The son of a poor Jewish blacksmith from Ukraine, died in Italy as Prince Michael Waszynski, 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 - "The Dybbuk" - based on an old Jewish legend, the most important and mystical Yiddish film ever made, directed by Waszynski shortly before the outbreak of the WWII. To the American magazine "Variety", Waszynski once claimed to be fascinated with the downfall of great nations. The related imagery of pogroms and migration are the sights and images that Waszynski had so often witnessed in his life. It seems he had achieved almost everything he could possibly have wished, but something seemed to be stalking him, leaving him in permanently restless. Waszynski kept searching for the lost print of his film "Dybbuk" which held his early memories of the Jewish shtetl and his first love. What secrets did he keep hidden in this old masterpiece of Yiddish cinema?
Original language: English, Italian, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Yiddish, Polish, German, Spanish
Venice International Film Festival - Best Documentary Viennale IDFA - Best of Fests 20th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival New York Jewish Film Festival 25th hotDOCS Toronto DOCS Barcelona - What The Doc! Award 15th Docs Against Gravity Festival - Chopin’s Nose Award for Best Music and Art Feature docAviv Jewish Motifs International Film Festival - Warsaw Feniks Award for Best Polish Film 20th International Tel Aviv Documentary Filmfestival - doc aviv
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