Babiy Yar (also known as Babij Jar) is a 2003 film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Michael Degen.[1]
Babiy Yar | |
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Directed by | Jeff Kanew |
Written by | Stephen Glantz |
Starring | Michael Degen, Katrin Sass, Barbara De Rossi, Axel Milberg, Euclid Kyurdzidis |
Music by | Walter Werzowa |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Countries | United States Belarus Germany |
Languages | German, English subtitles |
Filmed in Europe and given a limited theatrical release, the film recounts the mass murders in September 1941 of thousands of Jews, Soviet POWs, communists, Romani people and civilian hostages by German Einsatzgruppen, and Ukrainian nationalist collaborators in the title location, a ravine in Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine).[2]
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edit- ^ Ryan Shriver. "Babij Jar". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ A Museum for Babi Yar, The Jerusalem Post (23 October 2011)
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