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There Was Once ...

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A teacher in Kalocsa, Hungary, discovers a lost Jewish community and organizes a memorial.

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David DeWitt New York Times "There Was Once ...may feel like sober, do-gooder public television, but it has integrity, recording one specific town's slice of living history. Simple as that, it's a worthy document. Rated: 3/5 Sep 22, 2011 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Much in this wholly absorbing and poignant documentary is familiar from numerous previous Holocaust accounts, but Mago and her quiet sense of moral obligation provides a fresh perspective. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 22, 2011 Full Review Michelle Orange Village Voice A vitally personal version of a story often told in anonymous terms. Sep 20, 2011 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Starts out like a teacher's history lesson about a vanished past, but turns into a detective story as memories collide, link to witnesses, and a nightmare starts to repeat. Rated: 9/10 Oct 9, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A teacher in Kalocsa, Hungary, discovers a lost Jewish community and organizes a memorial.
Director
Gabor Kalman
Producer
Gabor Kalman, Gabor Garami
Genre
Documentary, War
Original Language
Hungarian
Runtime
1h 43m