ID

FBW002344      Fiction

Country / Year

Israel, 1950

Original Title

Out of Evil / Mi'klalah le'brachah

Directed by

Joseph Krumgold

Produced by

Urim Israeli Film Company, Ltd., Jerusalem; for Keren Hayessod, Jerusalem

Staff

Producer: Leo Herrmann; Associate producer: Ernst Mechner (als: Aaron Mechner); Director, var: Paul Löwy (als: Paul Loewy) (BALAAM'S STORY), Helmar Lerski (BALAAM'S STORY); Assistent director: Jacob Marx (als: Yaacov Marx) (Associate Director); Assistent director, var: Eva Hoffner (BALAAM'S STORY), Irene Kinzl (BALAAM'S STORY), Erich Kinzl (BALAAM'S STORY); Continuity: Shulamith Marash, Helen Krumgold; Script: Joseph Krumgold; Based on: Yehuda Yaari ("Brith" / "Covenant" / Geschichte); Script, var: Paul Löwy (als: Paul Loewy) (BALAAM'S STORY); Camera: Alphonso Frenguelli, Leroy Phelbs, Naftali Rubinstein (BALAAM'S STORY), Karl Kleinberger (Beginn der Dreharbeiten von BALAAM'S STORY); Assistent cameraman: Naftali Rubinstein, Samuel Rois (als: Schmuel Rois); Editing: Lawrence Katz, Joseph Kay; Music: Karol Rathaus; Musical direction: Karol Rathaus; Songs: Daniel Sambursky ("Telem"), Efraim Talmi ("Telem"); Singing: Maurice Edwards (Balaak [BALAAM'S STORY]), Frank Roane (Balaam [BALAAM'S STORY]), Francis Paige (Mrs. Balaam [BALAAM'S STORY]), Robert Harmon (The Donkey [BALAAM'S STORY])

Cast

Azaria Rappaport (als: Zuska Rappaport) (Schmuel); Nahum Buchman (Abraham); Esther Ben Joseph (als: Esther Margalith Ben-Joseph) (Chava); Yitzhak Shilo (als: Yitzhak Schulman) (Yaacov); Mordecai Ben Zeev (Yitzhak); Roberta Hodes (Sarah); Paul Löwy (als: Paul Loewy) (The Puppeteer); Eliezer Whartman (Joseph); Samuel Rois

Length

87'23''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 20 Aug 1950: Premiere, Lido di Venezia (?. Biennale di Venezia)

Remarks

1. In zwei (engl./hebr.) Versionen produziert.
2. In den Film wurde der Puppentrickfilm "Balaam's Story" (1946 PA / Paul Löwy, Helmar Lerski) eingearbeitet.

Abstract

In the 1920's a young couple give up their life on a pioneer kibbutz to move back to Germany. Their son returns to Israel after his parents are killed by the Nazis. The film shows the general development of Palestine and the kibbutz in particular during two decades. Interwoven with the story is a puppet opera dramatization of the biblical tale of "Bilam and the Ass".

Subject Terms

Germany (1933-1945); Exile films; Survivors of the Holocaust; Kibbutz; Palestine; Zionism

Holdings

- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 16mm
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; hebr. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 958,6 m / 87'23''; 16mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm; hebr. Version
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm; engl. Version

Materials

- Queens College, Rosenthal Library, New York, NY: Rathaus Archive; Partitur
- Queens College, Rosenthal Library, New York, NY: Rathaus Archive; div.
- Anat Raccah-Hoffner, Jerusalem; Dokumente
- Anat Raccah-Hoffner, Jerusalem; Fotos
- Anat Raccah-Hoffner, Jerusalem; Tagebuch von Paul Löwy

Bibliography

- Bar-Adon, Dorothy: "Stranger Than Fiction", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 25, Nr. 6923, 28.01.1949
- Mandowsky, Ernst: "Israel Films at Venice Biennale", in: The Jerusalem Post, ??.??. 1950
- Alexandre, Alexandre: "'Out of Evil'. Israels Erfolg auf der Film-Biennale", in: Allgemeine Wochenzeitung der Juden in Deutschland (Düsseldorf), 08.09.1950
- H.Z.: "'Out of Evil' / Ein neuer KH-Film", in: Jedioth Chadashoth / Neueste Nachrichten (Tel Aviv), 23.03.1951
- Davidowitz, Ida B.: "Cinema Notes. Mixing Art and Publicity", in: The Jerusalem Post, 29.06.1951
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976
- Eskildsen, Ute / Horak, Jan-Christopher (Hg.): Helmar Lerski. Lichtbildner. Fotografien und Filme 1910-1947. Essen: Fotografische Sammlung Museum Folkwang, 1983
- Loewy, Ronny: "Helmar (Hjalmar) Lerski - Kameramann, Regisseur", Cinegraph. Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film, Lieferung Nr. 3, Bock; Hans Michael (Hg.), München: Text + Kritik, 1985
- Horak, Jan-Christopher: "The Penetrating Power of Light. The Films of Helmar Lerski", in: Image, Vol. 36, Nr. 3/4, 1993
- Kronish, Amy: World Cinema: Israel. Trowbridge: Flicks Books, 1996
- Tryster, Hillel: "Das Ende der Diaspora. Der israelische Film", Mythen der Nationen. Völker im Film, Berlin: Deutsches Historisches Museum; München: Koehler & Amelung, 1998
- Loewy, Ronny: "Adamah. Helmar Lerskis letzter Film", in: Filmexil (Berlin), Nr. 11, November, 01.11.1998
- Schüssler, Martin: Karol Rathaus. Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bruxelles / New York / Wien: Peter Lang, 2000
- Kronish, Amy / Safirman, Costel: Israeli Film. A Reference Guide. Praeger Publishers. Westport, CT, 2003

Credits

- 1. URIM / Israeli Film Company / Presents
- 2. OUT / OF / EVIL / COPYRIGHT MCML - URIM ISRAELI FILM CO.
- 3. With / ZUSKA RAPPAPORT - Schmuel / NAHUM BUCHMAN - Abraham / ESTHER MARGALITH BEN-JOSEPH - Chava / YITZHAK SCHULMAN - Yaacov / MORDECAI BEN ZEEV - Yitzhak / ROBERTA HODES - Sarah / DR. PAUL LOEWY - The Puppeteer / ELIEZER WHARTMAN - Joseph / and / THE PEOPLE OF HEFZIBAH
- 4. Cinematographers: / ALPHONSO FRENGUELLI and LEROY PHELBS / Assistant Cameramen: / NAPHTALI RUBINSTEIN and SCHMUEL ROIS / Editors: LARRY KATZ and JOSEPH KAY / Continuity: / SHULAMITH MARASH and HELEN KRUMGOLD
- 5. Story based on Novel 'Brith' (Covenant) / by / YEHUDA YAARI / Associate Producer / Dr. A. MECHNER / Associate Director / YAACOV MARX / Song: 'TELEM' / by / DANIEL SAMBURSKY and EFRAIM TALMI
- 6. BALAAM'S STORY / by / THE PUPPET THEATRE of Dr. PAUL LOEWY / Directed by / Dr. LOEWY and HELMAR LERSKI / Assisted by / EVA HOFFNER, IRENE and ERICH KINZL / Photographed by / NAPHTALI RUBINSTEIN
- 7. BALAAM'S STORY / Sung by / FRANK ROANE - Balaam / MAURICE EDWARDS - Balaak / FRANCIS PAIGE - Mrs. Balaam / ROBERT HARMON - The Donkey
- 8. MUSIC / Composed and Directed / by / KAROL RATHAUS
- 9. Produced / by / LEO HERMANN
- 10. Written and Directed / by / JOSEPH KRUMGOLD
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem