Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise Synopsis

By 1939, 30,000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe, 80% were Jewish. These dramatic events sent many of the greatest minds of the 20th century into exile in the United States. The manna of creative intensity that hovered over Berlin in the 20's, - in music, art, theater and film -that glow of aesthetic productivity was extinguished. In some ways, Los Angeles in the 30's and early 40's may be seen as its afterglow…when scores of émigrés, fleeing the upsurge of European fascism, briefly transformed Southern California into one of the capitals of world culture, and profoundly altered the horizons of American music, literature, and the arts.

Film Credits

Produced and Directed by

  1. Peter Rosen

Co-Produced and Written by

  1. Sara Lukinson

Music Performed by Ensemble Recherche

  1. Flute: Martin Fahlenbock
  2. Oboe: Jaime Gonzalez
  3. Clarinet: Shizuyo Oka
  4. Piano: Jean-Pierre Collot
  5. Violin: Melise Mellinger
  6. Viola: Barbara Maurer
  7. Cello: Asa Akerberg

Narrator-Host

  1. James Conlon

Editors

  1. Peter Rosen
  2. Hilan Warshaw

Cologne Crew - Production Manager

  1. Thorsten Fricke

Cologne Crew - Audio Director

  1. Nils Heider

Cologne Crew - Camera

  1. Joachim Seck
  2. Bernhardine Schippers

Cologne Crew - Cologne Philharmonic Hall

  1. Andreas Hartker
  2. Wolf Geuer
  3. Jorge Lindner

Los Angeles Crew - Associate Producer

  1. Katharina Schulenberg

Los Angeles Crew - Camera

  1. Joel Shapiro
  2. Jimmy A. Grama

Los Angeles Crew - On-line Editor

  1. Jon Fordham

Framerunner - Audio Mix

  1. Kevin Wilson

Framerunner - Research

  1. Lisa Tannenbaum
  2. Hilan Warshaw

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