Watermarks

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Watermarks

2004,

1h 20m,

Documentary

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96%

23 Reviews

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94%

100+ Ratings

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96%

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23 Reviews

94%

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100+ Ratings

Taking its name from the Hebrew word for strength, the Hakoah Vienna sports club produced a host of talented female swimmers, who thrived in opposition to anti-Semitic trends that began to color Austrian society in the early 20th century. The club was a casualty of Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, but several of the women who were team members went on to live long, colorful lives. Now senior citizens, they're reunited in this documentary about sports, survival and bravery.

Critics Consensus

Watermarks is a moving and fascinating look at how the Nazi-fication of Germany in the 1930s affect a group of Jewish women swimmers.

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Jun 3, 2005

2.5/4

Zilberman's storytelling is a little jumpy, but his documentary is a fitting tribute to seven women whose strength of mind and character, as much as their physical prowess, was developed by the organization that ensured their survival.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Jun 3, 2005

3/4

Modest, moving and intelligently assembled.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Apr 29, 2005

3/4

His film, both reverent and affectionate, has at its heart a story that richly deserves the telling.

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Urban Cinefile

Nov 18, 2005

Surprisingly complex and moving, Yaron Silberman's vibrantly nostalgic documentary succeeds because it is about more than its surface subjects, young Jewish women who were champion swimmers in the 1930s whose lives were interrupted by the war.

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Robert W. Butler

Kansas City Star

Jun 17, 2005

The film's real power comes from the women's personalities.

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Jun 17, 2005

2.5/4

That the film is watchable is largely due to the women, any of whom could have been the subject of a better, considerably more focused film.

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Synopsis

Taking its name from the Hebrew word for strength, the Hakoah Vienna sports club produced a host of talented female swimmers, who thrived in opposition to anti-Semitic trends that began to color Austrian society in the early 20th century. The club was a casualty of Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, but several of the women who were team members went on to live long, colorful lives. Now senior citizens, they're reunited in this documentary about sports, survival and bravery.

Director: Yaron Zilberman
Producer: Yaron Zilberman, Yonatan Israel
Screenwriter: Yaron Zilberman
Distributor: Kino Pictures
Production Co: Cinephil
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 10, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 6, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $245.8K
Runtime: 1h 20m

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