Director Alice Agneskirchner's documentary centers on a trio of young Israelis living in Berlin who are recruited to share an apartment that once belonged to Simon and Rosa Adler, who came to the German capital in 1905 and were deported to concentration camps in 1942. The young Israelis try to decorate the apartment with furnishings similar to the Adlers' in an odd attempt to recreate the environment surrounding the doomed couple during their halcyon years before their horrific removal. But the experience of the three Israelis has very little resonance with the tragedy that befell the Adlers. Berlin has the fastest growing immigrant Jewish population in Europe, but the opportunities that the three Israelis enjoy—including lucrative professional endeavors and personal relationships with non-Jewish Germans—are eons removed from the misery of the Hitler years. While no one would advocate that this history should be forgot or downplayed, An Apartment in Berlin simply fails to meaningfully connect past and present. Not a necessary purchase. Aud: C, P. (P. Hall)
An Apartment in Berlin
(2014) 84 min. In English, German & Hebrew w/English subtitles. DVD: $29.90: individuals; $115: public libraries; $300: colleges & universities. Ruth Diskin Films (<a href="http://www.ruthfilms.com/">www.ruthfilms.com</a>). PPR. March 9, 2015
An Apartment in Berlin
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