Movie Description
The Danube Exodus
(1998)Overview
In the travelogue "The Danube Exodus," Forgács documents the Jewish exodus from Slovakia just before the beginning of World War II. In two boats, a group of nine hundred Slovak, Austrian Jews tried to reach the Black Sea via the river Danube, in order to get to Palestine from there. Forgács based his film on the amateur films of Captain Nándor Andrásovits, the captain of one of the boats. He filmed his passengers while they prayed, slept and even got married. At the end of this journey, it is clear that the boat will not return empty: a reverse exodus takes place, this time of repatriating Bessarabian Germans, fleeing to the Third Reich because of the Soviet invasion of Bessarabia
Featured Crew
- Director : Péter Forgács
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Facts
Original TitleThe Danube Exodus
Status Released
Release Information
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1998-07-29
Original Language
Runtime 01h 00m
Genres
- Documentary