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  • 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