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Kaddish

  • 1984
  • Unrated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Zoltan Klein and Yossi Klein in Kaddish (1984)
This is the trailer for the 2021 4K Restoration of filmmaker Steve Brand's 1984 documentary KADDISH, a coming-of-age story about the fraught but loving relationship between Holocaust survivor Zoltan Klein and his activist son Yossi. It is about growing up as a child of survivors in the hotbed survivor community of Boro Park, Brooklyn, where planning escape routes through the Boro Park sewer system was not idle speculation. It is a film both about searching for a post-Holocaust Judaism and about the psychological ramifications of history. And it may very well serve as a primer for how to survive an apocalypse and remain human.  

The 2021 4K Restoration of KADDISH had its World Premiere in January 2022 at the New York Jewish Film Festival, co-sponsored by The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center.

Our deepest thanks to the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and the Sundance Institute for funding for this restoration and to the amazing team at IndieCollect for lovingly restoring it.

Completed in 1984, KADDISH was one of only two American 
to be selected for that year's New Directors/New Films series, presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the film has gone on to widespread theatrical and non-theatrical distribution and has garnered critical acclaim including being listed by David Edelstein as one of the 10 Best Films
of its year. KADDISH was selected for the Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Award in Documentary, and has been invited to be shown at international film festivals in Jerusalem, London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Verona and Nyon.
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From an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, an... Read allFrom an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, and this candid portrait of a young Jewish activist coming to terms with his father's trauma... Read allFrom an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, and this candid portrait of a young Jewish activist coming to terms with his father's traumatic history is as bracing as any fiction. Through his writing and activism, Yossi attempts... Read all

  • Director
    • Steve Brand
  • Writer
    • Steve Brand
  • Stars
    • Yossi Klein
    • Zoltan Klein
    • Breindy Klein
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    33
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Brand
    • Writer
      • Steve Brand
    • Stars
      • Yossi Klein
      • Zoltan Klein
      • Breindy Klein
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Yossi Klein
    • Self - Son
    Zoltan Klein
    • Self - Holocaust Survivor
    Breindy Klein
    • Self - Wife
    Karen Klein
    • Self - Daughter
    Glenn Cohn
    • Self
    Israel Lemberg
    • Self
    Jonathan Mark
    • Self
    Frieda Frankel
    • Self
    Douglas Edwards
    Douglas Edwards
    • Self
    Sarah Halevi
    • Self
    Mordechai Karasso
    • Self
    Reb Avroham Isaac Kleinman
    • Self
    Yisrael Meir Lau
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Benjamin Meed
    Benjamin Meed
    • Self
    Ernest Michel
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Yitzhak Navon
    Yitzhak Navon
    • Self
    Edward Newman
    Ricki Rosen
    • Director
      • Steve Brand
    • Writer
      • Steve Brand
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      References Ilsa, La Louve des SS (1975)

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Kaddish Website Homepage
      • Kino Lorber educational distribution page
    • Languages
      • Yiddish
      • Ladino
      • Hebrew
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Some of the film was shot in Manhattan, where Yossi worked)
    • Production company
      • Ways & Means Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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