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Salt Pillar, The

Genre

Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Daniel Eskin

Date: Feb 2005
Length: 00:20:00
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: German, Polish
Subtitle Languages: English
Shooting Format: Super 16mm
Sound Format: Dialogue

Synopsis

At the end of the Holocaust, in the weeks following his liberation, a German Jew wanders across the vast and dangerous Polish countryside as he makes his long and somber trek back home to the once peaceful village of his youth.

Tags

countrside, Holocaust, Jewish, journey, Poland, World War II

Credits

Director
Daniel Eskin
Producer
Daniel Eskin
Screenplay
Daniel Eskin
Cinematographer
Steve Morrison, Jonathan Edwards
Editor
Daniel Eskin
Cast
Grae McHughs, Brendan Cade, Alek Rzeszowski, Toni Reimer, Jeremy Dangerfield

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