The Woman with the Five Elephants

Thu, Feb 22 2018
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center

The Woman with the Five Elephants BPL Presents The Woman with the Five Elephants litfilm The Woman with the Five Elephants

Documentary, dir. by
Vadim Jendreyko
Germany, 2009, 93 min.
German and Russian with English subtitles

Winner of the Sterling Award for Best World Feature Documentary at Silverdocs, the documentary unravels the mystery behind the life and work of the world’s greatest translator of Russian literature, Svetlana Geier. For the first time in 56 years, Geier returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter — a revelatory investigation into language, meaning and the tides of history.

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LitFilm is made possible with the generous support of The Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

(Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten)

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Add to My Calendar 02/22/2018 11:00 am 02/22/2018 12:30 pm America/New_York The Woman with the Five Elephants

Documentary, dir. by
Vadim Jendreyko
Germany, 2009, 93 min.
German and Russian with English subtitles

Winner of the Sterling Award for Best World Feature Documentary at Silverdocs, the documentary unravels the mystery behind the life and work of the world’s greatest translator of Russian literature, Svetlana Geier. For the first time in 56 years, Geier returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter — a revelatory investigation into language, meaning and the tides of history.

Return to full schedule here.

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