Die Judengasse

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The Jewish Lane

Die Judengasse
Peter Nestler
Retrospective 2021
Documentary Film
FRG
1988
44 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
English

Archaeological evidence of medieval Jewish life had barely been discovered during excavation works in Frankfurt am Main when it was to be “built over” again. The civil protest in 1987 spread to the whole of the Federal Republic – and called Peter Nestler to the scene. His film undertakes what the Frankfurt authorities wanted to avoid: a thorough securing and contextualization of the findings. He not “only” places the discovered remains of the Jewish ghetto in the context of urban and German history, but also lays bare the contemporary Federal German insensitivity regarding cultural history and commemorative politics, displaying it as if in a museum cabinet.

Sylvia Görke

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Director
Peter Nestler
Script
Peter Nestler
Cinematographer
Rainer Komers
Editor
Peter Nestler
Producer
Südwestfunk (SWF)
Sound
Peter Nestler
Narrator
Peter Nestler