Der letzte Mentsch
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Genre: Drama
Produced by: Anita Elsani
Co-producer: Rolf Schmid, Sylvain Bursteijn
Written & directed by: Pierre-Henri Salfati
Starring: Mario Adorf, Hannelore Elsner, Katharina Derr
The novel "Der letzte Mentsch" is published by Suhrkamp
"Superb performance by Mario Adorf..." Kai-Uwe Brinkmann, Münstersche Zeitung
"Pierre-Henri Salfati...has managed to create a sweeping and manifold road-movie." Miryam Gümbel, Jüdische Allgemeine
Invited to the 34th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2014
"Poignant, funny and deeply moving, The Last Mentsch is a powerful, emotional journey." -Alissa Chadburn
Synopsis:
Marcus Schwartz (Mario Adorf) is an old man who has lived with a cautiously buried secret for most of his life - for Marcus Schwartz was born as Menah’hem Teitelbaum and has concealed his Jewish heritage ever since he survived the horrors of Auschwitz.
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Now, as he has decided that he wants to be buried on a Jewish cemetery, he has to verify what he has carefully hidden for most of his life and that proves to be quite a difficult task.
On the journey to his roots in Satu Mare, a little village on the Hungarian-Romanian border, he is accompanied by Gül, a young German Girl of Turkish heritage, who, just like Marcus, tries to come to terms with her past...
