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Berlin 36 / Beta Cinema presents a Gemini Film, Eyeworks production in co-production with NDR, Degeto Films ; produced by Gerhard Schmidt ; directed by Kaspar Heidelbach ; screenplay by Lothar Kurzawa.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
German
Published/Created
Toronto : Distributed by Mongrel Media, ©2011.
Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Availability
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Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
DVD 10646
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Subject(s)
Jewish athletes
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Germany
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Drama
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Intersex athletes
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Germany
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Drama
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Track and field athletes
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Germany
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Drama
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Jumping
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Germany
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National socialism and sports
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Olympic Games (11th 1936 Berlin, Germany)
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Bergmann, Gretel 1914-2017
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Ratjen, Horst 1918-2008
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Production company
Beta Film GmbH
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Gémini Films
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Degeto Films (Firm)
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Film distributor
Mongrel Media
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Producer
Schmidt, Gerhard
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Director
Heidelbach, Kaspar, 1954-
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Screenwriter
Kurzawa, Lothar
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Composer
Steffen, Arno, 1953-
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Actor
Herfurth, Karoline, 1984-
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Urzendowsky, Sebastian
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Prahl, Axel, 1960-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Feature films
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Biographical films
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Historical films
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Sports films
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Fiction films
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Films for the hearing impaired
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Medium/Support
4 3/4 in.
Summary note
Based on the life of Gretel Bergmann, a German-Jewish high jumper. Securing the 1936 Summer Olympics for Berlin, Hitler was faced with a boycott due to his anti-Semitic policies. Gretel was recruited to compete but the Nazis conspired against her for ideological reasons. Their plan was to have a young man who was raised as a woman be her competition.
Notes
Originally produced in 2009.
Creation/Production credits
Director of photography, Achim Poulheim ; editor, Hedy Altschiller ; original music by Arno Steffen ; composer, Arno Steffen.
Target audience
CHV rating: PG.
System details
DVD format.
Awards
Official Selection - Palm Springs International Film Festival; Official Selection - Chicago International Film Festival.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Robert Gallinowski, Thomas Thieme, Johann von Bülow, August Zirner.
Language note
In German with optional English subtitles.
Other title(s)
Berlin thirty-six
Berlin '36 (Motion picture)
Publisher no.
DVD 4458
OCLC
754655997
Universal Product Code
629159044583
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