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by Carl Wilhelm, Germany, 1914,
silent with simultaneous transla-
tio4, of German intertitles). This is
the earliest surviving feature film
featuring Ernst Lubitsch as an
actor; the young future director
portrays an egotistical yet charm-
ing social climber.
When I Was Dead (Germany,
1916, silent with simultaneous
translation of German intertides).
This 37-minute fragment of the film
marking Ernst Lubitsch's directorial
debut was recently rediscovered by
the Slovenian Cinematheque in
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Shoe Palace Pinkus (Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, 1916, silent
with simultaneous translation of
German intertitles). This Jewish-
themed comedy both stars Lubitsch
and marks his feature-length directorial.
debut It co-stars silent-film diva
Ossi Oswalda.
Meyer from Berlin (Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, 1918, silent
with simultaneous translation of
German intertides). This beautifully
tinted, rediscovered comedic classic
stars the director as a Berlin Jew out of
his element in the pastoral Bavarian
Alps.
Other festival highlights include:
Der Vanderner Yid (The
liVandering Jew) (USA, 1933,
Yiddish with English subtitles).
World premiere of restored print.
Featuring Yiddish actor Jacob Ben-
Ami in his only film role.
Incorporating newsreel footage into
the drama, this was the first
American movie made in opposition
to the Hider regime.
Gloomy Sunday (Germany, 1999,
English subtitles). U.S. premiere. A
politically charged menage-a-trois set
in 1930s Budapest.
Man is a WOman (France, 1997,
French and Yiddish with English
subtitles). New York premiere. At
one point, this surprise blockbuster
beat out Titanic at the French box
office. A bittersweet comedy of a
ldezmer-playing gay groom and a
Yiddish folk-singing bride.
The Comedians, One Hundred
Years of Yiddish Comedy Theater
(Israel, 1999). U.S. premiere. Rare
clips illustrate this portrait of the
Burstyn family, one of Yiddish the-
ater's most popular troupes. The film
follows the family through Europe
to Israel to Second Avenue.
Jew-Boy Levi (Germany, 1999,
English subtitles). Based on stories
told to the late playwright Thomas
Strittmatter by his father and grand-
father, Jew-Boy Levi is set in the
Black Forest region of Germany in
the 1930s, and tells of a Jewish
cattle salesman's once amicable
relations with Christian Germans.
Different From the Others
(Germany, 1919, silent with simut
taneous translation of German
intertitles). U.S. premiere. A col
laboration between Jewish director
Richard Oswald and sex researcher
Magnus Hirshfeld, this is a pio-
neering and controversial educa-
tional fictional film attacking the
criminalization of homosexuality;
it provoked violent homophobic,
nationalistic and anti-Semitic reac-
tions. Thought to be lost, this 40-
minute fragment of the original
film was discovered and recently
restored by the Munich
Filmmuseum.
Village of Idiots (Canada,
1999). New York premiere. An
animated version of the classic
Jewish folktale of the character
Schmendrik.
A Visitor From the Living
(France, 1997, English subtitles).
Director Claude Lanzmann built
this film around a devastating
1979 interview with Maurice
Rossel, who visited Auschwitz and
Theresienstadt in 1944 as a repre-
sentative of the International Red
Cross and denied the truth about
the camps.
All films will be shown at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City from Jan. 16-27. For informa-
tion or advance tickets, call the Jewish Museum, (212) 423-3338; the Walter Reade Theater box office, (212) 875-5600;
or order tickets on the day of the screening at (212). 777-FILM, express code 954. Schedules are available online: The Film
Society of Lincoln Center's Website is at www.filmlinc.com ; or the Jewish Museum's site is at www.thejewishrnuseum.org .
Tickets: $8.50; $5/members and donors; $4.50/seniors for weekday matinees beginning before 6 p.m.
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"Lubitsch grasped the American
psychology with an amazing accura-
cy," said Ephraim Katz in his *Film
Encyclopedia. "With characteristic
laconic wit, he depicted sex as a frivo-
lous pastime, a sophisticated game
moneyed people play to occupy their
hours of leisure."
Lubitsch would set his plots in for-
eign or mythical lands, but the impli-
cations were clear to his audiences —
and to Hollywood, which adored him.
Not so in his native country, however.
Following an anti-war drama in 1931
called The Man I Killed (Broken Lullaby),
Lubitsch's German citizenship was
revoked by the Nazi regime in 1935.
In 1942, Lubitsch created his most
controversial film, To Be or Not To Be,
starring Carole Lombard (who died
before its release) and Jack Benny. A
biting satiric comedy set in Nazi-occu-
pied Warsaw, Benny and Lombard
portrayed the leaders of a Polish acting
troupe. To protect the Polish under-
ground, the troupe becomes involved
in various schemes requiring them to
impersonate Nazi officials.
Upon the film's release, Life maga-.
zine commented, "In years to come,
the fact that Hollywood could convert
part of the world crisis into such a
cops and robbers charade will certainly
be regarded as a remarkable phenome-
non."
Ernst Lubitsch died in 1947, fol-
lowing his sixth heart attack. At his
funeral, director Billy Wilder is said to
have pined, "No more Lubitsch."
Fellow director William Wyler
reportedly responded, "Worse than
that — no more Lubitsch films." ❑
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