THE GREAT YIDDISH LOVE
THE GREAT YIDDISH LOVE 15 min, b/w, video, 2002
Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.
Screenings: Berlin Film Festival, Germany; Festival International de Films de Femmes, Creteil, France; Ronald Feldman Gallery, NY; 291 Gallery, London, UK
Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.
Screenings: Berlin Film Festival, Germany; Festival International de Films de Femmes, Creteil, France; Ronald Feldman Gallery, NY; 291 Gallery, London, UK
