Visas and Virtue

Visas and Virtue
Filmdaten
Originaltitel Visas and Virtues
Produktionsland USA
Originalsprache Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
Länge 26 Minuten
Stab
Regie Chris Tashima
Drehbuch Chris Tashima
Tom Donaldson
Produktion Chris Donahue
Musik Scott Nagatani
Kamera Hiro Narita
Schnitt Irvin Palk
Besetzung

Visas and Virtue ist ein US-amerikanischer Kurzfilm aus dem Jahr 1997. Das Drehbuch basiert auf einem Theaterstück von Tim Toyama.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Handlung

1940 ist der Japaner Chiune Sugihara als Diplomat in Kaunas in Litauen beschäftigt. Er und seine Frau Yukiko werden Zeuge der Judenverfolgungen. Der Generalkonsul entscheidet sich, seine Karriere zu gefährden, indem er sich über direkte Befehle hinwegsetzt und lebensrettende Visa ausstellt. Insgesamt 6.000 Juden werden durch Sugihara gerettet.

Auszeichnungen

1998 wurde der Film in der Kategorie Bester Kurzfilm mit dem Oscar ausgezeichnet.

Beim Heartland Film Festival gewann er einen Chrystal Heart Award. Beim Algarve International Film Festival wurde er für den Großen Preis der Stadt Portimão nominiert.

Hintergrund

Das Doku-Drama wurde teilweise in Schwarzweiß gedreht.

Chiune Sugihara (1900–1986) wurde 1985 zum Gerechten unter den Völkern ernannt.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise


Wikimedia Foundation.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • Visas and Virtue — Infobox Film name = Visas and Virtue caption = One sheet photography: Dennis Mukai director = Chris Tashima producer = Chris Donahue executive producer = Tim Toyama writer = Chris Tashima Tom DonaldsonBased on the play by Tim Toyama starring =… …   Wikipedia

  • 70th Academy Awards nominees and winners — The nominees for the 70th Academy Awards were announced on February 10 1998 by Academy president Robert Rehme and actress Geena Davis, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy s Beverly Hills headquarters. The winners were announced March 23… …   Wikipedia

  • LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM — UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1876–1917) Judiciary Throughout the period from the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 until the present time there have been both secular and religious courts exercising jurisdiction in the territory of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • British nationality law and Hong Kong — British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has been a unique situation ever since Hong Kong was created a British colony in 1842. With its beginning as a trading port to today s cosmopolitan international financial centre, the territory… …   Wikipedia

  • HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Special member state territories and the European Union — Map of European Union in the world (with overseas countries and territories (OCT) and outermost regions (OMR)) Several European Union member states have special territories which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special… …   Wikipedia

  • Chiune Sugihara — Born 1 January 1900(1900 01 01) Yaotsu, Gifu, Japan Died 31 July 1986(1986 07 31) (aged 86) Kamakura, Kanag …   Wikipedia

  • Chris Tashima — Born Christopher Inadomi Tashima March 24, 1960 (1960 03 24) (age 51) Cambridge, MA, U.S …   Wikipedia

  • Chiune Sugihara — Fotografía de Chiune Sugihara. Nacimiento …   Wikipedia Español

  • 70th Academy Awards — Infobox Academy Awards | name = 70th date = Monday, March 23, 1998 site = Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California host = Billy Crystal producer = Gil Cates director = Louis J. Horvitz duration = 3 hours, 45 minutes network = ABC ratings = 57.25 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
https://de-academic.com/dic.nsf/dewiki/2621319 Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”