Chaja & Mimi

History/Biography, Germany 2013

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Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they had to flee with their families from the Nazis to Palestine in 1934. In a German-born café in Tel Aviv, where they meet every day, they talk about their ambivalent relationship with Berlin. Chaja and Mimi are so-called Jeckes - as the Jewish immigrants to Israel were called. The film was shot in the Jeckes' longtime meeting place: the Café Mersand in Tel Aviv. It was the regular café of the two protagonists, who have since died, throughout their lives. The café was founded in 1958 by German immigrant Walter Mersand.
11 min
HD
Starting at 12
Audio language:
German

Awards

Jewish Film Institute, Januar 2020 Online Short of the month
Best Short Awards, La Jolla, Kalifornien Award of Merit

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Director:

Eric Esser

Sound Design:

Ben Laser

Editor:

Ben Laser

Producer:

Eric Esser

Original title:

Chaja & Mimi

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Ratings:

FBW "Particularly valuable"

Age rating:

Starting at 12

Audio language:

German