Archive for September 2016

Film Review – The Woman with the Five Elephants (in German)

Film Review – The Woman with the Five Elephants (in German)

Last night I had the pleasure of watching the German film the Woman with the Five Elephants. Filmed in 2010, this documentary showcases the life of the famous Russian to German translator Svetlana Geier. It is predominately in German with English subtitles with the small portion in Russian occurring when she finally returns to her place of birth some 60 years after she was forced to flee during the second world war.

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