Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten (2010)
The Woman with the 5 Elephants
Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.
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Svetlana Geier
as Svetlana Geier
as Svetlana Geier
Anna Götte
as Anna Götte
as Anna Götte
Hannelore Hagen
as Hannelore Hagen
as Hannelore Hagen
Jürgen Klodt
as Jürgen Klodt
as Jürgen Klodt
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Martín Iannaccone
Music
Music
Niels Bolbrinker
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Gisela Castronari
Editor
Editor
Hercli Bundi
Producer
Producer
Stéphane Kuthy
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Vadim Jendreyko
Writer
Writer
Vadim Jendreyko
Producer
Producer
Thomas Tielsch
Producer
Producer
Daniel Almada
Music
Music
Vadim Jendreyko
Director
Director
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