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Documentary | 2015-2019 | Educational Film | Austria

Shooting data

LocationsAustria - Vienna, England, Israel, USA
Filming regionsAustria - Vienna, Israel, United Kingdom - England, USA

Project data

Length of movie52
Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)
Sound formatStereo

    Brief synopsis

    "The Class of '38. Exile & Excellence" gives 16 outstanding scientists their say in a unique documentary. The personalities featured in the film by Frederick Baker, including Eric Kandel, Martin Karplus, Ruth Klüger and Walter Kohn, have in common not only persecution by the National Socialists and expulsion from Austria after the "Anschluss" in 1938, but also outstanding scientific careers.

    "The Class of '38. Exile & Excellence" makes the lives and fates of these people accessible and, in personal interviews, gives direct insights into the experience – and lasting effects – of persecution, escape, displacement and building a new life in their countries of refuge.

    The film project was based on an idea by Anton Zeilinger and was realized by the filmmaker Frederick Baker under the scientific direction of the historians Johannes Feichtinger and Heidemarie Uhl.

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    ColoristChristian Haake
    Camera operatorRené Jung
    Camera operatorStephan Mussil
    Camera operatorSerafin Spitzer
    Camera operatorKen Willinger
    Camera operatorManuel Halliez
    Camera operatorBenjamin Paya
    Camera operatorJonathan Callery
    Assistant camera (non fiction)Antje Stahlschmidt
    DirectorFrederick D. S. Baker
    EditorBirgit Obkircher

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Filmbäckerei, Fasolt-Baker KEG [at]