Ed Meza @edmezavarIn his more than three decades at Constantin Film, Martin Moszkowicz has overseen the production of hundreds of films, including such box office successes as “Downfall,” “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” the hugely popular “Fack Ju Goehte” films and the hit “Resident Evil” franchise.This year’s CinemaCon is honoring Constantin’s longtime CEO for his work and continuing success at the global box office.Speaking to Variety, Moszkowicz looks back at his career and discusses Constantin’s current challenges, its diverse lineup, new productions and expanding film and television activities.Moszkowicz has headed Germany’s most successful production and distribution group since 2014. While Germany remains its main market, Constantin has had a global outlook since its beginnings, and it was due in part to Moszkowicz’s international experience that he landed his first job at the company.
Gerda Weissmann Klein Dies: Holocaust Survivor, Presidential Medal Of Freedom Recipient And Subject Of Oscar-Winning Film ‘One Survivor Remembers,’ Was 97
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Gerda Weissmann Klein, who as a teen survived the Holocaust before becoming an author, activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and subject of a 1995 Oscar-and-Emmy winning film, died yesterday according to that film’s director, Kary Antholis. She was 97.
Born in 1924, Weissmann Klein was sent to Nazi forced-labor camps after the Germans occupied her native Poland. Shuffled through three different camps, she almost died from overwork. As Allied troops advanced, Weissmann Klein was one of 4,000 women sent on a forced death march away from liberation. The group marched through Poland, Germany and what is now the Czech Republic. While she survived the war, both of her parents and her brother died during the Holocaust.
Weissmann Klein was eventually liberated by American forces. She married Kurt Klein, a soldier, and emigrated to the United States. They had three children.
Weissmann Klein wrote an autobiography, All But My Life, which in 1995 was made into a documentary short by Antholis, who produced and directed for HBO. The 40-minute film, titled One Survivor Remembers, won both the Emmy for Outstanding Informational Special and the Oscar — for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Antholis brought Weissmann Klein up on stage to accept with him. The soft-spoken survivor almost didn’t get a chance to speak as, after the director said his “thanks,” the orchestra seemed to begin playing them off. But Weissmann Klein stepped to the mic, and a hush fell over the room. Her short speech is regarded by many as one of the most memorable ever given at the Academy Awards.
Here it is, in its entirety:
I have been in a place for six incredible years where winning meant a crust of bread and to live another day. Since the blessed day of
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