Neue Welt

Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.

A journey through Viennese cinemas, from the first showings by the brothers Lumière to modern megaplexes.

The story of Alfred Schreyer, the only surviving pre-WWII Jewish resident in this Western Ukraine town. In the 1930s, he was a student of Bruno Schulz. During the Nazi occupation he survived forced labor and concentration camps. After the war he became a singer and violinist in a local Cinema Lobby Orchestra. Today, Alfred Schreyer is a living history.