THE NAZIS, THE RABBI AND THE CAMERA

Dokumentation 2023 2 x 42 Min.

Leica cameras were used to take photos that everyone knows; for many renowned photographers they were and are indispensable tools. Barbara Klemm said the Leica was "like a little jewel", Rene Burri called it "a grandiose shooting tool", Herlinde Koelbl used it to document the "faces of power" in general and Angela Merkel's in particular. The two-part documentary tells the story of the Leica and how it changed photography - and of how Ernst Leitz II helped numerous Jews to escape during National Socialism; a story that was only recently discovered by an American rabbi.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY

Claus Bredenbrock

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Andy Lehmann

EDIT

Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima

SOUND

Joren Desmidt, Jerome Huber, Maximilian Pellnitz

MUSIC

Ritchie Staringer

SOUND MIX

Keve Zvolenszky

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Aksana Dijkstra

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

Oliver Lau

PRODUCER

Jascha Hannover

EXEC. PRODUCER

André Schäfer

COMM. EDITOR

Linde Dehner (ZDF)

COMMISSIONED BY

ZDF in collaboration with Arte

Coming spring 2023 at Arte Tv and the ZDF Mediatheque