ID

FBW000235      Short documentary

Country / Year

Poland, 1939

Original Title

Jewish Life in Cracow

Directed by

Saul Goskind

Produced by

Sektor Films, Warschau

Staff

Producer: Itzchak Goskind; Text: Asher Lerner; Camera: V. Kaszimierczak; Narration: Asher Lerner

Length

10'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Further Remarks

- Tonsystem: Neo-Vox
- Kopierwerk: Sektor

Abstract

Focusing on Cracow's Jewish quarter, this film intermingles old and new. Streetcars share tree-lined streets with horse-drawn carriages; people conduct business under umbrella covered market halls; parks and schoolyards host sports, games and animated discussions. Scenes of the Remu Synagogue and the Alte Shul, an orphanage, a hospital, the Jewish Community Council and several schools convey the vitality of this age-old Jewish community.

Subject Terms

1930-1939; Yiddish cinema; Cracow; Poland

Holdings

- Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt am Main; 16mm
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm

Bibliography

- Gross, Natan: Toledot ha'kolnoa ha'jehudit be'polin 1910-1950 / The Jewish Film in Poland 1910-1950. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1990
- Hoberman, J.: Bridge of Light. Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. New York, NY: Schocken, 1991
- Gregor, Erika / Gregor, Ulrich / Schleif, Helma (Red.): Jüdische Lebenswelten im Film. Berlin: Freunde der Deutsche Kinemathek, 1993