The City Without Jews (Die Stadt Ohne Juden)

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Call Number: Blu-ray Silent-Film City
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Silent-Film City	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Silent-Film City	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
"'The city without Jews' was presumed lost for several decades until the Filmarchiv Austria found a fragment of the film in the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam in 1991. After the discovery in 2015 of hitherto missing footage of the film in Paris, the Filmarchiv Austria succeeded in creating a new comprehensive version."--Notice before title cards
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features (Blu-ray & DVD): Victims of hatred (Opfer des Hasses) (1923): A semi-documentary feature additionally restored by Filmarchiv Austria about Jewish refugees who fled pogroms in Russia, produced by the Jüdisches Hilfswer, the Jewish Relief Organization in Vienna, music composed and performed by Donald Sosin; Conversation with Dr. Nikolaus Wostry, Filmarchiv Austria (2019): Dr. Margrit Frölich moderates an in-depth interview with Dr. Nikolaus Wostry, managing director and head of film collection at Filmarchiv of Austria, discussing the challenging history of the film and its legacy in the Republic of Austria today; Saving Die Stadt ohne Juden (2016): Filmarchiv Austria's crowdfunding campaign video for the digital scanning of Die Stadt ohne Juden, an integral step in the process of rescuing and preserving this landmark of Austrian silent cinema; The city without...Jews, Muslims, refugees, foreigners (2018): The chilling images featured in the 2018 exhibition at METRO Kinokulturhaus document both the historical context of the film and its truly expansive contemporary relevance.
Includes Collector's edition souvenir booklet with new essays: The film / Ernst Kieninger -- Historical background and interpretation / Cynthia Walk -- Production and reception / Armin Loacker -- Film sources and reconstruction / Anna Dobringer -- Digital film restoration / Fumiko Tsuneishi -- Added dimensions: the bonus features / Margrit Frölich.
Eugen Neufeld, Hans Moser, Anny Milety, Johannes Riemann, Ferdinand Mayerhofer, Mizzi Griebl, Karl Thema, Hans Effenberger, Gisela Werbezirk, Armin Berg, Armin Seydelmann, Theodor Weiser.
Set in the imaginary city of Utopia (a thinly disguised stand-in for Vienna), the story follows the consequences of an antisemitic law passed by the National Assembly forcing all Jews to leave the country. At first the decision is met with celebration, yet when the citizens of Utopia are confronted with the loss of the Jewish population -- and the resulting economic and cultural decline -- the National Assembly must decide whether or not to invite the Jews back.
Blu-ray; regions A, B, C; DTS-HD Master Audio stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: Stadt ohne Juden.

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