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SCHOCKEN, ON THE VERGE OF CONSENSUS
by Noemi Schory
SYNOPSIS
Salman Schocken was the King of department stores in Germany. Before WWII, he owned 22 department stores with 6,000 employees. After being stripped of his citizenship and losing his empire, the family immigrated to Palestine where he founded a modern, Jewish publishing house and acquired the Haaretz newspaper which still survives on the border of consensus.
DETAILS
80 mins
2020
Israel, Germany
Hebrew, German, English
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TRAILER
CREDITS
Director & Script: Noemi Schory
Production: Liran Atzmor, Gerd Haag
Production Company: Atzmor Productions, Tag/traum
Editing: Michal Oppenheim
Cinematography: Uriel Sinai
Additional Cinematography: Itay Vinograd
Research: Noemi Schory, Amikam Goldman
Sound Design: Itzik Cohen
Music: Boaz Schory
In co-production with RBB, Kan 11
BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - NOEMI SCHORY
Independent producer since 1988, focusing on documentaries including many international co-productions. Produced about 80 documentaries among them 'A Film Unfinished', directed by Yael Hersonski, 'Pinhas' Dream' and 'The Settlers' directed by Ruth Valk, 'The Inner Tour', directed by Raanan Alexandrowicz.
Directed among others 'Haute Cuisine goes Kosher', 'The State of Israel vs. John Ivan Demjanjuk', 'Transport 222', ‘Born in Berlin’ 35 short films for the New Historic Museum of Yad Vashem, 12 short films for the permanent exhibit in Block 27, Auschwitz and 'Schocken – on the verge of consensus'(2020).
Mentors at various international documentary labs such as Goa, Sarajevo, Tbilisi, Budapest and Torino. Served among others on the Jury of Haifa FF, 2018, at Docaviv(2015), Jerusalem film Festival(2014) and Baden Baden Drama competition (2013). Was for 8 years as head of the Film Department at the Arts Faculty –Beit Berl College.
SELECT FESTIVALS
DOCAVIV 2020〡JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN-BRANDENBURG 2021〡SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESIVAL 2021〡HONG KONG JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2021
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