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Mendel(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-03-20
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7 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away from him.
Languages: Norwegian.
Countries:
Norway
ProductionCompanies:
Northern Lights
Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
Norsk Film
Movie: Mendel
Top 10 Billed Cast
Teresa Harder
Bela Trotzig
Bjørn Sundquist
Vottemannen
Charlotte Trier
Mrs. Freund
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A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away from him.
Release Date
1998-03-20
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