Private Project

Memories of the Warsaw Ghetto

Told through the memories and drawings of little Genio and narrated by family friend, Bernard Bragg, 'Memories of the Warsaw Ghetto' is a docudrama film about a boyhood resident of that Ghetto, Dr. Eugene Bergman. Deafened early in the war, Genio and his family struggle to survive persecution in Nazi occupied Poland. Behind the Ghetto wall, they find a community of people who refuse to let the Germans strip them of their identity. A community that keeps their culture, their family, and their love alive. But the Germans are determined to destroy them, and their determination is deadly.

  • Alexander Genievsky
    Director
    The Gift
  • Dr. Eugene Bergman
    Writer
  • Alexander Genievsky
    Writer
    The Gift
  • Jacqueline Greff
    Producer
    The Gift, Fell's Point Out of Time, Easing into Yoga with Linda Howard
  • Alexander Genievsky
    Producer
    The Gift
  • Dr. Eugene Bergman
    Producer
  • Dr. Eugene Bergman
    Key Cast
  • Wesley Brown
    Key Cast
  • Bernard Bragg
    Key Cast
  • James Radack
    Key Cast
  • Veronika Downes
    Key Cast
  • Phil Piruzzi Filsoof
    Key Cast
  • Mary Suib
    Key Cast
  • David Birkenbilt
    Key Cast
  • Kelly Hutchison
    Key Cast
  • David Phillip Carollo
    Key Cast
  • Alec Weinberg
    Key Cast
  • Bronek Bergman
    Key Cast
  • Mat Edelson
    Key Cast
  • Thomas Olson
    Key Cast
  • Ed Klein
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Larry Curran
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Juan Carrera
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Henry Hickerson
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Kevin R. Sidenstricker
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Lew Diuguid
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • Michael Pierce
    Cast: Soldiers & Police
  • David Heath Blake
    Additional Cast
  • Theo Halligan
    Additional Cast
  • Alexander Genievsky
    Additional Cast
  • Ryan Sellers
    Additional Cast
  • Bernie Cohen
    Additional Cast
  • Steve Woodka
    Additional Cast
  • Frank Tybush
    Additional Cast
  • Peter Muggleworth
    Additional Cast
  • Skyler Jenkins
    Additional Cast
  • Steve Woodka
    Additional Cast
  • Zach Steffey
    Additional Cast
  • Steve Izant
    Additional Cast
  • Ron Northcraft
    Additional Cast
  • Maria Callier
    Additional Cast
  • Peter Balcke
    Additional Cast
  • Christie Starley
    Additional Cast
  • Joshua Malave
    Additional Cast
  • Kraig Greff
    Additional Cast
  • Janet Kuperstein
    Additional Cast
  • Valerie Henry
    Additional Cast
  • John D. Curd, Jr.
    Additional Cast
  • Yalda Moslehian
    Additional Cast
  • Afnan Lieb
    Additional Cast
  • Alex Nemirovsky
    Additional Cast
  • Deborah Sapolsky
    Additional Cast
  • Ron Northcraft
    Additional Cast
  • Petra Smeltzer
    Additional Cast
  • Kim Shapiro
    Additional Cast
  • Daniela Sambataro
    Additional Cast
  • Gizan Glyer
    Additional Cast
  • Herbert Moscoso
    Additional Cast
  • Dillin Olshonsky
    Additional Cast
  • Scott Brown
    Additional Cast
  • Sonas Swerholt
    Additional Cast
  • Kraig Greff
    Music by
  • Carol W. Davis, LLC, Independent Casting Services
    Casting by
  • Jacqueline Greff
    Production Manager
  • Frank Tybush
    Assistant Director
  • Jacqueline Greff
    Production Department
  • Frank Tybush
    Production Department
  • Kraig Greff
    Production Department
  • Elizabeth Tybush
    Production Department
  • Kim Shapiro
    Production Department
  • Bonnie Kasperek
    Production Department
  • Christie Wagner
    Production Department
  • Valerie Henry
    Production Department
  • Alexander Genievsky
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Dr. Eugene Bergman
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Larry Curran
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Jacqueline Greff
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Frank & Elizabeth Tybush
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Ethan Sinnott
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Jacob Fisher
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Brian Dettling, Stage Armament Solutions
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Kim Shapiro
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Margo Harvey
    Costumes, Wardrobe & Props
  • Kraig Greff
    Music & Sound Department
  • Christopher Huntington
    Music & Sound Department
  • Dan Hones
    Music & Sound Department
  • Jacqueline Greff
    Post-Production Department
  • Claire Bergman
    Post-Production Department
  • Frank Tybush
    Post-Production Department
  • Daniela Sambataro
    Post-Production Department
  • Lindsey Nixon
    Post-Production Department
  • Kim Shapiro
    Post-Production Department
  • Sabrina Bergman
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Diane Chambers
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Alexandra Day (Anita Perlmutter Nilmodian)
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Katie Evans
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Courtney Nimersheim
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Becca Souder
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Juliana Vadala
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Michelle Walsh
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Heather Watson
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Kerry Wecht
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Erin Welsh
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Jennifer West
    Sign Language Interpreters
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 2, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    16,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alexander Genievsky

Alexander Genievsky, a Russian-born US citizen, received his BA degree in directing film from the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, and his MFA degree few years later at B.V. Shukin Higher Theater School at E. B. Vakhtangov Theatre Academy in Moscow. At the age of 21, while performing military service in Afghanistan, Mr. Genievsky lost his hearing.

Alexander's acting career includes "Come and See" by Elem Klimov that was awarded the Golden Prize in the Moscow Film Festival, the "Bullet of Life", a film by Young Lee, and a number of shorts and a docudrama. As a stage actor, he has performed with theater groups in Holland, Germany, Kazakstan, Spain, France, Italy and Russia. In 2005, he played the leading role in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Roundhouse Theater, Silver Spring, MD. From 2001-2006, he taught a Combat Stage (sword fighting) course, at Gallaudet University.

Alex joined the world of independent film in 2010-2011 when he directed and produced the film The Gift, which was shown at the 2011 Toronto Deaf Film Festival, India Ability Film Festival, Holland Deaf Film Festival (winner), the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and just recently in Russia at the Breaking Down Barriers Disability Film Festival in Moscow and the Rostov-on-Don Festival, where it won the Audience Award. Alex is currently President and Artistic Director of the Deaf arts nonprofit organization Universal Sign Entertainment.

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