Six Million and One explained

Six Million and One
Director:David Fisher
Producer:David Fisher
Irit Shimrat
Fisher Features Ltd.
Starring:Estee Fisher
David Fisher
Gideon Fisher
Ronel Fisher
Music:Ran Bagno
Cinematography:Ronen Mayo
Claudio Steinberg
Ronen Schechner
Editing:Hadas Ayalon
Runtime:93 minutes
Language:Hebrew
English
German
English subtitles

Six Million and One (Hebrew: שישה מיליון ואחד) is a 2011 Israeli documentary film, a Fisher Features Ltd. release, written directed and produced by David Fisher. This is the third and final film in the family trilogy created by Fisher after Love Inventory (2000) and Mostar Round-Trip (2011).

Plot summary

Joseph Fischer's memoir was discovered only after his death. His children refused to confront it, except for David, the filmmaker, for whom it became a compass for a long journey. When David found it unbearable to be alone in the wake of his father's survival story and in his struggle not to lose his sanity, he convinced his brothers and sister to join him in the hope that this would also contribute to releasing tensions and bring them as close as they used to be. His siblings, for their part, couldn't understand why anyone should want to dig into the past instead of enjoying life in the present. The journey eventually leads the Fishers into the dark depths of the B8 Bergkristall tunnels, part of the Austrian KZ Gusen II concentration camp, where their father endured forced labor during the Holocaust.[1] Illuminated only by flashlights, they seek meaning in their personal and family histories and undergo surgical and revealing discussions about family, survival and individualism only to come to the realization that they are unable to fully understand their father's past and the events that haunted him. Joseph Fischer's last couple of weeks at Gunskirchen concentration camp, were an inhuman experience that blocked his writing. In order to find out what his father failed to describe about Gunskirchen's liberation David located veterans of the 71st Infantry Division[2] who liberated the camp.[3] The elderly soldiers are still haunted and traumatized by the horrific sights they came across when entering the camp.[4] [5] Through their journey, the Fishers become emblematic of the entire second generation who are still grappling with the experience of their survivor parents.

Director's statement: "For me, This isn't a film about the Holocaust, because we (Me and my siblings) spent most of our time laughing and there is nothing funny about the Holocaust; It's about a rare kind of intimacy and brotherly bond that replaced pain with bitter-sweet humor."[6]

Production

The film was shot on HD and was released on DCP and HDCAM. It was produced for ZDF/ARTE in Europe[7] and YesDocu[8] in Israel with the support of The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT), the Israeli Film Council, with the collaboration of the Claims Conference, the Cultural Office of Upper Austria, the Future Fund and Nationalfonds, Austria.

The film was theatrically released in Israel by Lev theaters, in Austria by Thimfilm and in the US by Nancy Fishman Film Releasing, premiering at Lincoln Plaza Cinema, New York[9] and broadcast on BBC Four.[10]

Additional production credits:[11]

Special events

The film is regularly shown at special events, seminars and advanced studies that concern such topics as Holocaust diaries, memory and trauma and the second generation to Holocaust survivors.

Screenings at:

Festivals and awards

The film was selected and screened at the following film festivals:

In 2012 the film won the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport award[40] for works in the field of Zionism.

Critical review

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 90% based on ten reviews.[41] Metacritic gives the film an average score of 52 out of 100, based on five reviews.[42]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gusen.org/
  2. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151338370837274&set=a.10150376014947274.357315.152707252273&type=1&theater
  3. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Gunskirchen.html
  4. Web site: Six Million and One and a letter about Bel Kaufman. September 14, 2012. Masha. Leon. The jewish daily forward . September 14, 2012.
  5. Web site: Liberator to speak at documentary on survivor. January 26, 2013. Denise M.. Watson. Hampton Roads .
  6. http://www.kunstenisrael.nl/index.php?category=agenda&agenda_id=81&lang=uk
  7. http://www.arte.tv/de/programm/244,em=043383-000.html
  8. http://yes.walla.co.il/?w=2/7843/2631797/@premium/rental
  9. Web site: Six Million and One premiering at Lincoln Plaza cinema NYC . Schager . Nick . . September 26, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317034442/http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-09-26/film/six-million-and-one/full/ . March 17, 2014 . December 5, 2015.
  10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qsrhb
  11. http://nancyfishmanfilmreleasing.com/portfolio/six-million-and-one/
  12. http://www.marschdeslebens.at/details/datum/2013/11/26/die-stimme-eines-ueberlebenden/
  13. http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng
  14. http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=80E04FDA-F9D7-444F-AC4A-CE9E9FEF044A
  15. http://www.crossingeurope.at/index.php?L=
  16. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/
  17. http://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/news/255
  18. http://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/news/255
  19. Web site: Six Million and One | DOXA Documentary Film Festival . 2013-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020005215/http://2012.doxafestival.ca/festival/films/six-million-and-one . 2013-10-20 . Doxa film festival Honorable Mention won by Six Million and One
  20. Web site: - Muestra Internacional Documental . 2013-09-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130828132632/http://www.muestradoc.com/2010/index.php . 2013-08-28 . Muestra Film Festival website
  21. http://listapad.com/en/programm/vnekonkursnye-programmy-neigrovogo-kino/v-fokuse-izrail/shest-millionov-i-odin
  22. http://www.exground.com/2012/ENG/programm/programm-international-sixmillion.html
  23. http://www.siff.net/festival-2013
  24. http://louisvillefilmfestival.org/
  25. http://www.corkfilmfest.org/2012/films/231/six-million-and-one
  26. http://maconfilmfestival.com/pdf/program-2013.pdf
  27. http://prod3.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/Info.aspx?epguid=1b480240-2738-4c73-be1f-483c23114bbf&evtInfo=36534~cb15eca8-60ee-4994-aed0-3a80721900eb
  28. http://cinewest.org/welcome/
  29. http://tjff.com/
  30. http://www.pitiglianikolnoafestival.it/it/programma.php
  31. http://www.palmbeachjewishfilm.org/
  32. http://www.bjff.org/
  33. http://www.gershmany.org/pjff.cfm
  34. http://jewishva.org/node/5541
  35. http://jfilmpgh.org/
  36. http://www.sabesjcc.org/film.php
  37. http://www.jiff.com.au/?home
  38. http://www.hkjff.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=81
  39. http://ukjewishfilm.org/
  40. http://www.mcs.gov.il/ProfessionalInformation/SpokespersonNotices/Pages/PRAS-ZIONUT-ZOCHIM.aspx
  41. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/six_million_and_one/
  42. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/six-million-and-one Six Million and One on Metacritic

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