Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the 1998 motion picture. |
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Based on the novel "The shovel and the loom" by Carl Friedman. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Walther Vanden Ende ; art director, Hemmo Sportel ; editor, Edgar Burcksen ; music, Henny Vrienten ; costume designers, Yan Tax, Bernadette Corstens. |
Cast |
Isabella Rossellini, Maximilian Schell, Laura Fraser, Jeroen Krabbé, Marianne Saegebrecht, David Bradley, Adam Monty, Chaim Topol. |
Summary |
A young jewish philosophy student, with little knowledge of the many strict rules of the Hassidic way of life, becomes the nanny for a family that she learns to respect. Her parents are both concentration camp survivors and her father is obsessed with finding the two pieces of luggage he buried in Antwerp at the start of World War II. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Awards |
Berlin International Film Festival: 1998, Blue Angel (Jeroen Krabbé); Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas (Jeroen Krabbé); Special Mention (Isabella Rossellini) |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Jewish families -- Religious life -- Drama.
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Antwerp (Belgium) -- 1970-1979 -- Drama.
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Added Author |
de Jong, Ate.
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Pos, Hans.
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Schram, Dave, 1958-
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Vries, Edwin de.
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Krabbé, Jeroen, 1944-
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Rossellini, Isabella.
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Schell, Maximilian.
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Fraser, Laura.
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Sägebrecht, Marianne.
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Bradley, David.
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Monty, Adam.
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Topol, 1935-2023
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Van den Ende, Walther.
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Sportel, Hemmo.
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Burcksen, Edgar.
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Vrienten, Henny.
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Tax, Yan.
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Corstens, Bernadette.
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Friedman, Carl.
Twee koffers vol. English.
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Castle Hill Films (Firm)
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Trident (Firm)
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Shooting Star Film Company BV.
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Flying Dutchman Prod., Inc.
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Favourite Films NV (Firm)
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Greystone Films (Firm)
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Fox Lorber Video (Firm)
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WinStar TV and Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
0794200753 |
Standard No. |
720917528229 |
Music No. |
FLV5282 Fox Lorber Video |
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