ADAM RESURRECTED
synopsis
The story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by Nathan Gross. Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer - cabaret impresario, circus owner, magician, musician - loved by audiences and Nazis alike until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein . Adam survives the camp by becoming the Commandant's "dog," entertaining him while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. Years later we find him at the Institute. One day, Adam smells something, hears a sound. "Who brought a dog in here?" he asks Gross. Gross denies there is a dog but Adam finds him - a young boy raised in a basement on a chain. Adam and the boy see and recognize each other as dogs - and their journey begins.
international title: | Adam Resurrected |
original title: | Adam Resurrected |
country: | Germany, Israel, United States |
sales agent: | Bleiberg Entertainment |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Paul Schrader |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | DE 22/01/2009, PT 13/03/2009, FR 10/02/2010, IT 29/10/2010 |
screenplay: | Noah Stollman |
cast: | Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Ayelet Zurer, Joachim Król, Veronica Ferres, Moritz Bleibtreu |
cinematography by: | Sebastian Edschmid |
film editing: | Sandy Saffeels |
art director: | Alexander Manasse |
costumes designer: | Inbal Shuki |
music: | Gabriel Yared |
producer: | Ehud Bleiberg, Werner Wirsing |
production: | 3L Filmproduktion GmbH, Bleiberg Entertainment (USA), July-August Productions (IL), Adam Produktions GmbH (DE) |
distributor: | One Movie |