The Woman with the 5 Elephants
Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.
Year: 2010
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ZDF, 3sat, Filmtank, Mira Film, SRF
Director: Vadim Jendreyko
Cast: Svetlana Geier, Anna Götte, Hannelore Hagen, Jürgen Klodt
Crew: Vadim Jendreyko (Writer), Daniel Almada (Music), Martín Iannaccone (Music), Niels Bolbrinker (Director of Photography), Stéphane Kuthy (Director of Photography), Gisela Castronari (Editor)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Jan 09, 2010
IMDb: 6.60/10 by 8 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 9
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