Zuflucht in Shanghai The Port of Last Resort
A Film by Joan Grossman and Paul Rosdy Music by John Zorn Zuflucht in Shanghai
THE PORT OF LAST RESORT
A film by Joan Grossman & Paul Rosdy
Selected for the 29th International Forum of New Cinema, Berlin, 1999; Best Documentary, Centaur Prize, „Message to Man“ Film Festival, St. Petersburg, 1999; Best Documentary, Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines, 1999; Best Picture, „Framing the Other“ Film Festival, New York City, 1999; Hongkong International Film Festival ,1999; Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1999; Vancouver International Film Festival, 1999; Pusan International Film Festival, 1999; Sao Paolo International Film Festival, 1999; Mar Del Plata International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, 1999; Taipeh Golden Horse Film Festival, 1999
79 min, 16 mm, Austria / USA, 1998
Production: Pinball Films & Extrafilm
Written, directed, edited and produced by Joan Grossman & Paul Rosdy
In the years 1938–1941, nearly 20,000 Euro- pean Jews escaped the terror of the Nazis by fleeing to Shanghai, China. Most would end up spending a decade in exile, building a community known as „LittleVienna“ and sur- viving in a ghetto controlled by the Japanese. Chapters: 1. The Port of Last Resort 2. Siegmar Simon 3. Fred Fields 4. Ernest Heppner 5. Illo Heppner 6. 1939: Arrival in Shanghai 7. Hongkew 8. Shanghai 9. The War in Europe 10. Little Vienna 11. 1940: Refugee Relief Report 12. December 1941 13. Hardship and Survival 14. Ghetto 15. 1943: Conditions Worsen 16. Wintertime 17. 1945: Air Attack in the Ghetto 18. Ghoya, King of the Jews 19. We didn‘t know about the Holocaust 20. After the War 21. Exodus 22. Credits
Music: John Zorn
Musicians: Greg Cohen (bass) Anthony Coleman (piano) Mark Feldman (violin) Erik Friedlander (cello) Marc Ribot (guitar) Min Xiao-Fen (pipa)
Soundtrack „Filmworks VIII“ available on Tzadik Records Co-Producer: Lukas Stepanik
Sound Design: Vincent Tese
Cinematography: Wolfgang Lehner
Voices: Barbara Sukowa (Annie Witting), Otto Tausig (A. J. Storfer) and Jaromir Borek, Erika Deutinger, Fritz von Friedl, Brigitta Furgler, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Peter Kybart, Gen Seto, Michael Scheidl, Matty O‘Shea, Keenan Shimizu, Sabine Thomson, Maria Urban
Interviews: Fred Fields, Ernest Heppner, Illo Heppner, Siegmar Simon
Films: Eric J. Schmidt; Charles Bliss Home Movies, National Film & Sound Archive; Voticky Family Home Movies, The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre; National Archives; The Library of Congress; UCLA Film & Television Archive; The Film History Foundation; Grinberg Film Libraries; Archive Films; Fish Films
Photographs, Writings and Documents: Christina Adler, Henry Compart, Horst P. Eisfelder, Fred Fields, Heinz Gert Friedrichs, Leah J. Garrick, Ernest Heppner, Illo Heppner, David Kranzler, Peter Reiss, Hertha Shriner, Siegmar Simon, Peter Witting American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes; Leo Baeck Institute; The Library of Congress; New York Public Library; Österreichisches Literaturarchiv; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek; Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes; Sigmund Freud Museum; Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Künste; United Nations Archives Unit; Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Historical Advisor: Dr. David Kranzler Sound Recordists: Chris Bryan, Vincent Tese Voice Recording: Ton Eichinger, Buttons Sound, LRP Studio Super-8 photography: Paul Rosdy, Joan Grossman Camera Assistants: Jon Gerrard, Jamie Tabachnik Photo Stills and Reproduction: Paolo Vescia Production Associates: Patric Chiha, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Jay Stern, Melissa Waldron Transcription: Nannette Deasy, Birgit Nagele Animation Photography and Titles: F-Stop Studio / Gary Becker Opticals: DuArt, Film Effects, Interformat / Monaco Labs Sound Mix: CocoLoco Audio Archival Film Duplication: Colorlab Film Lab: DuArt Negative Cut: Immaculate Matching Legal Counsel: Abrams, Garfinkel & Rosen Accounting: Anna Maria Leber Insurance: DeWitt Stern Group Fiscal Sponsor: Media Network Additional Songs:
„Sippur”, „Hadashah” and „Yatzar” from the album „“The Circle Maker“, Composer: John Zorn, Courtesy of Tzadik Records
„Ich Hab Heut’ Nacht” (Barlied / Kleiner Walzer II) by Alfred W. Kneucker with permission of Raoul Kneucker performed by Dennis Malone
„Kleine Komödie” by Georg Hübsch & Paul Wiener with permission of Ursula Hübsch performed by Dennis Malone
„The Little Mill” (Song of the Porters) with permission of Monitor Records
„Sell Candy Song” Composer: Liang Le Yin Lyrics: Li Jun Qing (CASH) Recording Artist: Li Xiang Lan, courtesy of EMI (Hong Kong) Ltd.
„Yung Yung Yung” Composer: Liang Ai Yin Lyrics: Li Qi Niu (CASH) Recording Artist: Liang Ping, courtesy of EMI (Hong Kong) Ltd.
„Xiao Hua” (Little Flower) Composer and Lyrics: Wu Cun Recording Artist: Bai Guang courtesy of EMI (Hong Kong) Ltd.
„Chinese Wedding” by Whitey Smith, J. Elder, J. Meredith, J. Anderson performed by Whitey Smith & The Majestic Hotel Orchestra Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment „Bulbes” (Traditional) Emil Decameron and his Orchestra Courtesy of Vanguard Classics a division of Omega Records Group
A Co-Production of Pinball Films, New York / Vienna & Extrafilm, Vienna
Produced with the support of: Federal Chancellery of Austria / Department for the Arts; ORF / Austrian Broadcasting Corporation; Home Box Office; The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation; The Arthur Ross Foundation; Documentary – an Initiative of the MEDIA Programme of the European Community; Wiener Städtische Versicherung; Theodor Körner Fonds
(P) 1998 Pinball Films / Extrafilm GmbH
Subtitles: Pinball Fims (D/UK) Jean-Luc Perrin (F) Luis Gago (E) Mariko Takahashi (J)
Photography: Library of Congress, Washington; United Nations Archive, N.Y.; National Archives, Washington: Heinz Gert Friedrichs (Sammlung Frederick Rolf); Public Library, N.Y.; Yivo Institute, N.Y.; Horst P. Eisfelder, Melbourne; Sigmund Freud Museum, Wien; Paolo Vescia (Grossman & Rosdy)
Layout and Design: Günter Mattei CD-Smartpac: 19532321.1-53 Herzog + Idex CD-Packaging: M 9710405.1 Winter&Winter Print: Printoffensive GmbH www.winterandwinter.com www.rosdyfilm.com
Made in Germany Joan Grossman & Paul Rosdy