The Danube Exodus

Call Number
320-1-4:15/1

General information

Call No.:
320-1-4:15/1
Part of series
HU OSA 320-1-4 Photographs and Home Movie Collection of Privát Fotó és Film Alapivány: Films: Péter Forgács Art Documentaries
Located at
DVD-ROM #15 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 320-1-4_015
Original Title
A dunai exodus
Date of production
1998
Date
1998
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary

A travelogue that documents the Jewish exodus from Slovakia just before the beginning of World War II. In two boats, a group of nine hundred Slovak and Austrian Jews tried to reach the Black Sea on the Danube in order to get to Palestine from there. The returning boat witnesses the exodus of Bessarabian Germans, fleeing to the Third Reich from the Soviet invasion of Bessarabia. The film features the amateur films of Captain Nándor Andrásovits, the captain of one of the boats.

Context

Associated Names
Forgács, Péter (Director)
Szemző, Tibor (Music)
Juhász, Kati (Editor)
Lumen Film (Producer)