04782nam 2200685Ia 450 991080975850332120240313235924.00-8135-6182-510.36019/9780813561820(CKB)2550000001094464(EBL)1220042(OCoLC)850183054(SSID)ssj0000918511(PQKBManifestationID)11588600(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918511(PQKBWorkID)10907372(PQKB)10727402(MiAaPQ)EBC1220042(MdBmJHUP)muse27708(DE-B1597)530250(DE-B1597)9780813561820(Au-PeEL)EBL1220042(CaPaEBR)ebr10721988(CaONFJC)MIL499637(EXLCZ)99255000000109446420121123d2013 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe phantom Holocaust Soviet cinema and Jewish catastrophe /Olga Gershenson1st ed.New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press20131 online resource (288 p.)Jewish cultures of the worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-6181-7 1-299-68387-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Screening the Holocaust in the Soviet Union: Jews without the Holocaust and the Holocaust without the Jews --2. Soviet Antifascist Films of the 1930's: The Earliest Images of Nazi Anti-Semitism and Concentration Camps on World Screens --3. The First Phantom: I Will Live! (1942) --4. How a Soviet Novel Turned into a Jewish Film: The First Depiction of the Holocaust on Soviet Screens, The Unvanquished (1945) --5. The Holocaust on the Thawing Screens: From The Fate of a Man (1959) to Ordinary Fascism (1965) --6. The Holocaust at the Lithuanian Film Studio: Gott mit Uns (1961) --7. The Holocaust without the Jews: Steps in the Night (1962) and Other Films --8. Kalik versus Goskino: Goodbye, Boys! (1964/1966) --9. Stalemate (1965) between the Filmmaker and the Censors --10. Kalik's Last Phantom: King Matt and the Old Doctor (1966) --11. The Film That Cost a Career: Eastern Corridor (1966) --12. Muslims Instead of Musslmans: Sons of the Fatherland (1968) --13. Commissar (1967/1988): The End of the Thaw --14. An Alternative Track: Jewish Soldiers Fighting on Soviet Screens --15. The Last Phantom-the First Film: Our Father (1966/1990) --16. Perestroika and Beyond: Old Wine in New Bottles? --17. Conclusions --Abbreviations and Acronyms --Notes --Index --About the AuthorEven people familiar with cinema believe there is no such thing as a Soviet Holocaust film. The Phantom Holocaust tells a different story. The Soviets were actually among the first to portray these events on screens. In 1938, several films exposed Nazi anti-Semitism, and a 1945 movie depicted the mass execution of Jews in Babi Yar. Other significant pictures followed in the 1960's. But the more directly filmmakers engaged with the Holocaust, the more likely their work was to be banned by state censors. Some films were never made while others came out in such limited release that the Holocaust remained a phantom on Soviet screens. Focusing on work by both celebrated and unknown Soviet directors and screenwriters, Olga Gershenson has written the first book about all Soviet narrative films dealing with the Holocaust from 1938 to 1991. In addition to studying the completed films, Gershenson analyzes the projects that were banned at various stages of production. The book draws on archival research and in-depth interviews to tell the sometimes tragic and sometimes triumphant stories of filmmakers who found authentic ways to represent the Holocaust in the face of official silencing. By uncovering little known works, Gershenson makes a significant contribution to the international Holocaust filmography.Jewish Cultures of the WorldHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion picturesJews in motion picturesMotion picturesSoviet UnionMotion picture industrySoviet UnionHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.Jews in motion pictures.Motion picturesMotion picture industry791.43/658405318Gershenson Olga1617044MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809758503321The phantom Holocaust3948070UNINA