Habehira Vehagoral

English title: Choice and Destiny

German title: Wahl und Schicksal

Series title: Asynchron. Dokumentar- und Experimentalfilme zum Holocaust ( )

Director: Tsipi Reibenbach    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: Tsipi Reibenbach was born in Poland in 1947. In 1950, together with her parents, she emigrated to Israel. After military service, she studied mathematics and physics until 1969. From 1975 to 1980 she studied Film, Television and Animation at the University of Tel Aviv. Films since 1978: 1981: Widow Plus (1981), Habehira vehagoral (Choice and Destiny, Forum 1994).

Country: Israel

Year: 1993

Synopsis: Reibenbach wants to learn to understand her parents, both of whom survived the Holocaust. As she observes their everyday rituals in a residential block in Israel, her father tells her about life in the ghettos and the death camps, while her mother remains silent and cooks and cleans. "Right up to the 1980s, films such as this were exceptions in Israeli cinema. Testimonies of one’s own helplessness and personal grief were rare in a society that wanted to both find and represent strength." (Sonja M. Schultz)

Language: Yiddish

Forum participation year: 1994

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