Heavenly Shift
For the first time ever a documentary feature film is dedicated to Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, who was credited as the first Jewish painter establishing a Jewish self-awareness in art history. An interna…
Heavenly Shift
For the first time ever a documentary feature film is dedicated to Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, who was credited as the first Jewish painter establishing a Jewish self-awareness in art history. An international seek for traces of Oppenheim's heritage in Jewish museums worldwide, interviews with renowned art historians and personal stories shared with direct descendants of the artist provide a very vivid and emotional approach to this outstanding figure of the history of Jewish art and emancipation. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, "the painter of the Rothschilds & the Rothschild of painters", was not only the first Jewish artist with an academic background, but also an icon of Jewish emancipation in Germany. Together with his bestseller - the depictions on traditional Jewish family life - the great achievements of 19th century German Jewry fell into oblivion. Young filmmaker Isabel Gathof is seeking Oppenheim's traces - motifs, descendants and heritage - in Germany, France and Israel, on the occasion of the world's first monument set up for the artist. Imposing images show the becoming of this great man and blur the lines between the past and the present on two narrative levels.
Heavenly Shift
Comedy,Drama
Film Details
For the first time ever a documentary feature film is dedicated to Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, who was credited as the first Jewish painter establishing a Jewish self-awareness in art history. An international seek for traces of Oppenheim's heritage in Jewish museums worldwide, interviews with renowned art historians and personal stories shared with direct descendants of the artist provide a very vivid and emotional approach to this outstanding figure of the history of Jewish art and emancipation. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, "the painter of the Rothschilds & the Rothschild of painters", was not only the first Jewish artist with an academic background, but also an icon of Jewish emancipation in Germany.
Together with his bestseller - the depictions on traditional Jewish family life - the great achievements of 19th century German Jewry fell into oblivion. Young filmmaker Isabel Gathof is seeking Oppenheim's traces - motifs, descendants and heritage - in Germany, France and Israel, on the occasion of the world's first monument set up for the artist. Imposing images show the becoming of this great man and blur the lines between the past and the present on two narrative levels..