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.

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    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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