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From Hell to Paradise

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From Hell to Paradise

( Doc., 73 Min., 2005, Digi DVD/Beta, Color )
  • Written, Directed & Produced by: Michael Teutch
  • Language: German with English subtitle

Synopsis

The renowned Pianist Alice Sommer is a 104 years-old, and lives in London. She experienced and witnessed most of the significant events of the 20 th century: World War I, The Inflation, World War II, the Holocaust, the Liberation, Communism, Emigration, and more. “From Hell to Paradise” documents what makes Alice Sommer so special, and how the spirit of music has shaped and inspired her life; how the music helped her to survive the ghetto of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) and recover mentally and physically from the loss of her husband and almost her entire family. Brought up in Prague; educated in German culture; living and working in Israel for 37 years, and currently living in London, Mrs. Sommer's passion for life is tremendous and admirable.


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Festivals

  • Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music", Jerusalem Cinematheque, 2009
  • Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2008
  • Jewish Eye Film Festival, Ashkelon, Israel, 2007
  • Jewish Community in the Cultural Forum, City of Fuerth, Germany, 2007
  • Union of Victims of the Nazi Terror and Alliance of Antifascists Munich, Germany, 2006
  • Exhibition „Ghetto Terezin“, in the German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2006
  • Jewish Cultural Days Munich, Germany, 2006
  • Protestant Forum, Munich, Germany, 2005
  • Cinema and Theater, Frankfurt; “Initiative Against Oblivion”, 2005
  • Topography of Terror, Berlin, Germany, 2005

Educational

  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Makor Jewish Library, Australia
  • Ohio State University
  • Library of Congress
  • Harvard University
  • Maryland University
  • Arizona State University
 
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