La dernière lettre : The last letter /
In 1941, a Russian-Jewish doctor recites her final letter to her son as she awaits her destruction at the hands of the Nazis in a Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Berdychev. In her letter, she describes conditions within the ghetto, including the eruption of previously suppressed anti-Semitism amo...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | Sound track in French; subtitles in English. |
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Cambridge, MA :
Zipporah Films,
[2002]
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| Summary: | In 1941, a Russian-Jewish doctor recites her final letter to her son as she awaits her destruction at the hands of the Nazis in a Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Berdychev. In her letter, she describes conditions within the ghetto, including the eruption of previously suppressed anti-Semitism among her colleagues and neighbors, Jewish children being shot for sport and the futile but necessary efforts to maintain a semblance of normal life. |
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| Item Description: | Based on a chapter in Zhiznʹ i sudʹba by Vasiliĭ Semenovich Grossman. A foreign film (France). Presented in widescreen format. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (61 min.) : black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Editors, Luc Barnier, Frederick Wiseman. |