The Girl from Auschwitz (Flickan från Auschwitz)
Original Title | FLICKAN FRÅN AUSCHWITZ
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Duration | 76 minutes
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Production Year | 2005
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Language Versions Available | Swedish with English subtitles
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Production Company | Stefan Jarl AB, Sweden
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Producer & Director | Stefan Jarl
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An extraordinary film portrait of a courageous woman. A film of integrity about a woman who defines the very word integrity.
Tom Luddy, Director of Telluride Film Festival
Stefan Jarl once again proves he is the master at creating a poignant personal story and making it universal to all. An exquisite, uplifting tribute to dignity off all mankind.
Mark Fiskin, Director of Mill Valley Film Festival
THE GIRL FROM AUSCHWITZ is the story of Cordelia Edvardson, journalist and author. She was only 14 years old when she was put in a concentration camp, first in Theresienstadt and later in Auschwitz. Her whole family had been killed.
Against all odds Cordelia survived and at the end of the war she was brought to Sweden. Here she started her fight-back. A foreigner, a woman and a new language. She conquered it all and became a highly respected journalist. She got married and gave birth to 5 children before moving to Jerusalem.
Cordelia is still reporting about the conflict between Israel and the Arabs and she is writing about the elusive Middle Eastern peace agreement, possibly the most important conflict in the world today.