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Uncle Chatzkel

Year of completion
1999
Content type
Documentary
Format
Short
Genre
Drama, History, Society
Duration
55 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Uncle Chatzkel witnessed the Bolshevik Revolution, the two World Wars, the Holocaust and the transition from Communist to independent Lithuania. During his early years, he gained employment as a translator and then as a lexicographer, working hard to preserve the Lithuanian language. He lost much of his family to the Nazis and most of his fellow Jewish citizens were killed by local Lithuanians. Now regarded as a national treasure, Uncle Chatzkel's success belies his sometimes lonely existence - that is until his Australian relatives arrive.
Completion Year
1999
Genres
Drama, History, Society
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Executive Producer

Franco di Chiera

Director

Rod Freedman

Producer

Rod Freedman, Emile Sherman

Writer

Rod Freedman

Director of Photography

Nicholas Sherman

Cast

Rod Freeman (narrator)

Awards

2000 — Australian Guild of Screen Composers

2000 — Columbus International Film & Video Festival

2000 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

2001 — New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

2001 — Washington Jewish Film Festival

Screenings

2002 — Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films

2000 — Columbus International Film & Video Festival

2000 — Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

2001 — Global Visions Festival

2000 — International Shanghai Television Festival

2001 — Maine Jewish Film Festival

2001 — New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

2001 — Singapore International Film Festival

2000 — Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival

2000 — Toronto Jewish Film Festival

2001 — Washington Jewish Film Festival

2000 — Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

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