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The Woman with the 5 Elephants

The Woman with the 5 Elephants

Original Title: Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten

20101h 33m

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2010

Runtime

1h 33m

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Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Jan 9, 2010
Digital Release
Oct 24, 2009
Languages
German
Production Countries
GermanySwitzerland