Ex Libris, an animated documentary film by Melissa Hacker

 
in German:
Ex Libris, an animated documentary film Ein Film v. Melissa Hacker

Project

 

Description

In 1939, as the Jewish grandfather of the filmmaker Marco Birnholz was preparing to flee Nazi Vienna, his valuable collection of hand drawn bookplates was seized by the Austrian National Library. Ex Libris is an animated documentary about tracing the lost bookplate collection of his grandfather which he had created and lost between the two world wars.

in German:
Im Jahr 1939, als sich der jüdische Großvater der Filmemacherin Marco Birnholz auf seine Flucht aus dem nationalsozialistischen Wien vorbereitete, wurde seine wertvolle Sammlung von sehr schönen handgezeichneten Exlibris von der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek beschlagnahmt. Ex Libris ist ein animierter Dokumentarfilm über die Rückverfolgung der verschwundenen Exlibris Sammlung des Großvaters, welche er in Wien zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen erstellt und verloren hat.

Projectwebsite

Applicant

Nanook Film Ltd.

in German:
NanookFilm GmbH

Website

Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

20 Dec 2011

Category

documentary film

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.