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May 30, 2020 · Telling the story about the relationship between Jews and Gypsies in Carpathian Region after the Holocaust. Also tells the story about the destruction of Jud...
- 78 min
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- Tibor Weitzen
A Jewish ice cream vendor in the Carpathian Mountain region of Ukraine returns home to see his birthplace which he has not seen in 50 years.
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May 24, 1996 · Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years: Directed by Yale Strom. With Zev Godinger, Leonard Nimoy.
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- Documentary
- Yale Strom
- 1996-05-24
In a fascinating instance of cultural crossover, the Carpathian Gypsies have preserved traces of Jewish tradition in their own music. On a more personal note, when Godinger triumphantly carries the Torah to his boyhood synagogue, which has been re-opened after fifty years, he's accompanied by Gypsy friends who play a Yiddish tune.
Leonard Nimoy Narrator. David Notowitz Producer, Cinematography, Editing. Rusty Jacobs Executive Producer. Critics reviews. Zev Godinger a proste yid, or simple Jew, lives in the Carpathian mountains in the Ukraine. Zev has a special and rather harmonious friendship with his Gypsy neighbors.
May 24, 1996 · The combination of the Holocaust and the subsequent emigration decimated the once-thriving Jewish community in the Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains. One of the few holdouts is Zev Godinger, the colorful subject of writer-director Yale Strom's affectionate documentary.
