Name: The Woman with the 5 Elephants
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.6

About

Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

Box Office

$9K

DVD / Blu-ray

Feb 7, 2012

Director

Vadim Jendreyko

Producers

Thomas Tielsch, Vadim Jendreyko, Hercli Bundi

Studio

ZDF, 3sat, Filmtank, Mira Film, SRF

Original Language

German