Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions (2011)
1h 10m
Running Time
July 9, 2011Release Date
Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions (2011)
1h 10m
Running Time
July 9, 2011Release Date
Plot.
He drew sketches on tiny pieces of paper and sent them, from the WW1 trenches, to a young cellist, who was waiting for him in Berlin. She thought he was a genius and helped him become the busiest architect in Germany. When the Nazis came to power, Erich and Louise Mendelsohn escaped Germany forever. The buildings which Erich built, scattered as a trail of their journey, have changed the history of architecture. Incessant Visions is a cinematic meditation about the untold story of Erich Mendelsohn, whose life and career were as enigmatic and tragic as the path of the century
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Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions, also known simply as Incessant Visions, is a 2011 documentary film directed by Duki Dror. The film takes as its focus the German-Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, exposing the complexities and intricacies of Mendelsohn's life and work through a series of letters with Louise, the young cellist who would eventually become his wife. Dror's film is at once an examination of Mendelsohn's seminal architectural work as well as an exploration of the German-Jewish experience during and after World War II seen through Mendelsohn's journey from Germany to England, British Mandate Palestine and the US.
The film premiered at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival.