(aka 'Hakoah Lischot ')
Directed by
Yaron Zilberman
France / Israel / USA
This
account of the pre-Nazi glory and subsequent harrowing fate of the Austrian
Jewish sports club Hakoah makes for a necessary corrective to Leni Riefenstahl's
grudgingly admired Olympic myth-mongering. Director Yaron Zilberman coaxes forth
his octogenarian subjects' memories of youthful hope and athletic prowess. The
erstwhile athletes, who all escaped probable death when coaches arranged for
illegal passage to safety in Israel, London, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, vividly
recall the power of the club to instill a sense of belonging, even as Austria
lurched toward German annexation.
Though Zilberman's affection for the women leads to some indulgent digression,
the doc's low-key tone (and lack of the stock, timpani-backed Nazi iconography)
throws certain anecdotes into powerful relief. For example, the sister of
85-year-old Judith Haspel relates her sibling's refusal to swim for Germany in
the 1936 Olympics (in pools designated off-limits to "dogs and Jews"). Upon her
decision, the Austrian government, until a 1995 reinstatement, erased her
competitive records from the books. At the swimmers' film-spurred Vienna
reunion, a chatty cabbie apologetically admits to Austria's ill treatment of
"non-natives" in the past, prompting Hakoah clubber turned Rutgers professor
Greta Stanton to explain that she had never considered herself a non-native. The
driver awkwardly attempts to amend himself—"not German." Zilberman records
Stanton's shocked silence, a delicate acknowledgment of a lingering menace that
chafes at any historical confinement.
Excerpt from Laura Sinagra's review at The Village Voice located HERE
Theatrical Release: December 10th, 2004
DVD Review: Kino / Mongrel Media - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Runtime | 1:17:12 | |
| Video | 1.78:1
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| Subtitles | English, Spanish, None | |
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I liked this film. The DVD seems to be released in the US by Kino and by Mongrel Media in Canada. It is the exact same DVD. Both are non-progressive and exhibit combing. Other than that the image quality is quite good, especially the archival photos which look superb. Audio is quite good with a superfluous 5.1 option augmenting the stereo mix. There are removable subtitles and plenty of worthy extra features. This is a very warm-hearted film that we recommend - superior in quality to most other Kino related projects. |
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