
- 03 May 1950: Preview

Remarks

1. In vier (engl./franz./hebr./span.) Versionen produziert.

Further Remarks

- Tanz: Dublon Dance Group (als: Doblon Dance Group)

Abstract

A young pianist who lost his sight in a raid on his village portrays his everyday life and reports about the reconstruction of Jerusalem.

Subject Terms

Chanukka; Railroad; Exile films; Jerusalem; Jewish Agency; Music; Ramat Rachel

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; hebr. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 156 m / 14'14''; 16mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm; franz. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm; span. Version
- Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC), Bois d'Arcy; 35mm; franz. Version

Materials

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; Briefe, div.

Bibliography

- N.N.: "To All the Children" [Anzeige], in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 26, Nr. 7215, 17.01.1950
- N.N.: "Film Depicts Life in Jerusalem", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 26, Nr. 7217, 19.01.1950
- N.N.: "Film of Life in Jerusalem", in: The Jerusalem Post, 04.05.1950
- N.N.: "En Israel la caméra est une arme de paix", in: L'Écran française (Paris), Nr. 257, 05.06.1950
- Krahn, Frederic A.: Educational Film Guide, Ed. 11, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1953
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1962
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Filmography. Catalogue of Jewish Films in Israel. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1972
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976
- Schleif, Helma (Hg.): A gitten Bonjour. 8. Jüdische Kulturtage '94, 8. Jüdische Kulturtage '94, Berlin: Jüdische Kulturtage, 1994
- Wolter, Gabriele S.: "Ein zerbrochenes Klavier. Victor Vicas in Jerusalem", in: Filmexil (Berlin), Nr. 11, November, 01.11.1998

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 CREDITS
- 027 Truck leaving building at night
- 042 Newspaper printing press
- 066 Bus on road
- 073 Religious Jews praying in synagogue
- 082 GV: Jerusalem, New City
- 092 Early morning street scenes
- 117 Woman at home, giving children breakfast
- 157 Girl giving talk in class, on Jerusalem
- 181 Young blind man in street with guide dog
- 192 CU: Fortified wall
- 201 Ext: Jewish Agency building
- 210 Students entering Terra Sancta
- 220 Blind students and others in library
- 263 Train arriving at station
- 289 Trucks outside and supplies unloaded
- 296 Int: Bakery
- 309 Pharmaceutical factory
- 318 Street scenes and people shopping
- 363 Ext: Israel conservatory of Music, woman entering
- 372 Dublon Dance Group rehearsing, accompanied on piano by blind student
- 402 CU: Shattered piano and debris at Ramat Rachel
- 434 Reconstruction taking place
- 471 Torchlight procession on Chanuka
- 512 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. [ISRAEL]
- 2. The / INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / of the / JEWISH AGENCY / and / THE / UNITED ISRAEL CAMPAIGN / present
- 3. JERUSALEM / MY / CITY
- 4. Produced / by / VICTOR VICAS / in co-operation with / PALESTINE FILMS, Ltd
- 5. with / CHAIM BLANC / SUSI HAHN / ARIELA BACHRACH / THE DOBLON DANCE GROUP / and / THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM
- 6. Written by MICHAEL ELKINS / Cameraman ROLF KNELLER / Assistant Director JAACOV MARX / Assistant Editor GERMAINE ARTUS / Music by CLAUDE ARRIEU
- 7. Directed by / VICTOR / VICAS
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem