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Skate to survive / director, Astra Burka ; producers, Michael Kainer & Astra Burka ; writer, Michale Kainer ; [in partnership with OMNI Television Independent Producers Initiative].
LIBRA DVD 015 941
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Burka, Ellen.
- Skating--Canada.
- Skating.
- Holocaust survivors--Canada--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Skaters--Netherlands--Biography.
- Skaters.
- Skaters--Canada--Biography.
- Skating--Netherlands.
- Netherlands.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (48 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Ruth Diskin Films Ltd, marketing & distribution, [2007?]
- Language Note:
- In English, German and Dutch with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Participant:
- "[T]old by Ellen Burka, Elsbeth Bon, Louis van Gasteren."
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Zoe Dirse; editor, Thomas Cooper; music, Peter Mundinger.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2007.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- "Skate to survive is a documentary about the artistry and struggle of Canadian figure skating coach and choreographer Ellen Burka. She recounts her life from pre-war Amsterdam, to Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration camps, to Dutch national champion, to bohemian Toronto in the 1950s and finally world skating celebrity. The film shows how her enthusiasm and energy allowed her wildly creative side to survive and flourish despite the harsh realities around her."--Container.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 670719398
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