The House on August Street tells the remarkable but little known story of Beate Berger, a German Jewess who single-handedly rescued more than 100 children during the Holocaust by smuggling them from Berlin to Palestine during the 1930's.

Berger, the founder of the Beit Ahavah (House of Love) Children’s Home, quickly recognized the Nazi threat and resolved to protect 'her' 120 children – children who lived under her care at Auguststarße 14-16.

The film is about memory, about hope and about a woman who understood the reality around her as very few did at the time. But most of all it is a film about love which was the essence of Beit Ahavah. The film, including testimonies, rare archive footage and monologues played by the German actress Naomi Krauss, was filmed at the original "Beit Ahawah" on August Street in Berlin.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

 Second Prize for Best Documentary – Haifa International Film Festival, 2007 
 The Grand Prix Award for Best Documentary – "CIRCOM REGIONAL", European Association of Regional Television, 2008
 Nominee- Best Documentary Film, Israeli Film Academy Awards 2008
 The Boston Jewish Film Festival 2007
 Doc Leipzig- International Leipzig Festival for Documentary & Animated Film, 2007 
 Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2008
 Berlin Jewish Film Festival, 2008 
 LA Jewish Film Festival, 2008
 San Joaquin Film Festival, 2008 
 Ischia Film Festival, Italy 2008
 International Festival of Films on Gandhiji and his principles, 2008
 CAMERA OBSCURA Les Affaires Internationales, Poland 2008
 PLATFORMA VIDEO8, Greece 2008
 RKF Film Festival; Rome-Milan-Trieste, 2008
 Washington Jewish Film Festival, 2008 
 Tucson Jewish Film Festival, 2009
 Northern Virginia International Jewish Film Festival 2009
 Jewish Museum of New York- High School Film Festival, 2009 
 Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, 2009
 FICJA, 7th International Jewish Film Festival, Argentina 2009

TV SCREENINGS

 RBB, Germany
 MDR, Germany
 Channel 2, Israel

QUOTES

"It is a fantastic story with a very good archive material, wonderful dramatized parts and current filming of some of the children who were saved by the Heroine Beate Berger.
It all creates a mix of emotions, compassion and humor in a documentary.”
(PRIX CIRCOM 2008 Jury report)

“Immeasurable love and emotion, without a drop of sentimentality nor nostalgic schmaltz.  A meticulously forged work of cinema, both modest and humble, moving and inspiring.”
(Yehuda Stav, Yediot Aharonot, Israel)

"A most impressive way to exhibit the prevailing ambiance in Germany at the rise of the Nazis… Extremely convincing dramatic moments are created through the imaginary dialogue between the director and her great aunt. "
(Berliner Zeitung, Germany)

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