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SCHOCKEN, ON THE VERGE OF CONSENSUS

by Noemi Schory

SYNOPSIS

Salman Schocken was the King of department stores in Germany. Before WWII, he owned 22 department stores with 6,000 employees. After being stripped of his citizenship and losing his empire, the family immigrated to Palestine where he founded a modern, Jewish publishing house and acquired the Haaretz newspaper which still survives on the border of consensus.

DETAILS

80 mins

2020

Israel, Germany

Hebrew, German, English

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TRAILER

CREDITS

Director & Script: Noemi Schory

Production: Liran Atzmor, Gerd Haag

Production Company: Atzmor Productions, Tag/traum

Editing: Michal Oppenheim

Cinematography: Uriel Sinai

Additional Cinematography: Itay Vinograd

Research: Noemi Schory, Amikam Goldman

Sound Design: Itzik Cohen

Music: Boaz Schory

In co-production with RBB, Kan 11

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - NOEMI SCHORY

Independent producer since 1988, focusing on documentaries including many international co-productions. Produced about 80 documentaries among them 'A Film Unfinished', directed by Yael Hersonski, 'Pinhas' Dream' and 'The Settlers' directed by Ruth Valk, 'The Inner Tour', directed by Raanan Alexandrowicz.

Directed among others 'Haute Cuisine goes Kosher', 'The State of Israel vs. John Ivan Demjanjuk', 'Transport 222', ‘Born in Berlin’ 35 short films for the New Historic Museum of Yad Vashem, 12 short films for the permanent exhibit in Block 27, Auschwitz and 'Schocken – on the verge of consensus'(2020).

Mentors at various international documentary labs such as Goa, Sarajevo, Tbilisi, Budapest and Torino. Served among others on the Jury of Haifa FF, 2018, at Docaviv(2015), Jerusalem film Festival(2014) and Baden Baden Drama competition (2013). Was for 8 years as head of the Film Department at the Arts Faculty –Beit Berl College.

SELECT FESTIVALS

DOCAVIV 2020〡JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN-BRANDENBURG 2021〡SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESIVAL 2021〡HONG KONG JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2021

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