The Woman with the 5 Elephants

Documentary about Svetlana Geier, a Ukranian who has translated the great works of Dostoyevsky into German. First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

Country:

Germany,

Switzerland

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

Vadim Jendreyko

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Company:

ZDF,

3sat,

Filmtank,

Mira Film,

SRF

Cast:

Svetlana Geier

Anna Götte

Hannelore Hagen

Jürgen Klodt

Crew:

Director

Writer

Music

Music

Director of Photography