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One hundred eighty films depicting the Nazi period,Soviet Jewly, Jewish artists, the Holocaust, and aspects of Jewishhiszory and archaeology in ancient Israel are annotated. Suggestionsare made for using the films as an educational resource--asdiscussion starters, as lead-ins for .interpretation by aknowledgeable faculty member, or in the case of series as the basisfor in-depth examination of related themes. Most of the films are atleast one hou y.. in length, and are for use at the senior high schoollevel and above. Specific information is given on duration, color,black-white, distributors, and production dates. For each film ashort anAotation summarizes the plot and describes special featuressuch as famous directors or unasual precautions in the film's use.Program models for group showings are suggested, covering topics suchas "The European Experience" and "Issues of Conscience forContemporary Jews." Organizations are identified which have publishedguides to audiovisual materials, and major distributors are listedwith addresses. (AV)

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GUIDE TO FEATURE AND DOCUMENTARY FILMSFOR THE HILLEL PROGRAM (NEWLY REVISED)

I. Introduction to the New Edition

Films as an Educational Resource

III. Full-length Features and Documentaries

rv. Program Models

V. Film Guides

VI. Major Distributors

VII. Alphabetical Index to Films Listed

I. INTRODUCTION TO THL NEW EDITION

The first edition of the Hillel film guide, originally published in1971, has been reprinted and distributed in thousands of copies. Thecompilation of film data from scores of sources served to highlight theprogrammatic possibilities of the cinema arts, and there has been demon-strable increase of interest in films on Jewish themes, both on campusand in the larger Jewish community.

In this revised edition some fifty additional titles appear. Someare new; others are films which were omitted from the first edition, notavailable in 16 mm. versions, or simpl2 overlooked. Names of several newdistributors have also been included.

There is, as noted, a continuing growth of interest in the programmaticuse of films as both art form and educational resource. Observers of thecontemporary scene testify to the impact of certain landmark films on thelife style and culture of young people. Although some lament the lack ofinnovative film-making with a specifically Jewish vantage point, there is,nonetheless, an increasingly large body of films which may have programmaticvalue on the campus and within the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation.

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Films may be used in ways that go beyond the occasional showing of afull-length movie. A short film may provide the stimulus for a discussiongroup. Longer films may be followed by a brief interpretation from afaculty member who has knowledge or interest in the film's subject. Aseries of films can serve as the basis for examining certain related themesin greater depth.

The films described in this guide have been listed with these possibi-lities in mind. Details regarding current rates and availability must besecured directly from the distributors. Films available from more than onedistributor may have varying prices. Comparison shopping is highly re-commended in the competitive field of film rentals. Most distributors havea sliding scale of rates based on audience size, admission fees, etc. Someoffer discounts to educational and/or religious institutions such as Hillel.Others offer reduced rates for the rental of several films to make up aseries. Inquiries should always be addressed directly to the distributors,and one should not hesitate about bargaining. Each Hillel unit shoulddevelop its own file of film catalogues and sources for use in more effectiveprogram planning. Ask the distributors to add the name of the B'nai B'rithHillel Foundation or Counsellorship to their regular mailing list.

Most of the films listed here are feature length, running at least onehour. Several shorter films of unusual interest have also been included.In neither instance is there any attempt to provide an exhaustive catalogue,for the list of currently available audio-visual materials is a transientone. New titles appear, old ones are withdrawn, and the companies whichdistribute them frequently change.

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II. FILMS AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE

The arrangement of the films listed below in Section III suggests someof the areas in which they can fulfill an educational function. The selec-tion of topics and themes should reflect the concerns and interests of theaudience. Nevertheless, certain guidelines should be kept in mind whenusing films as the basis for discussion of issues and problems:

1. Choose a theme which is neither so broad and general that itcan only be discussed sunerficially, nor so narrow and spe-cialized that it appeals to a very limited group.

2. Remember that the shorter the film, the more time for dis-cussion. The following sample schedule suggests one way ofdistributing the available program time:

Introduction of topic and film - 5 minutesFilm - 1-112 hoursBrief comment by speaker and group discussion- 30 minutesSummary - 5 minutes

The chairman of the program should introduce the film bypointing out some of the issues which may be raised.

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3. Program success will be largely determined by the skill andpreparation of the discussion loader. Few films are producedspecifically for use as discussion-starters; their ending,therefore, rarely provides a convenient or natural startingpoint for a discussion. Some form of transition is usuallyrequired. Avoid the pathetic query, "Are there any questions?"which is rarely met by anything but an uncomfortable silence.A better approach may be to ask, "What arc some of the essen-tial questions which this film raises?" or to summarize a fewof these questions and invite the audience to suggest others.At any rate, no one should give a speech. The need is for afew judicious comments or queries which will quickly launchthe discussion.

4. Be sure that all technical preparations have been made. Theprojector should be operated by a qualified person, and it isadvisable for him to have on hand a reserve projector lamp andextra fuses. A preview screening is also recommended in orderto help the discussion leader prepare his part in the program.

Addresses of major distributors are listed below in Section VI. Filmswhich received generally favorable responses are starred (*) but please notethat all films have not been reviewed in advance. Reports of audience re-action and recommendations of additional films are most welcome. Most filmsare awilable in 16 mm, a few are currently in 35 mm only. All are blackand white except where color is indicated.

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III. FULL-LENGTH FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES

A. ISRAEL -- These films are generally set in Israel, have Israeli storylines, or re.:lect something of the nistory of modern Israel. Their artisticqualities vary widely.

BEN-GURrON REMEMBERS - 1973 90 min.-color/b&wAn extended interview mixed with newsreelclips provides a review of Israel's historyand the central role played by Ben-Gurion.

*TilE BIC iLG (Blaumilch's :2anal) 1969A delightful Ephraim Kishon commedy of onemadman's encounter with the town-plannersof Tel Aviv's bureaucracy.

THE BOY ACROSS THE STREET

An Israeli film about a 12-year-old boy whois deserted by his mother and estranged fromhis immigrant father.

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Distributor

JRB; Isra-Art;Lawrence Friedricks Ent.527 Madison AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

RKO-Stanley WarnerTheatre

1585 BroadwayNew York, N.Y.10036

Alden; Makor

CAST A GIANT SHADOW - 1966 139 minutes colorA film about Col. David (Mickey) Marcus, theAmerican officer who came to advise the Israeliforces in 1948. Kirk Douglas and Frank Sinatra.

CLOUDS OVER ISRAEL - 1962 - 85 minutesA war story from the 1956 Sinai campaign. AnIsraeli pilot crashes behind the lines andstruggles to get back to Israel

THE CONTRACT - 86 minutes - colorTwo Israeli families, one with sons, the otherwith daughters. They meet in Eilat, withamusing consequences.

DREAM NO MORE 85 minutesThe story of two young people within the frame-work of a nation reborn.

*THE DREAMER - 1970 - 86 minutes colorThe story of a youthful character in the mysticalsetting of Safed, suspended between the externalworld around him and his own inner world.

*ERVINKA - 1964 102 minutesAn Ephraim Kishon situation comedy, in which thehero moves from one misadventure to the next ashe lives by his wits.

*EVERY BASTARD A KING - 1970 93 minutes - colorAn American journalist in Israel during the SixDay War meets all types of Israelis -- pacifists,military types, etc.

EXODUS 1960 207 minutes colorFilm version of the Leon Uris novel of Israel in1947-48. Excellent scenery and some moving moments.

THE FLYING MATCHMAKER - 1970 104 min. colorMusical farce about the trials and tribulationsof a shadchan whose matches do not always stick.Based on Avraham Goldfadden's tale "Two KooneyLemels."

HE WALKED THROUGH THE FIELDSAn Israeli film based on Moshe Shamir's story ofthe death of a kibbutz fighter and the unbornchild he left behind. The setting is 1948.

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United Artists; JWB;Isra-Art

MacMillan; Isra-Art; JWB;Harold ComswedBox 3093Beverly Hills, Calif.90212

Productions Unlimited40 West 57th StreetNew York, N.Y.10019

Contemporary

Cannon; jWB; ISO; Isra-Art;Productions Unlimited

JWB; Isra -Art

JWB; Makor; Isra Art;Continental Distributors241 East 34th StreetNew York, N.Y.10016

United Artists;JNB; Isra-Art

Ben-Lar Productions;Isra-Art;United Films242-28 Horace Harding Expwy.-Douglaston, N.Y.11362

Alden; Makor

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HERO'S WIFE - 1963 - 90 minutesA drama shot on location in a kibbutz,the "story of a woman who is torn betweenher love for a memory of the past and forher feelings of the present."

HIS LAND - 1970 - 54 minutes - colorA striking film made by the Billy Grahamorganization. It contends that modernIsrael is the fulfillment of Biblicalprophecy, and that Christians must identifywith the fate and destiny of Israel fortheological reasons. Usable with care forJewish audiences.

*THE HOUSE ON CHELOUCHE STREET 1973 - colorAn immigrant family's struggle to survivein the Palestine of 1946.

*I LOVE YOU ROSA - 1972 - 84 minutes - colorA film set in the Sephardic community ofturn-of-the-century Jerusalem. The storyis based on the law of chalitsa, whichpermits a widow to demand that her un-married brother-in-law marry her. Interestingand appealing.

I WAS BORN IN JERUSALEM - 1970 - 94 min. - colorYehoram Gaon, popular Israeli s.:jer andinterpreter of Sephardic songs a:1d ballads,is the central figure of this musical filmnarrative. It is visually enhanced by somestriking photography of Jerusalem.

THE ILLEGALS - 80 minutesMeyer Levin's story of the underground immi-gration to Israel during the post World War IIyears.

*IMPOSSIBLE ON SATURDAY 1965 - 105 minutesAn Israeli-French comedy set in Israel,starring Robert Hirsch of the ComedieFrancaise in 7 different roles. An amusingand entertaining film.

THE jERUSALEM FILE - 1972 - 95 min. color

An American student arranges a secret andtragic meeting between Arab infiltratorsand Israeli students.

JOUIdY TO JERUSALEM - 1968 84 minutes - colorLeonard Bernstein conducts the Israel Philharmonicin the dramatic setting of the Mt. Scopus amphi-theatre in the first concert after the Six DayWar.

United Films248-28 Horace Harding Expwy.

Douglaston, N.Y.11362;JWB; Isra-Art

World Wide Pictures1313 Hennepin AvenueMinneapolis, Minn.55403

Productions Unlimited

MacMillan; JWB; Isra-Art;Leisure Media Inc.592 Fifth AvenueNew York, N.Y.10030

JWB; Makor; Isra-Art;Michael Kagan300 West 72nd StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

Contemporary

Macmillan; JWB;Isra-Art

Films, Inc.; JWB;Isra -Art

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

JUDITHThe story of a heroine of Israel's fight forfreedom, complicated by the search for a Naziwar criminal. Stars Sophia Loren.

THE JUGMFR - 86 minutesStanley Kramer's production about an ex-juggler'sadjustment problems in Israel.

*KAZABLAN - 1973 - 95 minutes colorA Moroccan living in the slums of Jaffa fights andsings to win the hand of the Ashkenazi girl-next-door. Lots of complications, local color, andfrenetic dancing. (Cinemascope onlv).

*LUPO! 1969 - 95 minutes colorComic film about the king of the Tel Aviv fleamarket and his encounters with bureaucracy,technology; and the military.

*MARGO - 1969An independent-minded miss in the vivid andexotic setting of the Old City of Jerusalem. Acharming and sensitive film.

MIRACLE OF SURVIVAL 1970 85 minutesA documentary account of European Jewry, includingJewish life in Eastern Europe, from the start ofthe 20th century to the Six Day r.

*A PEOPLE CHOSEN - 1973 - 57 minutes colorA thought-provoking exploration of the question"Who is a Jew?," based on a wide range of docu-mentary film-making on the Israeli scene. Itreceived a prize for the best TV documentary of 1973.

*THE POLICEMAN - 1972 - 87 minutes colorWritten, produced, and directed by Ephraim Kishon,Israel's foremost satirical writer, this comedy wonfirst prize at the Monte Carlo Film Festival. Titlerole is skillfully played by Shai K. Ophir.

PRODIGAL SON - 90 minutesA film set in Eretz Yisrael of the 1930's, inwhich a youngster moves through episodes ofwandering, suffering, and hunger. Insight onlife before the State was born.

PROMISED LANDS - 1974 87 minutes - colorA post-Yom Kippur War film by Susan Sontag. Themood and intent are somber and much remains to besaid. A provocative study.

*SALLAH - 1965 - 105 minutesA lively comedy about a North African Jew'ssuccessful conflict with the absorptionmachinery of modern Israel. Stars Hayim Topol.

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Films, Inc;Paramount Pictures1501 BroadwayNew York, N.Y.10036

Mac:1illan

JWB; Isra-Art

Cannon; ISO;Productions Unlimited

Cannon;Productions Unlimited

East Coast Productions16 West 46th StreetNew York, N.Y.10036;JIM.; Isra-Art

Marquis Film Distributors416 West 45th StreetNew York, N.Y.10036

Isra-Art; Cinema 5;JWB

JWB; Isra -Art

JWB; Isra-Art;New Yorker Films43 West 61st StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

JWB; Makor; MacMillan;Isra-Art; ISO;American-International;Ben-Lar Productions

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SANDS OF BEERSHEBA - 1966 - 90 minutesA story set daring the War of Liberation,portraying the tragedy of the conflict andexperiences of an American girl swept up inthe fighting.

SAYARIM - 96 minutesAn Israeli film set in the mid-50's during theperiod of the raids and counter-raids acrossthe Arab-Israeli border.

SHALOM - 1971 - 74 minutes - colorA documentary narration of Israel's history,narrated by Robert Vaughn. Includes photosand film footage from early Zionist beginnings.

*SIEGE - 1969 - 95 minutesThe story of a widow of the Six Day War whotries to break out of the customary constraintsof widowhood. Shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

SIXTY HOURS TO SUEZA human interest drama set against the back-ground of the Six Day War.

SWORD TN THE DESERT - 99 minutesAn adventure film from the 1948 War.

*THREE DAYS AND A CHILD - 1967 - 90 minutesStory of the inner conflict of a universitystudent who agrees to come for his formersweetheart's child over a three-day period.

*THEY WERE TEN - 1961 - 105 minutesAbout Jewish settlers in Palestine in the1880's -- the story of 9 men and a woman whocome to make their home in Galilee. A slow-moving film, but not without redeeming features.

TOPELE 1970 - 80 minutes - colorAn Israeli musical with a Sholom, Aleichem storyline and situations which reflect a nine-year-old's world of the shtetl.

A TOUCH OF SUMMER - 1972 - 60 minutesA group of American Jewish students spending asummer in Israel encounter experiences whichillustrate the dilemmas of their relationshipsto Israel and their Judaism.

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United Films242-28 Horace Harding Expwy.Douglaston, N.Y.11262

Alden; JWB; Makor;Isra-Art

JWB; MacMillan; Isra -Art

JWB; Makor; Isra-Art;ISO;Michael Kagan300 West 72nd StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

Alden; Makor

Contemporary

ISO;

Michael Kagan300 West 72nd StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

JWB; Isra-Art;United World Films221 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10017.

JWB; Isra -Art

ISO

A WALL IN JERUSALEM - 1969 - 95 minutesExcellent documentary history of the story ofIsrael, half of which focuses on the Europeanantecedents. Unusual and rare footage fromthe early days in Eretz Yisrael and in pre-World War II Europe. Directed by FredericRossif, whose Warsaw Ghetto film "The Witnesses"was widely acclaimed. Narrated by Richard Burton.

JWB; ISO; Isra-Art;EYR Programs Inc.58 East 56th StreetNew York, N.Y.10022

B. THE NAZI PERIOD -- These are films which reflect in general terms therise and fall of Nazi Germany and its impact on humanity. Films made beforeWorld War II are almost always European; the conscience of American film-makers was generally unresponsive to what was transpiring in Germany of the1930's.

Distributor

ARCHEOLOGY - 14 minutes ContemporaryExcavations by Polish archeologists at the siteof the gas chambers of the Auschwitz-Birkenauconcentration camp, exposing the evils of therecent pa-t.

*AREN'T WE WONDERFUL - 1958 - 108 minutes MacMillanWell made and witty satire of the Germanpeople between the two World Wars, exposingcontrasting responses to the emergence ofNazi power.

THE BLACK FOX - 1962 - 89 minutes MacMillanThe story of Hitler's rise to power told inallegorical style. Produced by Louis Stoumenand narrated in English by Marlene Dietrich.

*THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA - 1962 - 114 minutesThe guilt feelings of Nazis in the family ofa Hamburg shipping tycoon. Based on Sartre'splay, directed by Vittorio deSica, and starringSophia Loren and Maximilian Schell.

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE - 143 minutesThe story of an Argentine family on two sides ofthe lines -- French and German -- during WorldWar II.

*GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES - 1965 - 73 minutesA strong documentary film in which brutishscenes from World War II are juxtaposed withthe callous and indifferent response of the"bystanders." .An attack on the smugness,apathy, and essential inhumanity of thewar-maker's mentality. Scenes of the WarsawGhetto, Stalingrad, Hiroshima.

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Films, Inc.

Films, Inc.

Grove Press Film Division53 East llth AvenueNew York, N.Y. 10011.

Impact Films144 Bleeker StreetNew York, N.Y.10012.

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HITLER; LAST TEN DAYS - 1973 - 106 min. - colorAlec Guinness in the title role, a quasi-documentary of the dictator's final hours inhis Berlin bunker.

HITLER'S CHILDREN - 1943 - 83 minutesAn American movie showing the impact of theNazi regime on the youth of 1/43ermany. Directedby Edward Dmytryk.

HITLER'S EXECUTIONERS - 1958 - 78 minutesA German documentary on the rise and fall ofthe Third Reich, including extensive newsreelfootage on the war in Russia and the concen-tration camps.

*JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG - 1961 - 186 minutesStanley Kramer's story of the trial of thelesser war criminals.

*THE LAST STOP - 1948 - 113 minutesA Polish film with English sub-titles con-cerning life and death in Auschwitz.

LIFE OF ADOLF HITLER - 1961 - 102 minutesA documentary study of the Hitler period,produced by a world famous documentary filmmake:7, Paul Rotha.

MEIN KAMPF - 1961 - 117 minutesA Swedish-made documentary of the Nazi period,including materials from the Goebbels archivesand other sources.

*NIGHT AND FOG - 1955 - 31 minutesA brilliant and powerful film on the world ofthe concentration camp. Directed by AlainResnais.

Films, Inc.

MacMillan

MacMillan

United Artists; JWB;Isra-Art

MacMillan

MacMillan

MacMillan

Contemporary

THE NUREMBERG TRIALS - 76 minutes U.S. National Audiovisual CentDocumentary of the major trials, including National Archives and Recordsscenes from captured Nazi films. Service

Washington, D.C.20409.

*RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH - 180 minutesBased on William L. Shirer's history of NaziGermany. A Xerox TV special. Requires 2,000-foot take-up reel.

SECRETS OF NAZI CRIMINALS - 1961 - 85 minutesA German film with English narration concerningthe first Nuremberg trials.

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Films, Inc.

MacMillan

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SHIP OF FOOLS - 1965 - 149 minutesStanley Kramer's film version of theKatherine Anne Porter novel of a ship voyagein 1933. Excellent cast, mixed reviews.

*THE SORROW AND THE PITY - 1972 - 260 minutesAn epic documentary, a sensation in France,this film traces the themes of collaborationand resistance in the France of early forties.Retrospective interviews and old newsreelscoMbine to produce a powerful film. The res-ponse to the plight of the French Jews and theGerman-Jewish refugees is an important dimen-sion of the film.

TRIUMPH OF THE WILL - 1934-36 - 120 minutesA long-sequestered propaganda film producedfor the Nazis in the middle 1930's. Regardedas a classic study of the Nazi propagandatechnique, this film must be shown with aqualified commentator present.

WARSAW GHETTO - 50 minutesA documentary based on captured Nazi films,a grim portrayal of the tragedy of WarsawJewry. A BBC-TV production.

WATCH ON THE RHINE - 1943 - 114 minutesAn anti-Nazi underground leader comes to theUnited States and finds himself blackmailed.Bette Davis and Paul Lukas.

MacMillan;Contemporary

Cinema 5

MacMillan;Contemporary

Time-Life Films43 West 16th StreetNew York, N.Y.10011.

Peter M. Robeck & Co.230 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10017.

JWB; Isra -Art

C. THE HOLOCAUST -- These films deal with various dimensions of thecatastrophe which overwhelmed European Jewry during World War II.

Distributor

AN ACT OF FAITH - Two parts - 30 minutes eachDocumentary on the rescue of Danish Jewryfrom the Nazis by the heroic action of thenon-Jewish community.

BEFORE WINTER COMES - 108 minutes colorA comedy of bureaucratic conflict set in arefugee camp in occupied Austria after World%

War II. Features Israeli star Topol in a pre-Tevye role and British actor David Niven.

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New York Board of Rabbis10 East 73rd StreetNew York, N.Y.10021.

ADL.

MacMillan

*BORDER STREET - 1948 - 110 minutesA Polish production portraying the reactionsof Warsaw Jews to the Nazi occupation, cli-maxed by the Warsaw Ghetto revolt of 1943.

CONSPIRACY OF HEARTS - 1960 - 113 minutesSet in northern Italy during World War II,where some nuns offer help to Jewishchildren fleeing a prison camp.

DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT - 1964 83 minutesArnost Lustig's story of two boys whoescape into the woods from a concentrationcamp train. A highly artistic film, inwhidh fantasy and reality are fused.

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - 1959 - 180 minutesA Jewishly diluted film version of thefamous diary of a Jewish girl in wartimeHolland.

*DISTANT JOURNEY (GHETTO TEREZIN) - 1950 - 95 min.A Czech production about a Jewish family'sencounter with the Nazis and their responseto the Terezin concentration camp.

DITA SAXA film by Czech Jewish author ArnostLustig, available only from the writer.

*THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR - 1966 - 100 minutesThe story of a Jewish physician in Nazi-occupied Prague; produced by Carlo Ponti.Czech, with English sub-titles. (Ciremascope).

*THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS - 1972 -96 minutes - color

The private world of a wealthy family ofItalian Jews is slowly eroded in theoppressive climate of the 1930's, first bylocal Fascists and then by the German Nazis.The themes are understated, but the progressiontoward a tragic conclusion is inexorable. Anexcellent film, winner of several internationalprizes. Italian dialogue, English sUb-titles.

THE GOLD OF ROME - 1961The great debate in the Rome ghetto aboutactive struggle against the Nazi war machine.Italian with sub-titles.

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MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

JWB; Isra -Art

Arnost Lustig4000 Tunlaw Road N.W., #825Washington, D.C.20007;

Impact Films144 Bleeker StreetNew York, N.Y.10012

Films, Inc.; JWB;

Isra-Art

MacMillan; JWB; Lara-Art;Artkino723 Seventh AvenueNew York, N.Y.10019

Arnost Lustig4000 Tunlaw Road N.W., #825Washington, D.C.20007

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

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KANAL, A GENERATION, ASHES AND DIAMONDSThese are three Polish films, a trilogy aboutthe Warsaw Ghetto. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.Each about 11/2 hours long.

KAPO - 1959 - 116 minutesAn Italian production of story of a 14-year old girl's degradatioAL in a Nazi concentra-tion camp. Stars Susan Strasberg.

*THE LAST CHAPTER - 1965 - 90 minutesA superb documentary of the 1,000-year historyof Polish Jewry, narrated by Theodore Bikel.

LEGACY OF ANN FRANK - 30 minutesScenes from the house in Amsterdam and interviewswith the father, Otto, and others who knew AnneFrank personally.

*LET MY PEOPLE GO - 1965 - 55 minutesA vivid documentary of the destruction ofEuropean Tewry and the struggle of the survivorsto settle in Israel.

LINE OF DEMARCATIONStory of a town on the border between VichyFrance and occupied France, and the struggle ofconscience between helping or ignoring Jewishrefugees.

MARRIAGE IN THE SHADOWS - 1947 - 89 minutesThe story of a prominent German actor and hisJewish wife, and their attempt to remain togetherduring the Nazi regime.

*ME AND THE COLONEL - 1958 - 109 minutesA Danny Kaye comedy based on the original FranzWerfel play, portraying the forced partnership oftwo refugees from the Nazis -- a timid Jew and anarrogant Polish colonel.

*MEMORANDUM - 58 minutesA group of Bergen-Belsen survivors visit theconcentration camp to search out the effect ofthe intervening years.

NAKED AMONG THE WOLVES - 1967 - 100 minutesA child in Buchenwald during the last days ofWorld War II symbolizes the life-and-deathStruggle between prisoners and captors.

THE NINTH CIRCLE - 1961 - 90 minutesA Yugoslavian production based on the Orpheuslegend; a Jewish girl is married to a Yugoslavyouth to save her from the Nazis.

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Janus Films24 West 58th StreetNew York, N.Y.1002?

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

Ben-Lar Productions

United Synagogue218 East 70th StreetNew York, N.Y.10021

Aiaen; ISO;Univ. of Michigan Libra)416 Fourth AvenueAnn Arbor, Mich. 48104

MacMillan

MacMillan

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

ADL; Contemporary

JWB

MacMillan

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OPPENHEIM FAMILY - 1963 - 90 minutesA Russian film based on the Lion Feuchtwanger novelof the experiences of a middle-class Jewish familyduring the Nazi period.

*THE PAWNBROKER - 1965 - 114 minutesA dramatic film portraying the psychological iso-lation of a death-camp survivor in his encounterswith hatred and fear as a pawn shop owner in blackHarlem.

PROFESSOR MAMLOCK - 1939 - 102 minutesA Russian film about a famous Jewish surgeon andhis experiences under the Nazis.

THE REMNANT - 2 parts, 56 minutes - colorTraces the history of Jewish settlement in variouscommunities of Europe and probes the question ofthe meaning of Israel to the European Jew.

SAINT MAPTHEW'S PASSION - 1965 - 21 minutesAn indictment of Christian conscience, using filmsof the persecution of German Jews prior to WorldWar II.

*THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET - 1965 - 128 minutesThe Academy Award-winning Czech production aboutthe early years of Nazi occupation of a town inCzechoslovakia. Stars Ida Kaminska.

*SIGHET SIGHET - 27 minutesThe story of the town from which Elie Wiesel cameand to which he can never return. Narrated by Wiesel.

THE SONG AND THE SILENCE - 1969 - 80 minutesDepiction of a small Jewish community in Polandat the time of the Nazi occupation in 1939 and itsdisintegration under the pressure of theoppressor.

STARS - 1958 - 94 minutesA Bulgarian film About the love of a Germansoldier for a Jewish girl during World War II.

SWEET LIGHT IN A DARK ROOM - 1960 - 93 minutesA Czech film about a university student who hides Isra-Arta Jewish girl from the Nazis. The other tenantsin the building grow fearful at the danger of exposure.

MacMillan

MacMillan; JWB;Isra -Art

MacMillan

NBC Educational Ent.30 Rockefeller PlazaNoa York, N.Y.10020

Contemporary

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

Contemporary

JWB; Isra-Art;American Jewish Congress15 E. 84th St., NY.10028;Teloma-First Tier Films45 W. 45th St:, NY.10036

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

MacMillan; JWB;

*A TEAR IN THE OCEAN - 1971 - 86 minutesA Hasidic community in the Polish Ukraine at thetime of the Nazi invasion copes with the moralissue: resist and kill or surrender and die.French with subtitles.

TRANSPORT FROM PARADISE 1963 - 94 minutesThe human dimensions of life in the Terezinghetto. Written by Arnost LusLig, A Czech Jew,the film and its author are available forprogramming.

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Levitt-Pickman Film Corp.505 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

Arnost Lustig

4000 Tunlaw Rd. N.W., # 82EWashington, D.C.20007;Impact Films144 Bleeker St., NY.10022

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THE TWO OF US - 86 minutesThe relationship of a Jewish boy in wartimeFrance and an old man who befriends him.

*A WALL IN JERUSALEM (see above, Section A).

WARSAW GHETTO (see above, Section 13).

*THE WITNESSES - 1962 - 82 minutesA French documentary produced by the team whichmade To Die in Madrid. Extensive newsreel footageof the Warsaw Ghetto.

WRITINGS OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST 60 minutesNovelist Ernst Pawel's analysis of Holocaustliterature, Jewish and non-Jewish, includingpoetry, fiction, and journals.

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D. SOVIET utORY -- The film resourcesfollowing may be suitable for programs on

Columbia Cinematheque711 Fifth AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

ADL

in this area are limited. Thethe subject of Russian Jewry.

BEFORE OUR EYES - 1969 - 14 minutes - colorA presentation of the situation of RussianJewry, highlighted by the discussion of A.J.HeschC

*THE CONFESS:10,4 1971 - 90 minutesThe Czech purge trials of 1952, directed byCosta-Gavras of "Z" fame. Yves Montand andSimone Signoret star.

ESCAPE TO THE SUN - 1972 - 105 minutes - colorAn Israeli film based on the people and the eventsconnected to the Leningrad hijacking trial of 1970.

*FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - 1971 178 min. - colorThe all-time winner, Sholom Aleichem's Tevyetransformed into the hero of the musical stage.An outstanding film with universal appeal.

THE FIRST CIRCLE - 1973 - 97 minutes - colorBased on the Solzhenitsyn novel of the life ofa scientist in the Soviet Union as a politicalprisoner.

*THE FIXER - 1968 - 132 minutes colorExcellent film version of Malamud's novel aboutthe Jewish victim of a Czarist frame-up. Looselybased on the Beiliss case of 1912.

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Distributor

Cleveland Council onSoviet Jewry

14308 Triskett RoadCleveland, Ohio 44111

Contemporary

Cinevision Films Ltd.159 West 53rd StreetNew York, N.Y.10019

JWB; Isra-Art

Films, Inc.

Films, Inc.; JWB;Isra-Art

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THE JEWS OF SILENCE - 1969 30 minutesprogram of contemporary Soviet Jewry.

THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWRY: LET MY PEOPLE GO1971 - 29 minutes

A documentary of the current situation ofSoviet Jewry, including interviews of recentemigrants. Includes footage from insideRussia.

SOVIET JEWS: A CULTURE IN PEPIL - 1973 - 27 min.Stuart Novins, former Moscow bureau chief forCBS, traces the history cf Russian Jewry andexamines the nature of the anti-Semitism ofthe regime and the general populace.

*ZALMEN or THE MADNESS OF GOD - 1974 - 120 min.-colorElie Wiesel's superb drama about a rabbi'smoment of truth inside the Soviet cage.

United Synagogue-Eternal Light

ISO;

Kastel Films420 East 64th StreetNew York, N.Y.10021.

ADL

Media ServicesWNET--Channel 13356 West 58th StreetNew York, N.Y.10019

E. YIDDISH FILMS -- The technical and aesthetic aualities of this groupgenerally leave much to be desired. They must be viewed with patience andunderstanding; not all of them are representative of Yiddish culture at itsfinest.

A BRIVELE DER MAMEN - 1939 90 minutesA sentimental film about a European familyafflicted by the generation gap, war, andjealousy.

THE CANTOR'S SON - 1940 - 90 minutesThe wanderings of a Jewish youth from Belzin Poland to the United States, where hefinds fame and fortune as a singer.

*THE DYBBUK - 120 minutesThe film version of Ansky's world-famousYiddish tale of a disembodied spirit whichseeks refuge in the body of one it has loved.

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Distributor

MacMillan

MacMillan; JWB;Cinema Service

Cinema Service;Contemporary

THE DYBBUK (Israeli version) 1970 - 95 minutes MacMillan; JVIB;- color Isra-Art

Ansky's '21assic drama of the Yiddish stage hasbeen adapted to the screen by an outstandinggroup of Israeli writers and performers. In-cludes musical and choreographic effects whichenhance the impact of the film. Hebrew dialogue,English sub-titles.

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ELI, ELI - 89 minutesA sentimental story of Jewish parents andtheir conflicts with their children.

GOD, MAN AND DEVIL - 101 minutesBased on Jacob Gordin's classic about thestruggle between God and the devil for thesoul of man.

*THE GOLDEN AGE OF SECOND AVENUE - 1969 - 70 min-TcolorA chronicle of the Yiddish theatre in America,presented in an interesting documentary style.Narration by Herschel Bernardi.

GREEN FIELDS - 95 minutesA comedy of Jewish life in rural Russia, byPeretz Hirschbein.

LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS - 1933 82 minutesProduced in Russia by the Yiddish Art Theatre;a selection of episodes from Sholom Aleichem.

MAMALE - 1939 - 90 minutesA Mollie Picon comedy of the role of the kidsister in a big family.

*MIRELE EFROS - 91 minutesA fiLm production of a Gordin story of anill-fated Jewish marriage.

SINGING BLACKSMITH - 95 minutesDavid Pinsky's tale of Jewish village life inold Russia.

*TEVYA THE MILKMAN 1939 - 80 minutesScenes from the Sholom Aleichem stories thatlater provided the story line for Fiddler on theRoof.

THE VOW 97 minutesThe story of a boy and a girl whose parents hadpledged them to each other in their childhood.A variation on the "Dybbuk" theme.

THE YIDDISH THEATRE - 1969 - 30 minutesThe origins, development, and demise of theYiddish theatre.

YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE - 1937 - 90 minutesMollie Picon singing Yiddish songs.

Cinema Service

Cinema Service

Arthur Cantor234 West 44th StreetNew iork, N.Y.10034;

JWB; isra-Art

Cinema Service;MacMillan

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art

MacMillan

Cinema Service

Cinema Service;MacMillan

Cinema Service

Cinema Service

ABC-Directions Series1330 Ave. of the Americas

MacMillan

(The catalogue of Cinema Service Corp. has additional listings, although mostof the films seem trite and quaint.)

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F. BIBLICAL THEMES -- Most of these are movies from Hollywood's CecilB. DeMille era, with very limited adherence to the original Biblical stories.They may be worth seeing purely for the fun of it.

THE BIBLE - 1966 - 154 minutes - colorThe fircvt 22 chapters of Genesis, presented withvarious degrees of literalness, from the Creationto the Akeda.

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA - 116 minutes - colorA Bible "epic," with Gregory Peck and SusanHayward.

ESTHER AND THE KING - 109 minutes - colorA Purim "spiel," of sorts.

SAMSON AND DELILAH - 128 minutes - color and b&wHedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders.A Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.

SODOM AND GOMORRAH - 1963 154 minutes - colorOne more Biblical "epic," with lots of adventure,opu :e, and decadence. Stewart Granger and Pier

SOLOMON AND SHEBA - 1960 - 139 minutes - color"Extravagant backgrounds, huge palaces, vastbattlefields" -- with Yul Brynner and GinaLollobrigida.

THE STORY OF RUTH - 132 minutes - colorAn unpretentious version of another megillah.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1956 3 hours - colorCecil B. DeMille's super-colossal version ofthe exodus from Egypt.

Distributor

JWB

Films, Inc.; JWB

Films, Inc.

Films, Inc.; JWB

JWB

JWB

Films, Inc.; JWB

Paxamount Pictures1 Gulf & Western Plaza

G. JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA -- These are films that reflect various aspectsof the Jewish experience in the United States and Canada.

A.M. KLEIN - 1966 - 10 minutesThe poet reads descriptions of his childhoodin the Jewish community of Montreal.

THE ANGEL LEVINE 7 1970 - 107 minutes colorBernard Malamud's allegorical story about ahard-luck Jewish tailor (Zero Mostel) and ablack man promising miracles (Harry Belafonte).

BYE, BYE, BRAVERMAN - 1968 - 94 minutes - colorAn off-beat comedy about the death of a pro-mising author and the mishaps of his four bestfriends on their way to the funeral.

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Contemporary

JWB; Isra -Art

MacMillan; Isra-Art;United Films; JWB;Swank Motion Pictures Inc.2151 Marion PlaceBaldwin, N.Y.11510.

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CROSSFIRE - 1947 - 85 minutesA post-World War II study of anti-Semitism inAmerica, the search for the murderer of aJewish ex-G.I. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.

GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT 1947 118 minutesA journalist pretends to be a Jew in order toexpose anti-Semitism in so-called polite circlesof society. Gregory Peck and John Garfield.

GOODBYE COLUMBUS - 1969 - 105 minutes - colorPhilip Roth's scathing satire on AmericanJewish mores and manners.

*ISAAC SINGER'S NIGHTMARE & MRS. PUPKD'S BEARD -1974 - 30 minutes - color

An off-beat film set in New York, in which aYiddish writer is married to a woman with abeard. I.B. Singer interacts with the charactershe has created.

THE JAZZ SINGER - 1929 - 89 minutesA period piece starring Al Jolson in the firstfull-length sound picture. A cantor's sonbreaks the family tradition.

ADL; MacMillan

MacMillan; JWB;Isra-Art; Films, Inc.

Films, Inc.

New Yorker Films43 West 61st StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

MacMillan

THE LAST ANGRY MAN - 1959 - 100 minutes MacMillan; JWB;Paul Muni's last appearance on the screen, in Isra-Artthe role of an elderly Jewish doctor livingamong the poor in a Brooklyn slum.

RENDEZVOUS WITH FREEDOM - 1972 - 56 min. - color MacMillan; JWB;A documentary history, based on photographs, Isra-Artpictures, and early film footage, describingJewish settlement in America.

THE YOUNG LIONS 1958 -Based on Irwin Shaw'sBrando and MontgomeryWorld War II soldiers

167 minutesnovel, starring MarlonClift. The story ofon both sides.

Films, Inc.

H. ASPECTS OF JEWISH HISTORY -- These films deal with issues and eventsin the near or distant Jewish past. Their authenticity is subject to thesame limitations as most other "historical" movies.

*THE AFFAIR BLUM - 1968 - 107 minutesA detective story set in the Germany of 1926.A prominent Jew is falsely accused of murderin a Dreyfus style frame-up.

Distributor

MacMillan

*THE GOLEM - 1937 - 85 minutes MacMillan; JWB;Outstanding French production of the legend Isra-Artof Rabbi Loew of Prague and the creature hecreated to rescue his people from oppression.

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HAND IN HAND - 1959 - 75 minutesA tale of the innocent friendship of an 8-year old Catholic boy and a 7-year old Jewishgirl, and the intrusion of prejudice intotheir innocent world.

*I ACCUSE - 1957 - 99 minutesThe story of Captain Dreyfus, starring JoseFerrer. Screenplay by Gore Vidal, based onthe book by Nicholas Halasz.

LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA - 1937 - 110 minutesPaul Muni and Joseph Schildkraut in thestory of the French novelist who led thedefense of Dreyfus.

THE TRIAL - 1952 - 76 minutesA "ritual murder" trial in a smallHungarian village of latenineteenth century Europe. A movingand dramatic film. German, with Englishsub-titles.

MacMillan; ADL;Contemporary

Films, Inc.;JWB

JWB; MacMillan;Contemporary;Isra-Art

Contemporary

I. JEWISH ARTISTS -- These are studies of the works of various Jewishartists, although their themes are not necessarily "Jewish." Some of thesefilms may provide the basis for a series devoted to Jews in the arts.

AMADEO MODIGLIANI - 1969 - 12 minutes.Highlights of the life and works of theItalian-Jewish artist of the Paris SChool.

ARCHANGEL - 1964 - 26 minutesSculptor Seymour Lipton's creation of his"Archangel" for New York's Lincoln Center.

A CONVERSATION WITH KARL KATZ - 1969 - 30 min.An interview with the director of the JewishMuseum in New York.

*THE GHETTO PILLOW - 1960 - 21 minutes - colorA production of scenes from ghetto life inEurope, based on the paintings of SamuelRothbart. A moving and beautiful film.

HAGGADAH OF SARAJEVO - 1967 - 16 min. - colorA Yugoslav film of the famous 13th Centuryilluminated Haggadah.

*IMAGES OF LEONARD BASKIN 1965 - 28 min. - colorA study of the artist in his creative moods,including both sculpture and the graphic arts.

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Distributor

Time-Life Films43 West 16th StreetNew York, N.Y.100U1.

Contemporary

United Synagogue-Eternal Light

Contemporary

Contemporary

Contemporary

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*JACK LEVINE 1964 23 minutes - colorThe artist's creation of his elaboratepainting "Witches Sabbath."

MARC CHAGALL 25 minutes colorTraces his life and art, shows hispaintings, sculpture, and stained glass.

MOVEMENT - 25 minutesOn the arts, dance, and theatre in Israel.

*POSSIBILITIES OF AGAM - 1967 - 28 min. - colorA study of the optic-kinetic school of artas represented by the Israeli artist YaakovAgam.

*RUBIN: PALETTE OF A POET 20 minutes - colorScenes of Israel and the creative life ofIsraeli artist Reuven Rubin.

SHALOM OF SAFED 1968 - 28 minutes - colorA prize-winning film exploring the Biblicalpaintings of Shalom of Safed, a seventy-year old Hasid and primitive artist.

*TEVYA - 1968 - 18 minutes - colorVisual material from artist Saul Field's"Sholom Aleichem Suite" is interwoven withfolk music and narrative quotes.

J. ISRAELI ARCHEOLOGY

THE BOOK AND THE IDOL 15 minutes - r:AorTraces the conflict between paganism andmonotheism in ancient Israel by focusingon excavated objects of art.

BURIED 2,000 YEARS: THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS -1957 - 60 minutes

A TV documentary on the Dead Sea Scrollsand the drama of their discovery in 1947-1948.

ECHOES OF MASADA - 30 minutes - colorThe story of the ancient fortress and theresistance to the Roman conquerors is toldthrough film and sound. Narrated by EliWallach.

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Contemporary

Contemporary

ISO

Contemporary

Alden; ISO

ADL; ISO:

Doron Film Library267 West 25th StreetNew York, N.Y.10001.

Contemporary

Distributor

Alden; ADL

Armstrong Film Dep't.Armstrong Cork Co.Lancaster, Pa. 17604.

Telcma-First Tier Films45 West 45th StreetNew York, N.Y.10033.

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RETURN TO MASADA - 25 minutesProfessor Yadin conducts the extensiveexcavations which uncovered the Jewishstronghold which resisted Rome until73 C.E.

IN SEARCH OF HISTORY - 25 minutes - colorYigael Yadin searches the Judean hillsfor evidence of Far Kochba's rebellionagainst the Romans in 135 C.E.

THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN - 28 minutes - colorRenowned archeologist Nelson Glueckuncovers traces of ancient life in Israel'sNegev.

Alden

Alden

Alden

K. MISCELLANEOUS -- Other films with one quality or another to recommendthem.

*THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT - 1955 - 37 minutesBased on Gogol's story, "The Overcoat,"the film depicts a Jewish tailor in Londonwho helps the ghost of his late friend takea wryly humorous revenge on his formeremployer.

A CONVERSATION WITH ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -1973 - 60 minutes - color

An interview with Dr. Heschel, taped twoweeks before his death,by NBC correspondentCarl Stern. An intelligent and comprehen-sive conversation on Heschel's background,scholarship, theology, and political activism.

FREUD - 1963 - 140 minutesAn interesting portrait of a critical five-year period in Sigmund Freud's life as ayoung man.

*GOLDSTEIN - 1964 - 85 minutesAn off-beat "underground cinema" chroniclesthe appearance of a modern day Elijah theProphet in a most unlikely garb.

*THE TRIAL - 1962 - 118 minutesBased on Kafka's novel of a young mancharged with a nameless crime by unidenti-fied accusers. Directed by Orson Welles.

Stars Anthony Perkins and Romy Schneider.

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MacMillan

United Synagogue

United Films

MacMillan

MacMillan

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TV. PROGRAM MODELS

The following are examples of the ways films may be used for programsin the Hillel Foundations. Most of the films are described in Section IIIabove.

A. THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE

The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the University of Maryland pre-sented a Hillel film festival which introduced various aspects of the Jewishexperience in Europe.

1. THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR2. THE CANTOR'S SON3. DISTANT JOURNEY4. BORDER STREET

B. THE JEW IN FILM

In connection with a series of programs conducted during its NationalJewish Liberation Week the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the Universityof Toronto sponsored a series of films and discussions on "The Jew in Film."

1. SHOP ON MAIN STREET2. THE DYBBUK3. THE PAWNBROKER4. THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR5. SALLAH

PROFILES OF JUDAISM

The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the University of Colorado, usingfilms secured through the Anti-Defamation League, offered a series entitled"Profiles of Judaism." Each of the films features prominent writers andscholars. They were shown on a weekly basis and were followed by discussionof the topic.

1. JEWISH LEGENDS AND TALES (Elie Wiesel)2. WHAT IS JUDAISM (Irving Greenberg)3. THE JEW IN THE MIDDLE AGES: EVOLUTION OF A

STEREOTYPE (Eugene Clark and David Silverman)4. THE JEWISH STEREOTYPE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE:

SHYLOCK AND FAGIN (Ilja Wachs)5. ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA (Melvin Tumin)6. WRITINGS OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST (Ernest Pawel)7. THE AMERICAN JEWISH WRITER (Louis Zara)8. THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE JEW (Jules Harlow)9. JEWS AND THEIR WORSHIP (Max Routtenberg)

10. JUDAISM: ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, REFORM (Michael Wyschograd)

D. FILM AND DISCUSSION

The B'nai B'rith Hillel Counselorship at Ithaca College sponsored a"Film and Discussion" series, showing the film on one evening and conductingthe discussion on the next. Three topics were preented:

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Film Discussion

1. THE FIXER ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA2. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG CAN IT HAPPEN AGAIN?3. THE PAWNBROKER BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS

E. THE HOLOCAUST AND OUR SEARCH FOR MEANING

The Hillel Council at UCLA used films in conjunction with a seminarseries on "The Holocaust and Our Search for Meaning." The films were shownon the evening preceding three of the afternoon-on-campus lectures.

1. Why seek "meaning" in irrational disaster? Walter Ackerman,Univ. of Judaism

2. The long-suffering Jew: Historical Origins. Amos FunkensteinUCLA History Dep't.

3. Sartre's "Anti-Semite and the Jew." Oreste PuccianiUCLA French Dep't,

4. The holocaust factor in Israeli literature. Arnold BandUCLA Hebrew Dep't.

5. Nazi vs. Jew: a psychodynamic view of Peter Loewenbergpersecution. UCLA History Dep't.

Films shown were BORDER STREET (lecture #1),THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA (lecture #3), andTHE LAST STOP (lecture #5).

F. TRIBUTE TO YIDDISH CULTURE

Another UCLA seminar series, on Yiddish culture, also made use of bothlectures and films. The purpose of the program was to "introduce the con-temporary non-Yiddish speaking student to aspects of the Yiddish heritage."

1. The Impact of a century of Yiddish literature. Arnold BandUCLA Hebrew Dep't.

2. Hasidic motifs in the stories of Peretz.

3. Dramatic readings from Yiddish literature.

Morris LiebmanL.A. Bureau ofJewish Education

Than WyennTelevision and

film actor

11 Abe Cdhan and the Yiddish press. Mdses RischinUCLA History Dep't.

5. Contemporary Yiddish poetry: Rea(14ngsand translation

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and Malka Tussman, poetess

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6. The secular-sacred character of Yiddish William Sharlinfolk songs. HUC

7. Painting and sculpture from the Yiddish William Kramermilieu (illustrated). HUC

Films shown on four of the evenings before thelectures were THE GOLEM, THE DYBBUK, THE GHETTOPILLOW, and THE YIDDISH THEATRE.

ISSUES OF CONSCIENCE FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWS

A series dealing with "Issues of Conscience" might include the followingfilms as the basis for discussion:

Topic

1. SIGHET, SIGHET or NIGHT AND FOG The Holocaust experience.2. THE REMNANT European Jewry after Hitler.3. THE FIXER or PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWRY Soviet Jewry and the recovery of identity.4. HIS LAND or ST. MATTHEW'S PASSION Christian attitudes to Jews and Israel.5. EVERY BASTARD A KING American Jews and Israel.6. THE PAWNBROKER Blacks and Jews -- in one boat or two?7. GOLDSTEIN Jewish values in a contemporary setting.8. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG War crimes and collective guilt.

H. HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND ISRAEL

A film study of Zionism and the roots of Israel might include:

1. THEY WERE TEN2. I ACCUSE3. WALL IN JERUSALEM or THE LAST

CHAPTER4. LET MY PEOPLE GO5. HE WALKED THROUGH THE FIELDS or

EXODUS6. SIEGE or EVERY BASTARD A KING

V. FILM GUIDES

Early Zionist pioneers - 1880's.The Dreyfus Case & Theodor Herz' - 1890's.The East European milieu - pre-World

War II.The Nazi Period - 1933-45.Israel's War of Liberation - 1948.

The Six Day War - 1967.

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The following organizations have published guides to audio-visualmaterials that might be useful in Jewish programming:

1. American Association for Jewish Education101 Fifth AvenueNew York, N.Y.10003(publishes the comprehensive "Jewish Audio-Visual Review")

2. American Jewish CommitteeInstitute of Human Relations165 East 56th StreetNew York, N.Y.10022(publisher of a film/film-strip list "On Jews and JudaisM")

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3. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith315 Lexington AvenueNew York, N.Y.10016(pliblisher of "Catalogue of Audio-Visual Materials")

4. B'nai B'rith Youth Organization164.0 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036(publisher of "Audio-Visual Aids")

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VI. MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS

There are many -mmmercial and organizational distributors which offerfeature films of Jewish programmatic value. The principal sources for thefilms described in Section III are listed here.

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith315 Lexington Avenue (check also ADL regional offices)New York, N.Y.10016

American International Pictures165 West 46th StreetNew York, N.Y.10017

Cannon Releasing Corp.405 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

Cinema 5595 Madison AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

Cinema Service Corp.49 Joseph StreetNew Hyde Park, N.Y.11040

Contemporary Films-McGraw Hill1221 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, N.Y.10020

Films, Inc.35-01 Queens Blvd.Long Island City, N.Y.11101

Isra-Art Productions, Inc.40 West 72nd StreetNew York, N.Y.10023

Israeli Students Organization (ISO)515 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

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Ben-Lar Productions311 West 24th StreetNew York, N.Y.10011

828 Custer Avenue, Evanston, 111.60202

1211 Polk St., San Francisco, Calif.94109

(Also in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, LosAngeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco,and Skokie, Ill.)

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JWB Lecture Bureau15 East 26th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10010

MacMillan-Audio-Brandon34 MacQuestern Parkway SouthMount Vernon, N.Y.10550

Makor Films1 Continental AvenueForest Hills, N.Y.11375

United Artists 16729 Seventh AvenueNew York, N.Y.10019

(also in Brookfield, Ill., Dallas,Los Angeles, and Oakland)

Productions Unlimited, Inc.40 West 57th StreetNew York, N.Y.10019

National Academy for Adult Jewish StudiesUnited Synac:ogue of America155 Fifth AvcnuNew York, N.Y.70010

Shorter films on Israel and other topics of Jewish interest are distri-buted by many agencies, including those listed above. There are too many filmsto list here, but a number of them may be useful for presenting aspects ofJudaism and contemporary Israel. Almost all are in the category of documen-taries or travelogrus. Descriptive catalogues and brochures should be re-quested from each distributor.

Alden Films5113 - 16th AvenueBrooklyn, N.Y.11204

American Jewish Congress15 East 84th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10028

American ORT Federation222 Park Avenue SouthNew York, N.Y.10003

Bureau of Jewish Education590 N. Vermont AvenueLos Angeles, Calif. 90004

Hadassah Film Library267 West 25th StreetNew York, N.Y.10001

(Services film materials for the IsraelInformation Services. Only charge is $2.50service fee.)

Israel Government Tourist Office574 Fifth AvenueNew York, N.Y.10036

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Jewish Chatauqua Society838 Fifth AvenueNew York, N.Y.10021

Jewish National Fund42 East 69th StreetNew York, N.Y.10021

New Jewish Media Project36 West 37th St., 10th FloorNew York, N.Y.10018

Tribune Films, Inc.38 West 32nd StreetNew York, N.Y.10001

United Israel Appeal515 Park AvenueNew York, N.Y.10022

United Jewish Appeal1290 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, N.Y.10019

(Distributes new and experimentalfilms by young Jewish film-makers.)

(Offers about fifty short films.Only charge is $2.50 service fee.)

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ALPH&BETICAL INDEX TO FILNS LISTED

Page

A.M. Klein 17

An Act of Faith 10

The Affair Blum 18

Amadeo Modigliani 19The Angel Levine 17Archangel 19

Archeology 8

Aren't We Wonderful 8

Ashes and Diamonds 12

Before Our Eyes 14Before Winter Comes 10

Ben Gurion Remembers 3

The Bespoke Overcoat 21

The Bible 17

The Big Dig 3

The Black Fox 8

The Book and the Idol 20

Border Street 11

The Boy Across the Street 3

Brivele Der Mamen 15

Buried 2,000 Years: The DeadSea Scrolls 20

Bye, Bye, Braverman 17

The Cantor's Son 15

Cast a Giant Shadow 4

Clouds over Israel 4

The Condemned of Altona 8

The Confession 14Conspiracy of Hearts 11The Contract 4

A Conversation with AbrahamJoshua Heschel 21

A Conversation with Karl Katz 19

Crossfire 18

David and Bathsheba 17Diamonds of the Night 11Diary of Anne Frank 11Distant Journey 11Dita Sax 11

Dream No More 4

The Dreamer 4

The Dybbuk 15

The Dybbuk (Israeli Version) 15

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Echoes of Masada 20Eli, Eli 16Ervinka 4

Escape to the Sun 14Esther and the King 17Every Bastard a King 4

Exodus 4

Fiddler on the Roof 14The Fifth Horseman is Fear 11The First Circle 14The Fixer 14The Flying Matdamaker 4Freud 21

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 11A Generation 12Gentlemen's Agreement 18The Ghetto Pillow 19God, Man and Devil lt

The Gold of Rome 11The Golden Age of Second Avenue 16Goldstein 21The Golem 18Good Times, Wonderful Times 8

Goodbye Columbus 18Green Fields 16

Hand in Hand 18Haggadah of Sarajevo 19He Walked through the Fields 4

Hero's Wife 5

His Land 5

Hitler: Last Ten Days 9

Hitler's Children 9

Hitler's Executioneers 9

The House on Chelouche Street 5

I Accuse 19I Love You Rosa 5

I Was Born in Jerusalem 5

The Illegals 5

Images of Leonard Baskin 19Impossible on Saturday 5

In Search of History 21Isaac Singer's Nightmare & Mrs.

Pupko's Beard 18

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Jack LevineThe Jazz SingerThe Jerusalem FileThe Jews of SilenceJourney to JerusalemJudgment at NUreMbergJudith

.The Juggler 6

Kanal 12Kapo 12Kazablan 6

The Last Angry Man 18The Last Chapter 12The Last Stop 9Laughter through Tears 16Legacy of Anne Frank 12Let my People Go 12Let My People Go (Soviet Jewry) 15Life of Adolf Hitler 9

Life of Emile Zola 19Line of Demarcation 12Lupo 6

Marc Chagall 20Mamale 16Margo 6

Marriage in the Shadows 12Me and the Colonel 12Mein Kampf 9Memorandum 12Miracle of Survival 6Mirele Efros 16Mbvement 20

Naked Among the Wolves 12Night and Fog 9

The Ninth Circle 12The NUremberg Trials 9

Oppenheim Family 13

The Pawnbroker 13A People Chosenahe Plight of Soviet Jewry: Let

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My People Go 15The Policeman 6

Possibilities of Agam 20Prodigal Son 6

Professor Mamlock 13Promised Lands 6

The Remnant 13Rendezvous with Freedom 18Return to Masada 21

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Rise and Fall of the Third ReichRubin: Palette of a Poet

Saint Matthew's PassionSallahSamson and DelilahSands of Beersheba

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Sayarim 7

Secrets of Nazi Criminals 9Shalom 7

Shalom of Safed 20Ship of Fools 10The Shop on Main Street 13Siege 7

Sighet Sighet 13Singing Blacksmith 16Sixty Hours to Suez 7

Sodom and Gomorrah 17Solomon and Sheba 17The Song and the Silence 13The Sorrow and the Pity 10Soviet Jews: A Culture in Peril 15Stars 13The Story of Ruth 17Sweet Light in a Dark Room 13Sword in the Desert 7

A Tear in the Ocean 13The Ten Commandments 17Tevya 20Tevya the Milkman 16They were Ten 7

Three Days and a Child 7

Topele 7

A Touch of Summer 7

Transport from Paradise 13The Trial 18The Trial (Kafka) 21Triumph of the Will 10The Two of Us 14

The Vow 16

A Wall in Jerusalem 8

Warsaw Ghetto 10Watch on the Rhine 10The Wilderness of Zin 21The Witnesses 14Writings of the Nazi Holocaust 14

The Yiddish Theatre 16Yiddle with His Fiddle 16The Young Lions 18

Zalmen, or the Madness of God 15

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