Lullaby to my Father

Lullaby to my Father

Drama, Documentary | Oct. 30, 2012

The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give form to this architecture. We follow the journey of Munio, my father, born in 1909 in Silesia, Poland, the son of a tenant farmer of a Prussian junker. At the age of 18, Munio goes to Berlin and Dessau to meet Walter Gropius, Kandinsky and Paul Klee at the Bauhaus. In 1933, the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis, who accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio was imprisoned, then deported to Basel. He left for Palestine. Upon his arrival in Haifa, he began a career as an architect and adapted European modernist principles to the Middle East.

Lullaby to my Father

Drama, Documentary | Oct. 30, 2012

Lullaby to my Father
The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give form to this architecture. We follow the journey of Munio, my father, born in 1909 in Silesia, Poland, the son of a tenant farmer of a Prussian junker. At the age of 18, Munio goes to Berlin and Dessau to meet Walter Gropius, Kandinsky and Paul Klee at the Bauhaus. In 1933, the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis, who accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio was imprisoned, then deported to Basel. He left for Palestine. Upon his arrival in Haifa, he began a career as an architect and adapted European modernist principles to the Middle East.
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Agav Films, Agav Hafakot, HAMON HAFAKOT, Elefant Films, Arte France - Unité Documentaires
Original title Lullaby to my Father
Directors Marieke Staub, Amos Gitai
Writers Sari Azoulay Turgeman

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

as Narrator (voice)

Amos Gitai

as Narrator (voice)

Yaël Abecassis

as Efratia

Theo Ballmer

as Self

Ran Danker

as Munio

Keren Gitai

as Self

Ben Gitai

as Self

Paula Hedvall

as Self

Hanna Maron

as Narrator (voice)

Ahmad Mesgarha

as Avocat de Munio

Werner Moeller

as Self

Torsten Ranft

as Judge

Hanna Schygulla

as Narrator (voice)