2006 | Color | 57 min A portrait of one of the last suvivors of the German-Jewish exile in Mexico: Marianne Frenk-Westheim. Translator, writer and great connoisseur of the arts, she lived in three centuries and in two cultures very far from one another: her first 32 years in Germany and more than 70 years in her second home, Mexico. Her most important work of art is without any doubt her own life: her movement between worlds, languages, cultures, and generations. Country: México, Alemania Direction: Huffschmid; Anne, Burkhard; Christiane Script: Huffschmid; Anne, Burkhard; Christiane Production: Conaculta; Conaculta, Prysma; Prysma, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) Photography: Anaya Adali; Alberto Cast:Frenk-westheim; Marianne Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 57 min A portrait of one of the last suvivors of the German-Jewish exile in Mexico: Marianne Frenk-Westheim. Translator, writer and great connoisseur of the arts, she lived in three centuries and in two cultures very far from one another: her first 32 years in Germany and more than 70 years in her second home, Mexico. Her most important work of art is without any doubt her own life: her movement between worlds, languages, cultures, and generations. Country: México, Alemania Direction: Huffschmid; Anne, Burkhard; Christiane Script: Huffschmid; Anne, Burkhard; Christiane Production: Conaculta; Conaculta, Prysma; Prysma, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) Photography: Anaya Adali; Alberto Cast:Frenk-westheim; Marianne Participation year at FICM: 2006
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