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War einst ein wilder Wassermann Once there was a wild water sprite / a film by Claudia von Alemann.

Publication | Library Call Number: VHS-0728

"Filmmaker Claudia von Alemann embarks on a journey to uncover her family's painful history and erroneous relationship with the Third Reich during World War II. In an attempt to reconcile this unsettling past, the filmmaker, her 84-year old mother, and her 17-year old daughter, reunite in the small East German village of Seebach, the location their family fled from to the west after being expropriated."--Distributor's online catalog.

Variant Title
Once there was a wild water sprite
Shadows of memory
Format
Video
Published
New York : Alemann filmproduktion : Women Make Movies [distributor], c2000
Locale
Germany
Language
German

About This Publication

Physical Description
1 videocassette (43 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Other Authors/Editors
Alemann, Claudia von, 1943-
Rheinländer, Max.
Koster, Volker.
Curran, Alvin S., 1938-
Women Make Movies (Firm)
Alemann Filmproduktion.
Notes
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Camera, Max Rheinländer ; sound, Volker Köster ; music, Alvin Curran.
VHS.
In German with English subtitles.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.

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Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Conditions on Use
Subject to copyright restrictions.

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Record last modified: 2023-06-09 14:19:00
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