Documentary, 1993, 89 min, Director: Andres Veiel
11. Oktober 2008: 18.30 Uhr
Balagan
„Balagan“ erzählt von einer Hoffnung: Eine jüdisch-orthodoxe Schauspielerin, die Tochter eines KZ-Überlebenden und ein Palästinenser erarbeiten gemeinsam ein Theaterstück über die Gegenwärtigkeit des Holocausts in der israelischen Gesellschaft. Alle drei Schauspieler gehen mit dieser Arbeit an ihre physischen und psychischen Grenzen. Der Film erzählt von dieser Zerreißprobe und damit zugleich von den schmerzhaften Widersprüchen der israelischen Gesellschaft.
Balagan
Balagan is a story of hope: an Orthodox Jewish actress, the daughter of a concentration camp survivor and a Palestinian join forces to develop a play exploring modern-day perceptions of the Holocaust in Israel. The project pushes all three actors to their physical and psychological limits. The film recounts this difficult trial and portrays the painful contradictions of Israeli society.
Balagan
„Balagan“ është një tregim rreth shpresës: një aktore ortodokse-hebraike, vajza e një të mbijetuari të kampit të përqëndrimit dhe një palestinez punojnë së bashku në një pjesë teatrale rreth perceptimit të Holokaustit në shoqërinë izraelite. Që të tre aktorët gjatë punës hasin në kufijtë e tyre fizik dhe psikik. Filmi flet për këtë provë të vështirë dhe njëkohësisht për kundërthëniet e dhembshme në shoqërinë izraelite.
Balagan
„Balagan“ erzählt von einer Hoffnung: Eine jüdisch-orthodoxe Schauspielerin, die Tochter eines KZ-Überlebenden und ein Palästinenser erarbeiten gemeinsam ein Theaterstück über die Gegenwärtigkeit des Holocausts in der israelischen Gesellschaft. Alle drei Schauspieler gehen mit dieser Arbeit an ihre physischen und psychischen Grenzen. Der Film erzählt von dieser Zerreißprobe und damit zugleich von den schmerzhaften Widersprüchen der israelischen Gesellschaft.
Balagan
Balagan is a story of hope: an Orthodox Jewish actress, the daughter of a concentration camp survivor and a Palestinian join forces to develop a play exploring modern-day perceptions of the Holocaust in Israel. The project pushes all three actors to their physical and psychological limits. The film recounts this difficult trial and portrays the painful contradictions of Israeli society.
Balagan
„Balagan“ është një tregim rreth shpresës: një aktore ortodokse-hebraike, vajza e një të mbijetuari të kampit të përqëndrimit dhe një palestinez punojnë së bashku në një pjesë teatrale rreth perceptimit të Holokaustit në shoqërinë izraelite. Që të tre aktorët gjatë punës hasin në kufijtë e tyre fizik dhe psikik. Filmi flet për këtë provë të vështirë dhe njëkohësisht për kundërthëniet e dhembshme në shoqërinë izraelite.
Balagan
„Balagan“ je priča o nadi: pravoslavno-jevrejska glumica, kćer jednog preživelog iz koncentracionog logora i jedan palestinac rade zajedno na jednoj pozorišnoj predstavi o percepciji Holokausta u izraelskom društvu. Sva tri glumca se u toku rada suočavaju sa svojim psihičkim i fizičkim granicama. Film govori o ovom teškom iskušenju i oslikava bolne kontradikcije izraelskog društva.
Director’s Biography: Andres Veiel
Born in Stuttgart in 1959, Veiel studied psychology from 1982 to 1998 in Berlin but upon graduation decided not to work in this profession. He had attended seminars in directing at the arts centre ‘Künstlerhaus Bethanien.’ One of his seminar tutors was Krzysztof Kieslowski. His production with prisoners of the prison psychiatry in Berlin focusing on the violence in this institution was called off. He has been working as screenwriter and director of feature films and documentaries as well as playwright and director for the Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin and the Theatre Basel (“Der Kick”, 2005). Since 1996 he has been teaching at the dffb Berlin, the HFF Potsdam Babelsberg, the Universities of Berlin and Zurich, in Johannesburg, Cairo, Tunis, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Veiel is member of both the German and the European Film Academy. His film Balagan (1993) caused a sensation and received numerous awards. His two subsequent documentaries “Die Überlebenden” (1996; Adolf Grimme Award) and “Black Box BRD” (2001; European Film Award for Best Documentary, among others) have been similarly successful. His long-term observational documentary “Die Spielwütigen – Addicted to Acting” (1996-2003) was premiered at the International Film Festival Berlin in 2004 (Audience Award) and nominated as Best Documentary by the European Film Academy and won many other awards. The film “Der Kick” based on the theatre play of the same name; both the play and the film won several awards such as Friedrich-Luft-Award for Best Theatre Production Berlin 2006 and Grand Prix Visions du Reel, Nyon.
