Run Boy Run

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Srulik, an eight-year-old boy, flees from the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. He attempts to survive, at first alone in the forest, and then as a Christian orphan named Jurek on a Polish farm. Throughout his ordeal, his Jewish identity is in danger of being lost. The story is based on the bestseller by Uri Orlev.

Original title:
Lauf Junge lauf
Year:
2013
Length:
112 minutes
Country:
Germany France
Director:
Pepe Danquart
Genre:
Action Drama War Shoah
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Shown at

  1. 12th Annual JCC Rockland International Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  2. 13th Annual Ruth and Bernard Friedman Windsor Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  3. 14th Annual Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  4. 14th Annual Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  5. 17th Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival (Detroit) - 2015
  6. 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival of Dallas - 2014
  7. 18th CAJE Miami Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  8. 19th Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  9. 19th Denver Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  10. 19th Jewish Film Festival of Southwest Florida - 2015
  11. 20th Annual East Bay Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  12. 20th Annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  13. 21st Annual Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  14. 22nd Toronto Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  15. 23rd Portland Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  16. 25th Annual Orange County International Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  17. 25th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  18. 25th Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  19. 30th Annual Buffalo International Jewish Film - 2015
  20. 6th Annual Sioux City Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  21. Altoona Jewish Film Festival - 2016
  22. Ames-Azalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  23. Athens Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  24. Atlanta Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  25. Austin Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  26. Baltimore Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  27. Boston Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  28. Boulder Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  29. Carmel Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  30. Charlotte Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  31. Cherry Hill Volvo Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  32. Cincinnati Jewish & Israeli Film Festival - Summer Cinema Series - 2014
  33. Columbia Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  34. Columbus Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  35. Dayton Jewish International Film Festival - 2015
  36. DPJCC's 15th Annual Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  37. Edmonton Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  38. Falmouth Jewish Congregation Summer Jewish Film Series - 2015
  39. Fresno Jewish Film Series - 2015
  40. Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  41. Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  42. Houston Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  43. Jewish Arts and Film Festival of Fairfield County - 2014
  44. Judaica - Mostra de Cultura e Cinema - 2015
  45. Long Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  46. Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  47. Louisville Jewish Film Festival - 2016
  48. Maine Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  49. Michiana Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  50. Mobile Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  51. New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  52. New Jersey Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  53. New York Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  54. North Louisiana Jewish Film Festival - 2016
  55. Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  56. Randi & Bruce Pergament Fall Mini Film Festival - 2015
  57. Randi & Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  58. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  59. Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival - 2016
  60. Savannah Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  61. Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  62. St. Louis Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  63. Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  64. Treasure Coast Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  65. Wilmington Jewish Film Festival - 2015
  66. Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival - 2014
  67. Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival - 2015

9 Responses

  1. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 8:51 am

    Pepe Danquart’s Holocaust drama sticks faithfully but unimaginatively to its source.

    http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-run-boy-run-1201120668/

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  2. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 8:51 am

    “Run Boy Run” tells the true story of Yoram Israel Fridman, who was smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto at age eight.

    http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/The-boy-who-ran-for-three-years-to-escape-the-Holocaust-350518

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  3. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 8:52 am

    Cinematographer Daniel Gottschalk (Krabat: The Satanic Mill) and production designer Matthias Muesse (who earlier evoked the Nazi-period in the boarding school drama Napola) deliver work that’s very much in step with the film’s direction in that it’s solid but not exactly outside-the-box.
    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/run-boy-run-lauf-junge-658575

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  4. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 9:05 am

    At times director Pepe Danquart’s take falls into parody, as in the unflinchingly cruel, handsome blond Germans who seem to waste great resources chasing one boy. But, overall, “Run Boy Run” is a powerful tale of good, evil and survival. Tkaczz is a revelation as the lost boy who is strong enough to find his way, but still young enough to break down and bawl at the madness around him.
    http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2015/03/cleveland_international_film_f_68.html

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  5. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 9:06 am

    The story and human behaviours are complex (those of the Polish people, the Germans and the Jews) and younger audiences can sense this because the director avoided clichés.
    http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=250914

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  6. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 9:06 am

    Danquart, who won an Oscar in 1993 for his short film ‘Black Rider,’ interviewed 700 youngsters before finding twins Andrzej & Kamil Tkaczz for the central role of Srulik/Jurek. The young fellows’ tandem-performance brings justice to Fridman, as a representative of the Holocaust survivors. Furthermore, the director’s depiction of the desolated vast spaces, traversed by the lone boy, amplifies his dejected path, as he succeeds on the long run in his race for life.
    http://www.shockya.com/news/2015/01/24/run-boy-run-movie-review/

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  7. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 4, 2016 at 9:08 am

    Run Boy Run follows the harrowing odyssey of a Polish-Jewish youngster named Srulik who evades betrayal by anti-Semitic Poles and capture by the Germans for three years. Through flashbacks, the audience learns that his father had him smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto after he promised that he would survive and never forget he was Jewish.
    http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/02/12/wandering-review-run-boy-run/

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  8. jakeStrong says:
    December 5, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    anyone know the types and name of the meals in this film?

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