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May 30, 2020 · Telling the story about the relationship between Jews and Gypsies in Carpathian Region after the Holocaust.
- 78 min
- 2.4K
- 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
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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. We see them in exhilarating musical “jam” sessions that demonstrate the subtle relationships between Gypsy and Jewish 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. Treating us to a beautiful, bittersweet musical legacy, director Yale Strom uncovers the last stronghold of Jewish life in a region once vibrant ...
