Shanghai Ghetto
starring: Martin Landau, David Kranzler, Buzeng Xu, I. Betty Grebenschikoff, Harold Janklowicz
directed by: Dana Janklowicz-Mann, Amir Mann
directed by: Dana Janklowicz-Mann, Amir Mann
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767076906
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0767076907
Label: New Video Group
Manufacturer: New Video Group
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Video Group
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 22580
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Review:
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One of the most amazing and captivating survival tales of WWII, the overwhelmingly acclaimed SHANGHAI GHETTO has been declared 'a don’t miss documentary...powerful...eye-opening' (New York Observer). Stirringly narrated by Academy Award winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood, The Majestic), SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Left without options or entrance visas, a beacon of hope materialized for them on the other side of the world, and in the unlikeliest of places, Japanese-controlled Shanghai. Fleeing for their lives, these Jewish refugees journeyed to form a settlement in the exotic city, penniless and unprepared for their new life in the Far East. At the turn of the new millennium, filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amire Mann boldly snuck into China with two survivors and a digital camera to shoot at the site of the original Shanghai Ghetto, unchanged since WWII. Their never-before-seen recordings--along with interviews of survivors and historians, rare letters, stock footage, still photos, and an orignal score by Sujin Nam and Chinese Erhu performer Karen Han (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)--depicts an incredibly moving portrayal of a rich cultural life, bravely constructed under enormous hardship. DVD Features: Filmmaker Commentary; Deleted Interviews; Hebrew/English Subtitles; Theatrical Trailer; Filmmaker Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
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