Emile – Erinnerungen eines Vertriebenen
Documentary Film, AT 2023, Farbe+SW, 86 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2023
Director, Script, Camera, Location Sound: Rainer Frimmel
Cast: Emile Zuckerkandl
Editor: Tizza Covi
Sounddesign: Manuel Meichsner
Producers: Rainer Frimmel
Production: Vento Film
Emile Zuckerkandl jotted down in his diary, “I write it down, so that I can remember it later.” Eighty years later, his memories are vivid and clear when he talks about his grandmother’s salon, Hitler’s arrival after the “Anschluss,” and his escape to Algeria. Rainer Frimmel stays very close to his charismatic protagonist in recording a network of personal memories interwoven with world history, which has become a contemporary document.