A closer look at Alfred Radok's film "Distant Journey"
TitleA closer look at Alfred Radok's film "Distant Journey"
Author
Call numberS940.5318/004
Object number03469MP
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
Year of publication
2016
Dimensionspp53-80
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp53-80
Description
'Daleka cesta' (Distant Journey, Czechoslovakia, 1949) is one of the most important and explicit early feature films about the Holocaust. The authors draw upon different versions of the script, newspaper clippings and other archival records to follow the film's genesis, production history and reception. The story reflects and elucidates the shifting political landscape in liberated and then communist Czechoslovakia