Event

Wunderkinder

Wunderkinder
Drama/Germany /100 minutes/2011
Written by Stephen Glantz
Directed by Marcus Rosemuller
Produced by Artur Brauner and Alice Brauner
German with English Subtitles

From the producers of Europa Europa comes the powerful story of two Jewish children Larissa and Abrascha,who are both virtuososone on the piano and the other on the violin. Hanna, a young German girl, is also extremely gifted. Living in the small Ukrainian town of Poltava in 1941, they are united by a passion for music. When the Nazis invade, the childrens Jewish and German families must save each other from the forces of both fascism and Communism. Real-life musicians Elin Kolev and Mathilda Adamik, give endearing performances in this rare and mesmerizing Holocaust drama told from a childs point of view.

Sponsored by the Goethe Institut Los Angeles

In cooperation with the Anti-Defamation League,
Remember Us: the Righteous Conversations Project, Child Survivors of the Holocaust of LA, and Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust