Valea Plangerii
General Information
- Original Title
- Valley of Sighs
- Author/Creator
- Leaha, Mihai Andrei, director.
- Language
- Romanian.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Romania, 2013.
- Physical Description
- Blu-Ray (55 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005478
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Transnistria was still part of the Soviet Union when German and Romanian troops invaded in 1941. Along with many Jewish deportees, some 25,000 Roma were transported from Romania between 1943 and 1945. Only half managed to survive starvation, cold weather, disease and acts of arbitrary violence. This documentary is an attempt to depict the unimaginable scale of this atrocity. It shows interviews with survivors who were children at the time, and eye-witnesses from surrounding villages. It also unearths military and police documents that plot the “progress” of the ongoing genocide, and juxtaposes this material with images of the idyllic countryside in which the horrors of the past are barely conceivable. The result is a multi-layered cinematic monument to the victims of a little-known chapter of the Holocaust.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- Valea Plangerii
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Duration: 00:55:00
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blu-Ray Disc | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3790 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3790 (HU_OSA_00005478.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |