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Summary:

Kiev-born Svetlana Geier re-translated five great novels by Dostoevsky that she calls "The Five Elephants". This film tells the story of her life as a literary translator living in exile in Germany.

Contributors:

Jendreyko, Vadim , producer, screenwriter, director

Bundi, Hercli, 1964- , producer

Tielsch, Thomas, 1953- , producer

Geier, Swetlana, 1923-2010

Mira Film (Firm)

Filmtank (Firm)

Cinema Guild

Languages:

German
Russian
English

Language Notes:

In German and Russian with subtitles in English.

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: The woman with the 5 elephants
Russian title: Odna zhenshchina i 5 slonov

Subjects:

Geier, Swetlana, 1923-2010

Translators — Germany — Biography

Russian fiction — 19th century — Translations into German

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

German language films

1800-1899

Translators

Russian fiction

Germany

Genres:

Biographical films

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Feature films — Switzerland

Foreign films — Switzerland

Russian language films

Foreign language films

Biographies

Translations

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Swetlana Geier, Anna Götte, Hannelore Hagen, Jürgen Klodt.

Production Credits:

Camera, Niels Bolbrinker, Stéphane Kuthy ; editing, Gisela Castronari-Jaensch, Vadim Jendreyko ; music, Daniel Almada, Martin Iannaccone.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Originally released in 2010.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (1 hr., 38 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

FRA 2009 DVD

ISBNs:

0781513626
9780781513623

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 881164000422
Publisher Number, Cinema Guild: 2382
Publisher Number, Cinema Guild: CGA 000202

OCLC Numbers:

1053122381
731727176 [Invalid]