The Story of the Shipwrecked from the Patria (1997)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 59M

Director : Pavel Štingl
Writer : Pavel Štingl

Synopsis

On November 25, 1940, the SS Patria sank in the port of Haifa killing 267 people. The ship was carrying almost 1,800 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe whom the British authorities were deporting from Mandatory Palestine to Mauritius because they lacked entry permits. Opposed to the deportation, the Haganah planted a bomb intended to disable the ship to prevent it from leaving Haifa. However, they miscalculated the effects of the explosion and the bomb sank the ship in less than 16 minutes (Dir. Pavel Štingl, 2006, 45 min.). Pavel Stingl an award winning documentary filmmaker studied at the Film and Television Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). The screening is part of the ongoing “Docs in Salute” film series presented by the Library of Congress in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

Actors

Tomáš Töpfer
Tomáš Töpfer
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Pavel Štingl
Pavel Štingl
Director
Hana Jemelíková
Hana Jemelíková
Dramaturgy
Vladimír Holomek
Vladimír Holomek
Additional Camera
Jan Zikmund
Jan Zikmund
Sound
Václav Fiala
Václav Fiala
Music Director
Milan Justin
Milan Justin
Editor
Alona Abt
Alona Abt
Production Manager
Markéta Štinglová
Markéta Štinglová
Production Manager
Dagmar Stehlíková
Dagmar Stehlíková
Production Manager
Martin Kubala
Martin Kubala
Director of Photography
Pavel Štingl
Pavel Štingl
Story
Pavel Štingl
Pavel Štingl
Screenplay