(Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)

Content: Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

Countries:

Germany,

Switzerland

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

93 minutes

Year:

2010

Directors:

Vadim Jendreyko

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Production companies:

ZDF,

3sat,

Filmtank,

Mira Film,

SRF

Actors:

Svetlana Geier

Anna Götte

Hannelore Hagen

Jürgen Klodt

Crews:

Music

Director of Photography

Editor

Producer

Director of Photography