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A Letter without Words (1998)

Name: A Letter without Words
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-04-12T09:01:21+02:00

Documentary | 62 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 62 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Lisa Lewenz

IMDb score: 7,7 (14)

Releasedate: 16 January 1998

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

A Letter without Words plot

"All families have secrets."

American multimedia artist Lisa Lewenz discovered a box in an attic containing unique, preserved footage from her Jewish grandmother, Ella Arnhold Lewenz. She lived in Berlin in the 1930s and was one of the first Germans with her own camera. Even when the Nazis banned filming from 1933, she continued to record everyday life. She came from one of the most prominent families in Germany and she documented her encounters with the likes of Albert Einstein, Leo Baeck and Walter Gropius. Her neighbor Joseph Goebbels, who wanted to use the tennis court of the Lewenz family, was also filmed.