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Adam & Ida - Almost a Fairytale | © Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion
© Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion

Adam & Ida - Almost a Fairytale

    All titles (2)
    Documentary | 2020-2022 | NDR [de] | Biography | Germany

    Main data

    DirectorJan Tenhaven
    Written byTilman Müller (co-writer), Jan Tenhaven (co-writer)
    ProductionHoferichter & Jacobs GmbH [de]
    DistributorAutentic GmbH

    Shooting data

    Filming regionsUSA - Illinois

    Project data

    Trailers/Videos

    Brief synopsis

    For the first time in their life, Adam and Ida Paluch tell their story to a German film crew. It is an incredible tale about a lifelong quest about identity, loss and the search for belonging – told through interviews and animations illustrating the Jewish twin’s only vague memories. Adam and Ida were three years old when they were separated during the Holocaust. Adam survived a concentration camp and was later adopted. Ida survived the war hidden by a Polish couple. Both children were baptized, issued a fake birth certificate with new names and grew up Catholic. It seemed all but impossible that they would ever reunite. However, the twins always felt "something missing”. Following a 53-year long journey that took them around the globe, one day Ida believes to recognize her brother on a newspaper photo resembling her grandfather. When the two strangers meet, they are convinced to have found each other at last. "We know it is us”, says Ida. Is it a happy end? Can history be overcome?

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Adam PaluchFreimut Götsch
    Ida PaluchIrmelin Krause

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Vfx producerFranz-Fabian Sickinger
    Vfx line producerNico Vogelsang
    Post production supervisorPhilipp Kieseier
    Motion graphics designerKonstantin Schick
    2d artistFreya Hellwig
    ColoristChristoph Sturm
    Director of photographySven Kiesche
    Additional photographyDaniel Liepke
    Data wrangler / digital loaderDaniel Liepke
    Still photographerSven Kiesche
    DirectorJan Tenhaven
    1st AD (local system)Lilia Rosalie Emig
    EditorOliver Szyza
    Trailer editorStefan Newie
    ComposerCassis Birgit Staudt
    MusicianHerbie Flowers
    MusicianHelen Claire Lacey
    MusicianAlexander Dorenberg
    MusicianSimon Goff
    MusicianLev Ljova Zhurbin
    MusicianGreta Brinkmann
    MusicianSaundrah Humphrey
    ProducerOlaf Jacobs
    Sign painterDavid Turner [1]
    Production managerJonas Giese
    Assistant production managerLilia Rosalie Emig
    Production driverValentin Götze
    Co-writerJan Tenhaven
    Co-writerTilman Müller
    Dialogue translationAleksander Rozenstrauch
    Transcript translationAgata Czarkowska
    Production sound mixerJulian Kiesche
    Sound re-recording mixerHelen Neikes
    Sound designerHelen Neikes
    Foley artistNiklas Matthaei
    Commissioning editorTimo Großpietsch

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH [de]

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Autentic GmbH

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Image (Animation)PicPacker, Sickinger & Vogelsang GbR

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Jan Tenhaven2023Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen (DAfFNE) [de]
    Best Documentary
    Best DocumentaryNominated

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    RepeatGermanyMDR [de]Sunday, 21/01/2024, 11.05 PMDer lange Dokumentarfilm im MDR
    First showingGermanyARD [de]Monday, 26/09/2022, 11.35 PM