Faktories und Felder
A speculative biography of Joseph Otmar Hefter, a Jewish territorialist active in the 1930's and who disappeared from public attention soon after. What begins as an investigation of Hefter's elusive life between the eastern marches of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, New York, and Mexico, soons turns into questioning the biography genre - the stuff a life is made of, and the ways to make sense of it.
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Faktories und Felder
- Overview
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 2012
Runtime
0h 42m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Faktories und Felder
Production Companies
One Fifty Productions, Israeli Center for Digital Art
Director
Michael Blum
Description
A speculative biography of Joseph Otmar Hefter, a Jewish territorialist active in the 1930's and who disappeared from public attention soon after. What begins as an investigation of Hefter's elusive life between the eastern marches of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, New York, and Mexico, soons turns into questioning the biography genre - the stuff a life is made of, and the ways to make sense of it.
