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The eternal road : an encounter with the past / a film by Ron Frank.

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Overview

Summary: Filmmaker Ron Frank documents the return of his father and aunt to Chemnitz, a German town that was once home to 3500 Jews, and the staging there of Kurt Weill's musical drama, Der Weg der Verheissung. First staged in New York City in 1937, the opera was intended to symbolize the threatened condition of Jews in Germany.
Other Title: Weg der Verheissung.
Format: Video
Published: [Teaneck, N.J.] : Ergo Media, [2002]
©2002
Locale: Germany
Chemnitz
Other Authors/Editors: Frank, Ron.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Ergo Media Inc.
Notes: Writer, director, editor, Ron Frank.

VHS.

Closed-captioned.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 1560822783
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Jews--Germany--Chemnitz. Germany--Civilization--Jewish influences. Germany--Ethnic relations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings. Weill, Kurt,--1900-1950.--Weg der Verheissung.

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