Mendel
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A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away from him.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1998-03-20
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Alexander Røsler
Writer: Alexander Røsler
Spoken language: Norsk
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Original title: Mendel
Production Companies: Northern Lights, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I), Norsk Film
Production Countries: Norway
Cast
Thomas Jüngling Sørensen
Teresa Harder
Hans Kremer
Martin Meingast
Bjørn Sundquist
Charlotte Trier
Wolfgang Pintzka
John Henning Görbing-Hermstad
Lene Bragli
Geo von Krogh
Bjørn Jenseg
Gaute Thu Tesli
Ketil Gudim
Wenche Kvamme
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