Miami Jewish Film Festival

Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein

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Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein asks the question: How can so many iconic photographs be so familiar to the world, yet no one knows the name of the photographer? It begins in upheaval. Exiled from Nazi Germany, Fred Stein finds himself in 1930s Paris, destitute. He looks for a way to support himself and settles on photography, giving birth to thousands of brilliant photographs. But he’s in the middle of a war, and soon he’s fleeing for his life again. He escapes to New York, and another treasure trove of photographs flows from his camera. But he dies young, before photography was recognized as an art, and his work is thus forgotten. His son, Peter, believes in his father’s work, and sets out to prove its worth to the art world. He soon finds out that it is not an easy task… This is the story of Fred Stein, an early innovator of hand-held street photography in 1930s France and 1940s New York; images that are sophisticated, beautiful, and touching; and whose oeuvre includes over 1200 portraits of some of the most important people of the mid-20th century, including his famous photo of Albert Einstein.


Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Peter Stein and moderator Dina Mitrani. To view the conversation please click here.



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The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    86 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    North American Premiere
  • Director
    Peter Stein, Dawn Freer
  • Screenwriter
    Dawn Freer
  • Cast
    Barbara Sukowa, Mark Waschke, Peter Stein
  • Cinematographer
    Ernst Hirsch
  • Editor
    Dawn Freer
  • Music
    Jarkko Hietanen, Christoph van Hal