Berlin-Jerusalem (Hebrew: ברלין ירושלים, tr. Berlin Yerushalayim) is an 89-minute 1989 British-Dutch-French-Israeli-Italian English-, French-, German-, and Hebrew-language independent underground dramatic historical experimental art film directed by Amos Gitai.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of two women in the 1930s. The first, Else Lasker-Schüler (Lisa Kreuzer), a German expressionist poet, observes the rise of Nazism in Berlin before leaving for Jerusalem. The second, the Russian Manya Shochat (Rivka Neumann), called Tania in the film, settles in a community in Israel.
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^Handler, Deborah (2004). ייצוגה של ירושלים בקולנוע הישראלי [Representations of Jerusalem in Israeli Cinema] (PDF). Tallelei Orot (in Hebrew). Vol. 11. Orot Israel College of Education. pp. 276, 281. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Kaufman, Deborah; Plotkin, Janis; Orenstein, Rena, eds. (1991). "Berlin-Jerusalem". A Guide to Films Featured in the Jewish Film Festival. Berkeley, California: Jewish Film Festival. p. 15. OCLC 25527469. Retrieved 30 September 2018. Reprinted in: Plotkin, Janis; Libresco, Caroline; Feiger, Josh, eds. (1996). Independent Jewish Film: A Resource Guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco, California: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. p. 46. ISBN 9780965068802. OCLC 36119531. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Schweitzer, Ariel. עמוס גיתאי [Amos Gitai]. Cinema of Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^Warth, Daniel (14 December 1990). תפיסות מנוגדות [Conflicting Visions] (PDF). Ha’ir (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Gitai, Amos (2005). ברלין ירושלים [Berlin-Jerusalem] (DVD) (in French, German, and Hebrew). Ramat HaSharon: Globus United King Films. OCLC 920667873.
Sources
Nassi, Tigal (31 May 2008). יום ירושלים בערוצי הטלוויזיה [Jerusalem Day on the Television Channels]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Willemen, Paul (March 1992). "Bangkok-Bahrain to Berlin-Jerusalem: Amos Gitai's Editing". Screen. Vol. 33, no. 1. pp. 14–26. Retrieved 30 September 2018. Reprinted in: Willemen, Paul, ed. (1993). "Bangkok-Bahrain–Berlin-Jerusalem". The Films of Amos Gitai: A Montage. BFI Film Classics. London: British Film Institute. pp. 5–16. ISBN 9780851704166. OCLC 882549941.
Schultz, Deanne (December 2006). Filmography of World History. Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Publishing Group and Praeger. pp. 15–16. ISBN 9780313326813. OCLC 717252153.
Schwartz, Oshra (16 October 1989). גלות וציונות [Exile and Zionism] (PDF). Davar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo: Society of Workers. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Israel, Yael (7 December 1990). אנשים לא מוכנים שיהרסו להם את החלום [People Will Not Consent Into Having Their Dreams Shattered (Part I)] (PDF). Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo: Hashomer Hatzair and Mapam. p. 18. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Israel, Yael (7 December 1990). אנשים לא מוכנים שיהרסו להם את החלום [People Will Not Consent Into Having Their Dreams Shattered (Part II)] (PDF). Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo: Hashomer Hatzair and Mapam. p. 19. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Klein, Uri. כיוון הרוח [The Direction of the Wind] (PDF). Haaretz (in Hebrew). p. 38. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Toubiana, Serge; Piégay, Baptiste (2003). Exils et territoires: Le cinéma d'Amos Gitaï [Exiles and Territories: The Cinema of Amos Gitai] (in French). London, New York, Strasbourg, Paris: Cahiers du cinéma, Arte éd. pp. 144ff. ISBN 9782866422257. OCLC 237852120.
Coureau, Didier (June 2009). "Esthétique de la traversée: Paysagéité et nomadisme, Berlin Jérusalem et Kedma" [The Aesthetics of Crossing: Landscape and Nomadism, Berlin-Jerusalem and Kedma]. Cinémaction: Revue trimestrielle (in French). Vol. 131, no. Amos Gitaï, entre terre et exil [Amos Gitai, Between Land and Exile]. Condé-sur-Noireau: Éditions Charles Corlet. pp. 20–32. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Privett, Ray (2009). "Série Exil partie 1, Esther et Berlin Jérusalem" [Exile Series Part 1, Esther and Berlin-Jerusalem]. Cinémaction: Revue trimestrielle (in French). Vol. 131, no. Amos Gitaï, entre terre et exil [Amos Gitai, Between Land and Exile]. Condé-sur-Noireau: Éditions Charles Corlet. pp. 52–57. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Farassino, Alberto (29 March 1989). "Addio Israele terra d'utopie" [Farewell Israel, the Land of Uopia]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
"Vita fra spari e rovine" [Life Between Shots and Ruins]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 August 1991. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Schnitzer, Meir (1994). הקולנוע הישראלי: כל העובדות, כל העלילות, כל הבמאים וגם ביקורות [Israeli Cinema: All Facts, All Plots, All Directors, and All Critiques] (in Hebrew). Or Yehuda and Jerusalem: Kinneret Zmora-Bitan, Dvir, Israel Film Archive, Israel Film Institute. p. 320. ISBN 9789652863782. OCLC 31817606.
Willemen, Paul, ed. (1993). The Films of Amos Gitai: A Montage. BFI Film Classics. London: British Film Institute. pp. 42ff. ISBN 9780851704166. OCLC 882549941.