Uncle Chatzkel

Uncle Chatzkel

羅德.費曼Rod FREEDMAN
1999
  • Australia
52min
Colour
  • Video

Uncle Chatzkel

Synopsis

Chatzkel Lemchen has lived through the Russian revolution, two world wars, a communist regime and the transition of Lithuania from Soviet Republic to an independent state. As a linguist and lexicographer, his dictionaries helped preserve the Lithuanian language during the Soviet era. At 93, he still lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania, providing a bridge between Lithuania, Russian and Yiddish cultures. Now regarded as a national treasure, Chatzkel display the strength of a survivor, the insight of an intellectual and the humor of a wise man.