Back To Berlin
©Yossi Alony, Cat-Mac
Synopsis
Following eleven modern-day Jewish bikers on an epic journey from Tel-Aviv to Berlin, crossing nine European countries and 4,500km in twenty-four days. Their mission, to deliver the Maccabi torch to Hitler’s infamous 1936 Olympic stadium, for the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Maccabiah Games.
These riders follow in the tracks of the early 1930s’ bikers who set out from Tel Aviv to all corners of Europe. Their mission, to seek out athletes to compete in the first Maccabiah Games. En route, each country holds a chilling resonance for our motor-cycling Holocaust survivors, descendants of survivors and the grandson of a 1930’s Maccabiah Rider. Stories of defiance and survival are revealed, as well as those of horrifying tragedy.
The juxtaposition of the present and past is the underlying thread of this Biker-Flick meets Holocaust film mixing archival footage with the 2015 journey.
As resurgent populism and anti-Semitism once again rear their ugly heads, this film brings an important message through the voice of those who have been personally affected by one of the darkest pages in human history. This isn’t simply a “Jewish” story. It is the story of people overcoming the worst from fellow man to restate our common humanity.
http://www.backtoberlin.co.uk
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 60 min
- Format
- hd
- Director
- Catherine Lurie 1st Feature
- Producer
- Catherine Lurie
- Executive Producer
- Larry King, Anthony Alt, Elliott Bernerd, Stuart Urban
- Editor
- Andrew Quigley, Julian Rodd
- Director of Photography
- Eyal Ben Yaish
- Sound
- Philip Alton
- Music
- Michael Stevens
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th March 2018
