Movie Description

Memento

Memento

(1966)

Overview

A film about Jewish cemeteries in East Berlin, based on a screenplay by Günter Kunert, with text by Rabbi Martin Riesenburger. There are shots of gravestones and inscriptions – deported, murdered, perished; in Auschwitz or Theresienstadt. Commentary reminds us of the victims – "in 1933, 160,564 Jewish citizens lived in Berlin; in 1945, 3,500".

Cast

Facts

Original TitleMemento

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1966-02-16

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 16m

Production CompaniesDEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Genres

  • Documentary