Emigration N.Y. - Die Geschichte einer Vertreibung


1h 29m 1995

Brief Synopsis

Documentarian Egon Humer visits twelve New Yorkers, former citizens of Austria who were driven by discriminatory decrees, laws and open terror from their native land into exile; among them were 130,000 other Austrians, mainly Jews, who, as well, had been left no other option but to flee between the

Film Details

Also Known As
Emigration N.Y. - The Story of an Expulsion
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 29m

Synopsis

Documentarian Egon Humer visits twelve New Yorkers, former citizens of Austria who were driven by discriminatory decrees, laws and open terror from their native land into exile; among them were 130,000 other Austrians, mainly Jews, who, as well, had been left no other option but to flee between the time of March 1938 and November 1941 when the National Socialists rose to power.

Film Details

Also Known As
Emigration N.Y. - The Story of an Expulsion
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 29m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Interviewee Amos Vogel is a co-founder of the New York Film Festival.

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of Young Cinema) February 15-26, 1996.

Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 13, 1996.

Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "New America/New Americans" October 14-24, 1996.

35mm

b&w and color

dialogue English and German