IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND

by Britta Wauer
  • 2011 SALZGEBER
  • 2011 SALZGEBER

    Synopsis

    Morning dew and fog, high trees and thickets. Among them are columns, stones, mausoleums, ivy, lilac and a small fox running across the path - the cemetery of Berlin’s Jewish community. Weissensee is Europe’s biggest Jewish cemetery, which is still open for new burials. It is now 130 years old - and was never been destroyed. Not only the cemetery survived, but also its archives - a paradise for treasure hunters.

    Festivals

    2011
    Audience Award – 61 Berlinale PANORAMA
    Gerhard-Klein-Filmpreis
    Special Mention Jerusalem FF
    HotDocs Toronto
    Hamptons IFF, USA
    Main Award Kirchlichen FF Recklinghausen
    Jewish Motifs Award – IFF Warsaw, Poland
    2024
    5 LETsDOK