MOVIES - DOCUMENTARIES

ALIEN BORN
 by Esther van Messel  
Binjamin, the only child of his family to have survived Auschwitz, was adopted by a couple in Switzerland, where with a new name and the advice to forget his past, Benjamin grows to manhood. Some 50 years later an Orthodox Jew who lives in Israel arrives on the scene to say that he believes he might be Binjamins father. Based on the book  Bruchstücke (Fragments) by Binjamin Wilkomirski. Daniel Ganzfrieds research led to the conclusion that Wilkomirskis biography was forged. Dschoint Ventschr therefore produced Our Jew  by Daniel Wildmann as an exposé. Fremd Geboren  can only be borrowed along with Our Jew.
Credits
Year: 1997    
Country: CH    
Running Time: 60 Min.    
Director: Esther van Messel    
Author: Esther van Messel    
Producer: Dschoint Ventschr    
Camera: Pierre Mennel    
Editor: Kathrin Plüss    
Sound: Christine Geissmann    
Music: David Hönigbsberg    
Production Manager: Karin Koch    
Cast: Bjniamin Wilkomirski    
Festivals Festival International du Film de Femmes Créteil, 1998
Festival of Jewish Cinema Melbourne, 1998
Solothurner Filmtage 1997