Spring 19412007

Director
Uri Barbash

Acters

Katarzyna Al Abbas (Lisa Planck)
Miroslaw Baka (Woytek)
Adrianna Dzikowska (Zydówka)
Joseph Fiennes (Artur Planck)
Kelly Harrison (Young Emilia)
Clare Higgins (Clara Planck)

Love. To Survive.
Clara Planck, a known Canadian-Jewish cellist, is invited to her home town in Poland to inaugurate a concert hall in 1972. During her visit she remembers the spring of 1941, when she lost her family. She was then married to Arthur, a young Jewish doctor. They had two daughters, Lisa and Eva. During the German occupation they are seeking shelter. They find a safe house in the farm of Emilia, their local grocer who is all alone after her husband fought for his country and never returned. Amidst the horrors of the war that surround them, an impossible love triangle erupts as Emelia uncontrollably falls in love with Artur. Clara is understandably devastated by this romance, which ends up affecting the entire family’s fate. Such a fragile arrangement is sustained by love – or is it just the will to survive? The answer to that question may not even be made known to those who make it out alive.
“’Spring 1941’ achieves to show the complexity of war for those caught up in the Holocaust. It is a movie of tough choices during the war.” – The Movie Scene
“Many talented actors. All the ingredients are good” – The Jerusalem Post
“Joseph Fiennes is one of the most affecting actors around today, he gives an emotionally devastating performance.” – Amazon