Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.
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Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. She has just concluded her lifework for Zurich's Ammann publishing ...
"The Woman with the 5 Elephants" Q&A Part 2 at 15th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
Part 2: The director of Switzerland's #1 documentary in 2009 Vadim Jendreyko in conversation with festival president Rudolf de Baey at San Francisco's 15th ...
"The Woman with the 5 Elephants" Q&A Part 1 at 15th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
Part 1: The director of Switzerland's #1 documentary in 2009 Vadim Jendreyko in conversation with festival president Rudolf de Baey at San Francisco's 15th ...
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Original Version) - Trailer
Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. She has just concluded her lifework for Zurich's Ammann publishing ...
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Original Version) - Trailer
Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. She has just concluded her lifework for Zurich's Ammann publishing ...
The Woman with the 5 Elephants - Trailer
Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. She has just concluded her lifework for Zurich's Ammann publishing ...
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