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The Last of the Self-Righteous: Claude Lanzmann’s version of Benjamin Murmelstein
- Author(s):
- Anna Hajkova (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- Cultural Studies, German Literature and Culture, Jewish Studies
- Subject(s):
- Motion pictures and history, Film criticism, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
- Item Type:
- Essay
- Tag(s):
- claude lanzmann, masculinity, oral history, theresienstadt, Film and history, Gender studies, Holocaust studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6NM07
- Abstract:
- There is a wealth of problems with Claude Lanzmann’s recent film The Last of the Unjust, on Benjamin Murmelstein, the last Elder of the Jews of Theresienstadt. Yet the most aggravating of them is that it portrays Murmelstein as someone who he was not, namely as a heroic figure. In styling Murmelstein as a tragic hero, Lanzmann projects his own personality, as he would like to be seen himself, onto his material. This is quite problematic, historically but also as a film.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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