Edie - A Dance for Mengele

Hungarian Panorama
Cseke Eszter, S. Takács András
Hungary
2017
50min
English, Hungarian

In the 1940s, a young gymnast was preparing to join the Hungarian Olympic Team, but was refused because she was Jewish. She was later deported, along with her parents and sister, to Auschwitz where the Nazi doctor, Josef Mengele, tore her out of the line for the gas chambers. Mengele promised her she would meet her mother who was “just going to have a shower” soon. That day, while her parents were being killed, she was forced to dance to “The Blue Danube Waltz” in front of Mengele. She closed her eyes and imagined being on stage at the Budapest Opera.

Projections: 
11.08. Thursday 19:30
Művész
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Q&A
Producer: 
Cseke Eszter
S. Takács András
Co-producer: 
MTVA
Editor: 
Bacskai Brigitta
Story Editor: 
Horváth Kata
Camera: 
Cseke Eszter
S. Takács András
Sound: 
Fejér Mihály
Production info: 
Spot Productions Kft.
Distribution info: 
MTVA, Horváth Kata, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 31, Telephone: +36306369913, info@onthespot.hu, www.onthespot.hu
Awards: 
Monte-Carlo Television Festival - Golden Nymph Award