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TonI & RoSI
WoRLD CIneMA SOUTHEAST PREMIERE DoCUMenTARY EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Todd Murray & Will Wyatt / UK / 2012 /58 min / english UNITED STATES PREMIERE Toni and Rosi Grunschlag were Viennese piano prodigies FLORIDA PREMIEREdestined for europe’s esteem until the nazi occupation of FESTIVAL WINNERS Austria shattered their world and irrevocably changed their destiny. Left to fend for themselves in a hostile Austria, NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE they were forced to flee their native land and begin new WORLD PREMIERESlives far away from all that they loved. Toni and Rosi turned to what they could trust: their music and each other.
Interviewed over a span of twenty years, The Grunschlag Sisters share the struggles they faced throughout a German-occupied Austria, 'Kristallnacht,' the dramatic escape to england months later, and their eventual rise to stardom as a piano duo in venues throughout new York and the world. Ultimately, Toni and Rosi share moments from their final concert together. In their eighties, they returned to perform for thousands in Vienna, the city they were forced to flee 67 years earlier. TonI AnD RoSI documents two lives saved by music and lived through music. Their story has a resonance for today and for all time. Rosi Grunschlag in an address to a group of young Austrians: “It was always the Jew that was blamed, persecuted when there was an epidemic, a bad harvest... But tomorrow it might be the Catholics, the next day the Protestants. If you have a talent, work on it, because when you have to run for your life, you leave everything behind. You just take yourself, if you are lucky. But your education is yours to keep. It is your transportable asset...” Producers: Todd Murray, Will Wyatt / narrated by: Will Wyatt / Cinematography: Luke Holland, John Kirby, Todd Murray, Andrij Parekh, Vanja Cernjul, Christophe Brunner, Claudia Sills / Film editor: Jamie Hay / Featuring: Toni Grunschlag, Rosi Grunschlag / Contact: MercuryMedia International Ltd, tsparke@mercurymedia.org THe DIReCToRS: Todd Murray began his career as a singer after graduating from Susquehanna University. Since then, he has performed with the Broadway Tour of “The Secret Garden,” opened his own bakery, and recorded and produced two award winning CDs. He has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, new York City’s Town Hall, and Feinstein’s at The Regency Hotel. Presently, he tours America with his show, “CRoon.” Will Wyatt CBe, worked as journalist, producer and executive at the BBC, where he was Head of Documentaries and Features, Managing Director Television, and Chief executive Broadcast, responsible for the BBC’s UK television, radio and internet, VP of the european Broadcasting Union, President of the Royal Television Society, and was chairman of the University of the Arts London. Will is currently chairman of Racecourse Media Group, a director of Vitec Group plc. and chairman of the Teaching Awards Trust.
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TRAnSPoRT XX To AUSCHWITZ
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Richard Bloom / USA / 2012 / 58 min / english & French, German Flemish UNITED STATES PREMIERE Dutch w/english sub-titles
FLORIDA During the Shoah, the nazis, in their PREMIERE quest for the final solution of the Jewish question, utilized thousands of trains from Germany and the occupied counFESTIVAL WINNERS tries to transport 3,000,000 Jews to the concentration and death camps. NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
This is the true storyWORLD of one of thePREMIERES most audacious and heroic rescue attempts, which occurred on April 19, 1943, the first night of Passover, at the same time that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began. on that night, Transport XX departed Mechelen, Belgium at 10 p.m. with 1631, Jewish men, women and children for Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Half an hour later, it was stopped by three young Belgians armed with only 1 pistol, pliers and a hurricane lamp. The only documented attack on a death train during the Shoah. What happened leading up to, during and after this audacious rescue attempt are featured with archival footage and survivor interviews. Producer-Writer-editor: Richard Bloom / Contact: RBloom40@aol.com SPECIAL GUESTS: RICHARD BLOOM, KAREN LYNNE BLOOM THe DIReCToR: Richard Bloom grew up in Boston and holds B.A. and M.ed degrees. Professionally, he is a self-employed Financial Consultant in the insurance industry and the author of four Financial education books. He has lived and worked in Israel and has made four documentaries about the Holocaust. His films have been seen worldwide and are available for visitors to the Visual Center at Yad Vashem. He is married, has 3 children and 2 grandchildren. For the last 15 years, he and his wife, Karen have been residents of Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.
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