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The Woman with the 5 Elephants (2010)
Directed by Vadim Jendreyko
Documentary · 1h 33m
Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Vadim Jendreyko
- Writer
- Vadim Jendreyko
- Director of Photography
- Stéphane Kuthy, Niels Bolbrinker
- Editor
- Gisela Castronari
- Producer
- Vadim Jendreyko, Thomas Tielsch, Hercli Bundi
Details
- Original title
- Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten
- Release date
- 2010-01-09
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
- Production
- ZDF, 3sat, Filmtank, Mira Film, SRF
- Box office
- $9,256