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Golem: The petrified garden
Title
Golem: The petrified garden [videorecording] a film by Amos Gitai ; produced by Agav Films.
ISBN
1565802977
Published
Chicago, IL : Facets Video, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.
Full screen transfer, optional subtitles, and interviews.
Amos Gitai, director ; Amos Gitai and Tonino Guerra, screenplay ; Laurent Truchot, production management ; Henri Alekan, et al., photography ; Simon and Markus Stockhausen, music after a theme by Munio Weinraub-Gitai ; Anna Ruiz, editing ; Antoine Bonfanti, sound.
English and other languages with English subtitles.
Summary
This wry and humorous film follows Daniel, an art dealer, who travels to Siberia to claim his inheritance of an art collection, which includes a giant statue of a Golem. The long journey across Russia becomes an ironic encounter with the lost ideals of the Soviet Union after its collapse.
Variant and related titles
Petrified garden
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 28, 2003
Series
Amos Gitai: Exile
Credits
Amos Gitai, director ; Amos Gitai and Tonino Guerra, screenplay ; Laurent Truchot, production management ; Henri Alekan, et al., photography ; Simon and Markus Stockhausen, music after a theme by Munio Weinraub-Gitai ; Anna Ruiz, editing ; Antoine Bonfanti, sound.
Performers
Jerome Koenig, Samuel Fuller, and Hanna Schygulla.
System details note
DVD ; all region NTSC.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
DV62823 Facets Video
Subjects
Also listed under
Agav Films.
Facets Video (Firm)
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