Oskar & Jack
Twins Reunited
Directed by Frauke Sandig
Produced by Wolfgang Bergmann
Overview
Genre
Human Interest, Biography, Society, and History
Synopsis
In late 1979, two gentlemen arrived at the Airport in Minneapolis who bore an amazing resemblance to each other: the same stature, the same faces, the same voices. They even wore similar clothing and nearly identical glasses – and both had mustaches. They had met only once before – in Germany in 1954. As can be imagined, Oskar and Jack are indentical twins. Their German mother and Romanian Jewish father had met on board an emigration ship. They separated shortly after the twins were born in Trinidad in 1933, and the brother’s lives took radically different turns. Their mother took Oskar to his grandmother in the Sudetenland. She raised him in a strict Catholic tradition and the spirit of Nazism. He became an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth. Jack stayed in the Caribbean with his father who brought him up as a Jew. At age sixteen, he went to Israel to do his part to build the new Jewish state. On his honeymoon in 1954, he stopped off in Germany to meet his mother and twin brother
Stage
finished
Running time
60 minutes
Links
Official Website
Oskar & Jack Official Website
Credits
Frauke Sandig
... Director
Nurith Aviv
... Camera
Inge Schneider
... Editor
Wolfgang Bergmann
... Producer
Martin Steyer
... Sound Mix
Production Details
Country
Germany
Production years
1996
Locations
Germany, California, Trinidad
Prod. Partners
Lichtfilm, Filmbüro NRW
Distribution Details
Release year
1996
Festivals
San Franciso International Film Festival, Hamptons Int., London Jewish Film Festival, Duiburger Filmwoche, Wellington, San francisco Jewish Film Festival
Awards
Golden Gate Award
Broadcast (Prod.)
WDR / ARTE
Broadcast (Acq.)
KQED
Language
English, German
Subtitles
English, German
Produced by Wolfgang Bergmann
Overview
Genre
Human Interest, Biography, Society, and HistorySynopsis
In late 1979, two gentlemen arrived at the Airport in Minneapolis who bore an amazing resemblance to each other: the same stature, the same faces, the same voices. They even wore similar clothing and nearly identical glasses – and both had mustaches. They had met only once before – in Germany in 1954. As can be imagined, Oskar and Jack are indentical twins. Their German mother and Romanian Jewish father had met on board an emigration ship. They separated shortly after the twins were born in Trinidad in 1933, and the brother’s lives took radically different turns. Their mother took Oskar to his grandmother in the Sudetenland. She raised him in a strict Catholic tradition and the spirit of Nazism. He became an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth. Jack stayed in the Caribbean with his father who brought him up as a Jew. At age sixteen, he went to Israel to do his part to build the new Jewish state. On his honeymoon in 1954, he stopped off in Germany to meet his mother and twin brother