In 2017, we will commemorate the 140th anniversary of birth and the 75th anniversary of murder of Mordechai Gebirtig (1877 – 1942). We would like to invite all people to remember and honor the life and legacy of the great Yiddish poet and singer and bring him back to the public awareness.
Dokument w jidysz opowiadający o żydowskim Lwowie.
„Boris Dorfman – A Mentsh“ jest filmem w języku jidysz. Nakręcony we Lwowie, stanowi pierwszą część planowanej „żydowskiej trylogii“ (Lwów, Tel Awiw, Nowy Jork).
Shik mir a shtral
Vos zol balaykhtn mayne vegn
Tsutrayb dem vint, vos er bashevet antkegn
Shik mir di zun, zi zol oystrikenen di trern
Vos yorn fil, zey flisn shtil
Un kenen nit oyfhern …
Send me a ray
To light my path
Drive away the wind that howls in my face
Send the sun to dry my tears
That have flown silently for years
And cannot stop …
Screening at Galicia Jewish Museum on 1st of July 2014 with special guest Juliusz Handwerker. He is one of the last Yiddish speakers in Krakow, born before the World War II in Lemberg.
Special Screening of Boris Dorfman – A mentsh on the occasion of Yiddish Days Lviv (15-19 May) and Boris Dorfman’s 91st birthday:
Venue: Kino „Kopernik“, Boulevard Kopernika 9, Lviv
Date: Sunday, 18 May, 3pm
A cordial invitation – ברוכים־הבאים
Location and Time: Lviv (Ukraine), 13th – 20th October 2013
Year of Production (end): 2014, April
Language: Yiddish – subtitles in English, German and Polish
Exhibition Format: DCP, Digital Beta, DVD, Blu-ray, MP4
„A Mentsh“ is a movie shot entirely in the Yiddish language. It’s set in the former multinational city of Lviv, Ukraine, and the first part of a planned Yiddish trilogy (Lviv, Tel Aviv, New York). Lviv was a centre of Jewish life for more than 600 years. During World War II this special culture was destroyed. 75 years after the beginning of the war, Boris Dorfman takes us on an oneiric trip to all the places of horror and hope reflecting the Jewish history. The 90-year-old activist is virtually the last one in town still speaking the almost extinct language of Yiddish – he is like a living relic of the past and a fighter against oblivion. While remembering the past, he lives in the present and tries to prepare the people for the future – he is „a mentsh“, someone full of love and empathy.
Written and directed by Uwe and Gabriela von Seltmann
Production: Apfelstrudel Media Berlin
Producer: Kai-Alexander Moslé, Uwe P. Tietz, Uwe & Gabriela von Seltmann
Co-Production: Stowarzyszenie Film Kraków
Executive Producer: Aneta Zagórska
Director of Photography and Film Editor: Marek Gajczak