THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK
by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski
synopsis
Who was Moshe Waks really? A golden boy of cinema, cunning fraud or a man who constantly confused the illusion of film with reality? The son of a poor Jewish blacksmith from Ukraine, died in Italy as Prince Michaeł Waszyński, Hollywood producer and exiled Polish aristocrat. He made more than 50 films including cinema hits with Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale. However only one film was his true obsession—Der Dibuk (The Dybbuk)—based on an old Jewish legend, the most important and mystical Yiddish film ever made, directed by Waszyński shortly before the the outbreak of the World War II
international title: | The Prince and the Dybbuk |
original title: | Ksiaze i dybuk |
country: | Poland, Germany |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski |
film run: | 82' |
screenplay: | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski |
cinematography by: | Piotr Rosołowski |
film editing: | Andrzej Dąbrowski |
music: | Maciej Cieslak |
producer: | Matthias Miegel, Ann Carolin Renninger, Malgorzata Zacharko |
production: | Film Art Production, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Zero One Film |