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Gas [גזים]
Author(s): Ran Appleberg
A commandant of an extermination camp wishes to check the efficiency of the new gas chamber. He recruits two for the trial: a Jewish clown, star of silent films, and the gipsy servant of his own wife.
Format: Horror comedy
Cast Size:2M/5F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Acco festival, 2003
Acco festival, 2003
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Other Victims of Nazi Persecution
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