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Liberation of Vilna

Date released

11 Dec 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/99

NoS ID

100567

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Russian tanks and infantry enter the town of Vilna and engage the enemy in bitter and bloody street-fighting. After fierce battles the city is again in Russian hands and they are greeted by cheering crowds.

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Yiddish King Lear, The (1935 Film)

aka: Yedishe Kening Lear. Der

Director

Harry Thomashefsky

Producer

Jack Reiger; Johnnie Walker

Feature film based on the play by Jacob Gordin. A feast is given by a wealthy Jewish merchant, David Moishele, in mid-19th century Vilna, where he is surrounded by his family, friends and servants. As he...

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The Holocaust on Film - Shoah

Date

24 Oct 2012, 10:54

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Professor Michael Berkowitz looks at the hitsory behind Claude Lanzmann’s monumental 10-hour documentary 'Shoah' (1985) in the light of a new book dedicated to the film in the BFI Film Classics range:...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Battle of Vilna

Date released

11 Dec 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

810

NoS ID

013308

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Vilna. DESCRIPTION: Russian newsreel pictures have just reached England of last July’s capture of Vilna by the Red Army. The capital of Lithuania was taken after a fierce...

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Lithuanian Troops Enter Vilna

Date released

7 Dec 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

618

NoS ID

059812

Story no

8 / 10

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (08/0 Film)

Director

Eve Annenberg

Producer

Eve Annenberg; Lazer Weiss

Independent low-budget feature film which transports Romeo and Juliet to Williamsburg and the warring families are from two different sects of Orthodox Jews - the Chabads and the Satmars. Laser (Weiss) is...

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