Shanghai Ghetto
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Amir Mann
Martin Landau
Alfred Kohn
Harold Jacklowicz
I Betty Grebenschikoff
Sigmund Tobias
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A documentary about Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi persecution to the only place that was open to them - Shanghai, China. The film follows five subjects on their passage from Nazi Germany to Japanese occupied Shanghai, where they arrived penniless and unprepared for life in the Far East. The story is told through interviews with survivors and historians, letters and photos, as well as rare archival footage. The chronicle explores the refugees relationships with the Chinese and the occupying Japanese forces; the attempts of the American Jewish community to help their brethren, and the rich cultural life that was created out of extreme hardships and tragedy.
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Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2002 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States Fall September 27, 2002
Released in United States October 25, 2002
Released in United States on Video January 25, 2005
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 27 - March 3, 2002.
Sneaking digital cameras into China, documentarians Amir Mann and Dana Janklowicz-Mann traveled with two of the survivors back to Shanghai and secretly filmed footage of the Jewish Ghetto, most of which is still unchanged.
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 27 - March 3, 2002.)
Released in United States on Video January 25, 2005
Released in United States Fall September 27, 2002
Released in United States October 25, 2002 (Los Angeles)
