Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yale Strom
Sani Virag
Geza Virag
Jozef Lilki
Simche Mermelshtein
Zev Godinger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of Zev Godinger, a proste (ordinary) Jew who has a special friendship with his Gypsy (Rom) neighbors. In exhilarating "jam sessions," filmmaker Yale Strom demonstrates the subtle interrelationships and influences between Gypsy and Jewish music--unique melodies and cadences created by communities of outsiders. Such musical celebrations recall times and places in Eastern Europe now forever lost to us. As "Carpati" was being filmed, it was discovered that the synagogue of Vinogradov, Zev Godinger's hometown, had lacked a torah for many years. When an American synagogue donates a torah, the film's narrative follows the transport of the scrolls from Los Angeles to Vinogradov, to renew the religious life of this Carpathian village. In a poignant "rite of passage," it is Zev, settled just 50 miles away from Zinogradov since his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, who brings the torah to his boyhood synagogue.
Director
Yale Strom
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States July 1996
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States on Video September 7, 1999
Released in United States Summer May 24, 1996
Shown at Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival in New York City November 8-14, 1996.
Shown at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 18-26, 1996.
Released in United States Summer May 24, 1996
Released in United States July 1996 (Shown at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 18-26, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video September 7, 1999
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival in New York City November 8-14, 1996.)
