DIE PRÄSIDENTEN

- a film about Steven Springfield
and Alexander Bergmann

film:

The film tells the story of two Holocaust survivors: The story of Alexander Bergmann, a lawyer in Riga/Latvia, and Steven Springfield, a retired businessman who now lives in New York/Long Island. They are both connected by their memory of the Riga ghetto. They met there in 1941, as they were forced to work in the same work detail. Their ways parted after being liberated, as Steven Springfield emigrated to the USA and Alexander Bergmann returned to Riga.

Five decades later, they met up again:      more...

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Documentary, Germany 2001
Director: Heike Gläser
Director of Photography: Volker Gläser
Format: 35mm, Colour
Length: 89 minutes
Language: German (film copy with English subtitles available)
Shooting schedule: November 1999, August to November 2000
Locations: Riga/ Latvia; New York, Long Island/ USA