Les Films de la Mémoire

Escape To The Rising Sun

A film by Diane Perelsztejn

Escape to the Rising Sun documents the experience of 20.000 Jews who fled Nazi persecutions in Europe and took refuge in Shanghai, China, during World War II. For several thousands of them, escape meant travelling through the Soviet Union and Japan before eventually reaching Shanghai. Throughout the Japanese occupation the refugees were completely cut off from the outside world. After the liberation, they began leaving for new homes in Europe, the United States, Israel and Australia.

Director & Writer:	Diane Perelsztejn
Images:	Guido Van Rooy
Editing:	Ewald Wels
Producer assistant:	Trudie van Os
Director assistant:	Héléna de Meerleer
Sound:	Daniel Pilatte Sofica Nauwelaerts
Music:	Christophe Barwinek
Producers:	Diane Perelsztejn Willy Perelsztejn

95 minutes - 16mm - Stereo - Colour

A coproduction of Les Films de la Mémoire - ZDF - RTBF

With the support:

Of the French-speaking Community of Belgium
Of the Hoso-Bunka Foundation
Of the Japan Foundation
Of the Banpaku Foundation
Of the Rich Foundation
Of BABEL, European Funds for Audiovisual multilinguism
Of the City College, The City University of New York
Of the Memorial Foundation for the Jewish Culture
Of the National Cinematography Centre

Prize of the City of Strasbourg & Prize of the Universities : 19th Film Festival of Strasbourg - Institut International des Droits de l’Homme, France - 1991

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