Director - Ulrike Ottinger Additional Pictures 1997, Israel / 275 min./ Five Parts: , , 0:41, 0:36, 0:55 Format: 16mm/Video
The lives of six German, Austrian and Russian Jews cross paths in war time Shanghai . This documentary film traces their lives in exile through interviews, documents and photos combined with scenes of contemporary Shanghai . Located in the Far East ’s greatest metropolis with its numerous contradictory and conflicting histories and populations, these documentary episodes converge to form a startling new account of an historic exile.
