Danube Exodus
60'
dir. Peter Forgacs
Holland 1998
Best Hungarian Documentary - Hungarian Film Festival, Budapest 1999; Best Documentary & Fipresci Prize - International
Documentary Film Festival, Krakow 1999
passengers of a Danube River ship during WWII http://www.danube-exodus.hu/
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Danube Exodus
The distinguished Hungarian director, Peter Forgacs, crafts his films from old, amateur archive film footages. His signature editing and excellent soundtracks make his films recognizable after only a few minutes, even though Forgacs does not record his own footage. Visually and musically, his documentaries are extremely careful compositions – true works of film art.
The “Danube Exodus” chronicles the trip of a Danube River fleet prior to and during WWII. The Captain of the “Queen Elizabeth ”, Nandor Andrasovits, recorded the exodus of Slovak Jews for the Black Sea and Palestine , and then the ship's return upriver with Bessarabian Germans running from the Red Army as it takes Moldavia and North Bukovina .
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