Boulder Jewish Film Festival: The Mover
Date: March 10, 2020Time: 6:30 pm Contact: Jodi ZicklinEmail: Jodi.Zicklin@boulderjcc.org
Based on the Latvian novel A Boy and a Dog, this award-winning Latvian feature film tells the true story of the Latvian Oskar Schindler, his wife, and 10-year-old son. Žanis Lipke supports his family by working in a warehouse of the Luftwaffe and smuggling at night, until he unaccountably takes on another role, that of savior, heroically working to protect a group of Jews on his property. An “ordinary” man of limited means who embarks on a covert operation to save local Jews from Nazi persecution and certain death in Riga, Lipke’s motivations may be unclear, but his actions define him.
Latvia’s entry in the 2020 Oscars
Best Foreign Film, 35th Haifa International Film Festival
Directed by Davis Simanis
87 Minutes
In Latvian, German, Russian, and Yiddish with English Subtitles
Latvia, Luxemberg: 2019
