“. . . SORRY, I’M ALIVE”
Andrzej Klamt
Deutschland
Format: 16mm, Farbe
Länge: 81 Minuten
CinemaxX 3 12.2., 21.00
CineStar 5 13.2., 17.30
Die Abiturienten von damals sind heute die letzten jüdischen Bedziner. Im Film begegnen sie zum Teil erstmals diesen alten Bildern, auf denen sie als junge Menschen abgebildet sind. Von Israel aus treten sie in ihren Berichten die Reise in die Vergangenheit an. Sie erzählen von Angst, Verzweiflung und auch Scham gegenüber den ermordeten Mitmenschen. Sie beschwören eine Zeit, die nicht vergehen will und die sie ständig einholt.
Sometime after 1945, a unique collection of over 2,400 private photographs
became part of the archive’s holdings at the former concentration
camp museum at Auschwitz. The photographs had probably been found in one
of the victims suitcases. An examination of the photographs revealed that
they belonged to Jews from the small Polish town of Bedzin. Only a few
of
the people pictured in the photographs have survived. Although it has
not yet been established how these photographs came to be in Auschwitz,
they may well have been brought to Auschwitz by their owners, 27,000 Jews
from Bedzin. The four protagonists in this film represent some of the
very few survivors.
Their memories give us an idea of the vibrant Jewish community before
the war in this small town on the edge of the coal mining district in
Upper Silesia. The school leavers of all those years ago are now Bedzin’s
last surviv-ing Jews. During the film, the protagonists encounter for
the first time photographs that were taken around sixty years ago, which
portray them as young people. From Israel, they embark upon an inner journey,
via their stories, back into the past.These are stories full of fear,
despair and shame in the face of those who were murdered. Together, they
conjure up a past that keeps on making its presence felt and simply won’t
fade away.
Andrzej Klamt
Geboren 1964 in Polen. 1979 Übersiedlung in die Bundesrepublik. Studium der Slavistik und Filmwissenschaft in Frankfurt/Main. Seit 1990 freier Autor und Produzent.
Born in Poland in 1964. Moved to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1979.Took courses in Slavonic studies and film in Frankfurt-on-Main. Has worked as an inde-pendent writer and producer since 1990. TV-Dokumentation: Co-Regie: Ulrich Rydzewski