Emigration N.Y.

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Emigration N.Y. (1995)

Directed by Egon Humer

Documentary · 3h 00m

When Hitler's infamous "Anschluss" annexed Austria to Germany in 1938, the lives of 130,000 Jewish Austrians were placed at risk. Over the next three years, some 30,000 managed to emigrate to the United States, settling mainly in New York City. In Austrian filmmaker Egon Humer's brilliant and moving documentary EMIGRATION N.Y., twelve Viennese Jews -- seven women, five men -- recount their lives as children in Austria, as emigrants, as New Yorkers. Deceptively simple in style, the film gathers striking emotional power as its subjects (who include Amos Vogel, co-founder of the New York Film Festival) offer fresh and often surprising views on their experience of exile and assimilation.

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Crew

Director
Egon Humer
Writer
Egon Humer
Director of Photography
Peter Roehsler
Editor
Karina Ressler
Producer
Michael Seeber, Heinz Stussak

Details

Original title
Die Geschichte einer Vertreibung
Release date
1995-01-01
Runtime
3h 00m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Austria
Production
Prisma Film