DOCUMENTARY

Atlantic Drift

2000 Jewish refugees were packed aboard the Atlantic and drifted for three months across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, hoping to reach Palestine. They were not only plagued by sickness, hunger and death but also by the British Navy which, instead of helping them, organized their deportation to Mauritius. One ex-refugee, Hannah, returns to the prison where she was detained for five years. Her son, who accompanies her, finds it hard to understand why his father is buried in one of the 124 Jewish graves overlooking the Indian Ocean.
Technical Data
Running time: 88
Format: 35mm
Screen ratio: 1:1.66
Sound: Dolby
Language spoken: German/English/Hebrew
Subtitles: Versions: German, English, French
Production year: 2002
Credits
Director(s):
Writer(s): Michel Daëron
Cinematography: George Diane
Editing: Eva Feigeles-Aimé
Producer: Michel Daëron
Producers: Knut Ogris, Lukas Stepanik, Richard Copans, Serge Lalou
Premiere:
2002
Berlin (Forum)
Production company
Extrafilm
Schlösselgasse 22/6
1080 Vienna
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With
in coproduction with Les Films d'Ici (F)/Filao Films (F)