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Talyan = The hangman / presented by Yes Satellite Television ; Pardes Television production ; Gesher Multicultural Film Fund ; a film by Netalie Braun & Avigail Sperber ; written & directed by Netalie Braun ; produced by Netalie Braun & Avigail Sperber ; co-producer, Sigal Yehuda.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Nagar, Shalom.
- Nagar, Ora.
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.
- Jews, Yemeni--Israel--Biography.
- Jews, Yemeni.
- Israel.
- Nonviolence--Religious aspects.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Hangman
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Torch Films, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "Shalom Nagar is a Yemeni Jew living in Israel and working as a ritual butcher who blesses both the animal and the customer. Turns out as a young man, he was also the prison guard of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi chief who organized the transportation of Jews to the camps. For six months Nagar stayed in the same cell, even tasting Eichmann's food to make sure he would not be poisoned. At Eichmann's execution, he was the only guard who didn't want to pull the lever. Ordered to do so, he afterwards had nightmares for a year. The Hangman is a fascinating and complex portrait of an endearing and wise man who experienced up close what Hannah Arendt referred to as the "banality of evil." Nagar's simple, refreshing voice from the margins of Israeli society bears a profoundly humanistic message. "We're in this world as tenants." he says. "The only thing we take with us is our good deeds --Jay Rosenblatt"--Http://www.israeliconsulate.org/index.php/he/events/details/189-'f-jewish-film-festival-presents-the-hangman (as viewed on 8/31/2011).
- Participant:
- Featuring Shalom Nagar, Ora Nagar.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Avigail Sperber; editor, Joelle Alexis; score, Ophir Leibovitch.
- Notes:
- Most credits in Hebrew and English.
- OCLC:
- 748584695
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