Charging the Rhino

Verzio FF Submission The film is a deeply personal exploration into the life of a Romanian family's history. Rounded up with relatives for mass execution in 1941, the director's father was shot, yet miraculously survived with a bullet lodged near his heart. His cousin suffered an even more...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jacobovici, Simcha
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
Romanian
Published: Associated Producers Ltd. 2007
Canada
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:e092f0e5-1a59-4124-8b53-73ab7dcbac2d
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Summary:Verzio FF Submission The film is a deeply personal exploration into the life of a Romanian family's history. Rounded up with relatives for mass execution in 1941, the director's father was shot, yet miraculously survived with a bullet lodged near his heart. His cousin suffered an even more bizarre fate: he survived the war but was forced to star in a Communist propaganda film. An account of the Romanian Jewish community’s suffering during WWII.
Published:2007