The Winter Journey is based on American radio host Martin Goldsmith’s book about his Jewish parents, who fled Nazi Germany. Both were talented musicians who, after the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935, were only able to perform as members of the Jewish Cultural Federation, a bizarre propaganda organization fully controlled by the Reich Chamber of Culture. This film uses remarkable and brilliantly edited archival material to bring to life the reality of their beautiful and painful love story.
It also includes reenactments of the conversations Martin Goldsmith had with his father in preparation for his book. The dynamic that emerges in the interaction between Goldsmith himself as the unseen interviewer and a vulnerable Bruno Ganz as his father is fascinating. On one occasion, Ganz even references his legendary role as Hitler in Downfall, when Goldsmith, Sr., mimics the agitated Nazi official who stamps his visa. In ways like this, the story transcends its modest place in the history of the war.
Rental includes a recorded conversation with film subject Martin Goldsmith which will automatically play after the film.
The Winter Journey is based on American radio host Martin Goldsmith’s book about his Jewish parents, who fled Nazi Germany. Both were talented musicians who, after the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935, were only able to perform as members of the Jewish Cultural Federation, a bizarre propaganda organization fully controlled by the Reich Chamber of Culture. This film uses remarkable and brilliantly edited archival material to bring to life the reality of their beautiful and painful love story.
It also includes reenactments of the conversations Martin Goldsmith had with his father in preparation for his book. The dynamic that emerges in the interaction between Goldsmith himself as the unseen interviewer and a vulnerable Bruno Ganz as his father is fascinating. On one occasion, Ganz even references his legendary role as Hitler in Downfall, when Goldsmith, Sr., mimics the agitated Nazi official who stamps his visa. In ways like this, the story transcends its modest place in the history of the war.
Rental includes a recorded conversation with film subject Martin Goldsmith which will automatically play after the film.