Genghis Cohn (Original title)
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 02 March 1994 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Elijah Moshinsky
Production company billing: ©1993. BBC a BBC TV production in association with Arts & Entertainment Network In Colour Sound
Synopsis: A Jewish comedian and ventriloquist, Genghis Cohn, is killed at the Dachau concentration camp by Nazi officer Shatz. Seventeen years later Shatz is a policeman and Cohn returns to haunt him...
Subject: Jewish people
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TV Transmissions
Date: 02 March 1994Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:20Runtime: 80 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: [Variety - 31 Oct 1994: no known title]Author: GRAY, Timothy M Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Television Today n5891 10 Mar 1994 Page: 25
Title: Television reviewAuthor: PETTY, Moira Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v4 n5 May 1994 Pages: 62-63
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n5 May 1994: no known title]Author: LIPMAN, Amanda Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n917 23 Jul 1993 Page: 17
Title: Genghis CohnAuthor: SHACKLETON, Liz Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
In: Screen International n915 9 Jul 1993 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n915 9 Jul 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 22 Nov 1993 Page: 34
Title: [Variety - 22 Nov 1993: no known title]Author: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 78.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-03-02BFI identifier: C-764426
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 02 March 1994 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Elijah Moshinsky
Production company billing: ©1993. BBC a BBC TV production in association with Arts & Entertainment Network In Colour Sound
Synopsis: A Jewish comedian and ventriloquist, Genghis Cohn, is killed at the Dachau concentration camp by Nazi officer Shatz. Seventeen years later Shatz is a policeman and Cohn returns to haunt him...
Subject: Jewish people
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 02 March 1994Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:20Runtime: 80 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
(39)
©: BBC, Production Company: BBC TV, In association with: Arts & Entertainment Network, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Producer: Ruth Caleb, Associate Producer: Ruth Mayorcas, Production Executive: Geoffrey Paget, Germany Production Supervisor: Sybille Link, Location Manager: Adam Richards, 1st Assistant Director: Daphne Phipps, 2nd Assistant Director: Theresa Macinnis, James Haven, Continuity: Liz West, Casting Adviser: Joyce Nettles, Screenplay by: Stanley Price, Based on the novel 'The Dance of Genghis Cohn' by: Romain Gary, Photography: John Daly, Focus Puller: Mary Kyte, Clapper Loader: Steve Wallace, Lighting Gaffer: Laurie Shane, Grip: Kevin Higgins, Visual Effects: Paul McGuinness, Film Editor: Ken Pearce, Production Designer: Tony Burrough, Art Director: Peter Findley, Graphic Design: Iain Macdonald, Property Master: Paul Emerson, Construction Manager: Ron Venables, Costume Designer: James Keast, Costume Assistant: Jill Taylor, Darren Hunsley, Make-up Designer: Fran Needham, Make-up Assistant: Deborah Taylor, Music Composed and Conducted by: Carl Davis, Sound Recordist: Martyn Clift, Dubbing Mixer: Aad Wirtz, Dubbing Editor: Ged Murphy, Fight Arranger: Andy Bradford
Cast
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Robert Lindsay (Otto Schatz), Antony Sher (Genghis Cohn), Diana Rigg (Frieda Von Stangel), John Wells (Doctor Eckhardt), Frances de la Tour (Dr Helga Feuchtwanger), Robert Lang (police chief), Matthew Marsh (Herr Kruger), Paul Brooke (Hans-Dieter Pohl), Patrick Godfrey (Herr Mueller), Rowland Davies (Otto Kellner), Cara Konig (Frau Marthe Kellner), Juliette Grassby (Frau Koch), Peter Penry-Jones (Doctor Brauner), Cheryl Fergison (Frau Langer), Daniel Craig (Lieutenant Guth), Alwyne Taylor (Frau Inge Heller), Charles Dale (Herr Heller), Heather Canning (librarian), Ben Bazell (Hans Schumberg), Jay Benedict (Dr Burkhardt), Shaun Dingwall (Sergeant Hubsch), Chris Jenkinson (Lieutenant Weiss), Peter Jordan (reporter), Martin Ball (Herr Koch), Arnold Yarrow (synagogue warden), Hetta Charnley (Frau Kruger)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Variety 31 Oct 1994 Page: 36Title: [Variety - 31 Oct 1994: no known title]Author: GRAY, Timothy M Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Television Today n5891 10 Mar 1994 Page: 25
Title: Television reviewAuthor: PETTY, Moira Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v4 n5 May 1994 Pages: 62-63
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n5 May 1994: no known title]Author: LIPMAN, Amanda Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n917 23 Jul 1993 Page: 17
Title: Genghis CohnAuthor: SHACKLETON, Liz Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
In: Screen International n915 9 Jul 1993 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n915 9 Jul 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 22 Nov 1993 Page: 34
Title: [Variety - 22 Nov 1993: no known title]Author: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 78.46 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-03-02BFI identifier: C-764426
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape