- Director
Ruth Olshan
- Original idea
Ruth Olshan
- Producer
Arek Gielnik
- Co Producer
David Bernet
- Production company
INDI FILM GmbH ...
- Director of photography
Dietmar Ratsch
- Editor
Karin Jacobs ...
- IDF Events
2011 East Silver
Being Kosher
Nicht Ganz Kosher, Germany, 2010, 89 min, 52 min, Digi Beta, HD, Docu drama, Personal View, Portrait, Religion
Being Kosher is a tragicomic exploration of Jewish purity laws. From kosher food to ritual hygiene, sex by the book to the "not quite kosher" Jewish identity and family history of the filmmaker Ruth Olshan herself - a documentary journey into the author's Eastern European roots and contemporary Jewish life in Germany.
Director:
Ruth Olshan
Producer:
Arek Gielnik
Executive producer:
Sonia Otto
Co Producer:
David Bernet
Original idea:
Ruth Olshan
Screenplay:
Ruth Olshan
Director of photography:
Dietmar Ratsch
Editor:
Christian Matern, Karin Jacobs
Sound:
Denis Siebold, Matthias Petsche
Music:
Jens Grötzschel, Jörg Lemberg
Languages:
German, Lithuanian, Russian
Subtitles:
English, German
INDI FILM GmbH
(Production company)
Heinrich-Roller-Str. 15
10405 Berlin, Germany
Atmosfilm
(Coproduction company)
Leuschnerdamm 13
10999 Berlin, Germany
SWR - Südwestrundfunk
(Broadcaster involved)
Neckarstraße 230
70190 Stuttgart, Germany
ARTE G.E.I.E.
(Broadcaster involved)
4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France
mindjazz pictures
Landgrafenstrasse 105
D-50931 Köln, Germany
DOKfest München 2011, Germany