Martin Goldsmith never knew what really had happened to his parents Georg and Rosemarie before their escape from Germany in 1941. As he confronts his father over a long weekend, we are brought back to the complex 1930s, when his parents were young musicians in a bizarre organisation – Jüdischer Kulturbund. Here, at the mercy of Joseph Goebbels, they devoted their youth to music until they escaped at the very last minute. They were courageous Jewish musicians who struggled to perform under difficult circumstances and yet found time to fall in love in a country bent on destroying them. Martin Goldsmith himself is the unseen interviewer and a vulnerable Bruno Ganz his father in his final role.
| Original title | Vinterrejse |
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| Danish title | Vinterrejse |
| Keywords | Germany, Jews, Persecution of the Jews, Family history, Families, Traumas, Musicians, Culture, Jewish Cultural League, The, Escape, 1930-1939 |
| Director | Anders Østergaard |
| Co-director | Erzsébet Rácz |
| Screenplay | Anders Østergaard, Martin Goldsmith |
| Producer | Mette Heide, Thomas Kufus, Tassilo Aschauer |
| Director of Photography | Henner Besuch |
| Editor | Anders Villadsen |
| Sound | Dominik Schleier |
| Appearance | Bruno Ganz, Martin Goldsmith, Leonard Scheicher, Harvey Friedman |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Danish subtitles | Yes |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, DR TV |
| International sales | Menemsha Films |
| Online release | 01.04.2020, |
| Comment | World premiere at IDFA 2019. Anders Østergaard is renowned for 'The Magus' (1999), 'Tintin and Me' (2004) and Oscar nominee 'Burma VJ' (2008). His most recent film is '1989' (2014) about the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Production company | Plus Pictures |
| Co-production | Zero One Film, Norddeutscher Rundfunk |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmförderungsanstalt, Creative Europe, Claims Conference |
| In collaboration with | Danmarks Radio, SVT, YLE |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, DR TV |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Anders Østergaard |
| Co-director | Erzsébet Rácz |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Anders Østergaard |
| Screenplay | Martin Goldsmith |
| Research | Monika Preischl |
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Production |
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| Producer | Mette Heide |
| Producer | Thomas Kufus |
| Producer | Tassilo Aschauer |
| Line producer | Justin Kreinbrink |
| Line producer | Tassilo Aschauer |
| Production assistant | Lars Halby |
| Production assistant | Jacob Utzon |
| Production manager | Luna Jansen |
| Production assistant | Erlend Indseth |
| Production consultant | Tina Winholt |
| Production consultant | Peter Baekkel |
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Cinematography |
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| Director of Photography | Henner Besuch |
| Cinematographer | Lars Skree |
| Visual consultant | Simon Plum |
| Key grip | Morten Kildegaard |
| First assistant camera | Mikkel Find |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Anders Villadsen |
| Assistant editor | Martin Munck Schmidt |
| Assistant editor | Jacob Utzon |
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Production design |
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| Art director | Darren Clark |
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Sound |
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| Sound engineer | Dominik Schleier |
| Mixer | Martin Steyer |
| Dialogue editor | Peter Schultz |
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Appearance |
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| George Goldsmith | Bruno Ganz |
| Sig selv | Martin Goldsmith |
| Unge George Goldsmith | Leonard Scheicher |
| Martin Goldsmith on set | Harvey Friedman |
| Professor Spittel | András Bálint |
| Udlejer | Dani Levy |
| Rosemarie Goldsmith | Izabella Nagy |
| Pige | Fritzi Uhrig |
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