The Interpreter

Streaming video - 2018

An 80-year-old translator, Ali Ungár, comes across a book written by a former SS officer recounting his war experiences in Slovakia. Ali realizes that one of the chapters may well describe his own parents’ execution. And so, armed with a pistol, he sets off to Vienna to look for the SS man and take his revenge. But once there, the only person he encounters is the man’s 70-year-old son Georg, a former teacher who has spent his whole life avoiding his father and suffering from an addiction to alcohol. The translator’s visit arouses Georg’s curiosity and he decides to invite Ali on a trip through Slovakia. Gradually, these two very different men begin to warm to each other and together, they discover a country that would prefer to for...get about its past. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Menemsha Films 2018.
2019.
Language
English
Other Authors
Martin Šulík (film director), Jiří Menzel (actor), Peter Simonischek
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Title from title frames.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).