Natan Gross
File:Natan Gross podczas kręcenia filmu Unzere kinder 1948 (Yoram Gross).jpg, 1948]]
Natan Gross ({{langx|he|נתן גרוס}}) (born November 16, 1919, in Kraków, died October 5, 2005, in Tel Aviv{{cite web|url=https://ksiazki.wp.pl/zmar-natan-gross-6146228154549889a|title=Zmarł Natan Gross - WP Książki|website=ksiazki.wp.pl|access-date=2025-04-02}}) was Polish and Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, film critic and historian, poet, writer, translator, editor and publisher writing in Polish and Hebrew. While in Poland, until 1950, he shot about 10 feature and documentary films in Yiddish, mostly with {{ill|Kinor (film studio)|lt=Kinor|pl}} film studio. In Israel he shot about 100 documentaries and several feature films[https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2005-10-05/ty-article/0000017f-db3c-df9c-a17f-ff3c3be10000 מת נתן גרוס, מחלוצי הקולנוע הישראלי, בגיל 86], Haaretz{{cite web|url=https://gwzkrakow.pl/en/2023/11/16/natan-gross-1919-2005-3/|title=Natan Gross (1919-2005) – Jewish Religious Community|website=gwzkrakow.pl|access-date=2025-04-02}}
His brother was Yoram Gross and he was married to Shulamit Gross with whom he had son {{ill|Yaakov Gross|he|יעקב גרוס}}.
Filmography
- 1946–1949: Yidishe film kronik (from Yiddish: Jewish Film Chronicle)
- 1947: Der weg cum gezunt (from Yiddish: The path to health)
- 1947: Der yidisher yishuv in Niderschlezien (from Yiddish: The Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia)
- 1948: Der finfter yartzeit un ojfsztand in warszewer geto (The Fifth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
- 1948: Undzere kinder (from Yiddish: Our children)
- 1948: {{ill|Mir lebngeblibene|pl|My, którzy przeżyliśmy}} (We who survived ; in Yiddish, documenting the revival of the social and cultural life of the Jews in Poland after World War II){{cite web|url=https://www.iluzjon.fn.org.pl/filmy/info/4110/my-ktorzy-przezylismy.html|website=iluzjon.fn.org.pl|title=Kino Iluzjon Filmoteki Narodowej – My, którzy przeżyliśmy |access-date=2025-04-02}}{{cite web|url=https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1004375|title=Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|website=collections.ushmm.org|access-date=2025-04-02}}[https://huji.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9920874180803701&context=L&vid=972HUJI_INST:972HUJI_INST_JFA&lang=en&search_scope=JFA&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=JFA&query=any,contains,Mir%20Lebngeblibene&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9033844723542199163&offset=0 Mir Lebngeblibene. Poland; 1946-1948] (video 1 hour, Steven Spilberg Jewish Film Archive)
- 1948: ORT (vocational education)
- 1948: Joint
- 1949: {{lang|he|אחרי אלפיים שנה}} ("Two Millenia After"; documentary, 12 min. Summarizing the first year of the official presentation of Israel in Poland; Hebrew and English subtitles)[https://jfc.org.il/en/news_journal/48371/ After 2000 Years], Israeli Film Archive
- 1949: Kadima Gordonia ("Forward, Gordonia", short)
- 1962: Joseph the Dreamer (screenplay)
- 1963: {{ill|The Cellar (1963 film)|lt=The Cellar|he|רתף (סרט)}} (feature film; 60 min.; the story of Holocaust survivor, Emmanuel, who works as a security guard on a construction site) [https://jfc.org.il/en/movie/45980-2/ The Cellar], Israeli Film Archive
Books
- 1986: {{langx|he|מי אתה אדון גרימק?}} ("Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?")
- 1991:Kim pan jest, panie Grymek? Translation from Hebrew to Polish
- Toldot ha-kolnoa ha-Yehudi be-Polin: 1910–1950/ The Jewish Film in Poland: 1910–1950. [Hebrew Language Edition].
- Polish title: Film Żydowski w Polsce, 2002
Awards
- 1963: the film The Cellar won the Kinor David award, Israel{{cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hbkr/1963/07/03/01/article/13?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%A3+%28%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%29%22&utm_content=itonut|website=nli.org.il|title=המלצה ל"המרתף" לבני הנעורים|access-date=2025-04-02}} and "Youth Prize" (Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People) at the Berlin International Film Festival{{cite web|url=https://cinemaofisrael.co.il/המרתף/|title=המרתף - ספר הקולנוע הישראלי|website=cinemaofisrael.co.il|access-date=2025-04-02}}[https://jff.org.il/en/movie/76066 The Cellar], at the Jerusalem Film Festival, 2024
- 1991:Ophir Award for lifetime achievement[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hadashot/1991/11/18/01/article/27?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%9F+%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%22&utm_content=itonut ״מעבר לים״ – אל מעבר לים], Hadashot, November 18, 1991
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0343464}}
- [https://jfc.org.il/en/official/natan-gross/ Natan Gross filmography] at the Israeli Film Archive
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Category:Polish film directors
Category:Kraków Ghetto inmates