Watermarks

Name: Watermarks
Genre: History, Sport, Documentary
Released: January 21, 2005
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 67

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Kino International | Release Date: January 21, 2005 | Unrated

Summary: Watermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Told by the swimmers, now in their eighties, Watermarks is about aWatermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Told by the swimmers, now in their eighties, Watermarks is about a group of young girls with a passion to be the best. It is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who still swim daily as they age with grace. (Kino International)… Expand

Director: Yaron Zilberman

Genre(s): History, Sport, Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 80 min

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Wesley Morris

In the absolutely moving new documentary Watermarks, seven women in their 80s return to the Vienna swimming pool of their youth. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A moving documentary that approaches the Holocaust from a fresh, intimate perspective. Read full review

Sheri Linden

The excellent film combines a wealth of archival material with the reminiscences of an unforgettable group of octogenarian women who were champion swimmers when Hitler annexed Austria in 1938. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Each woman is a terrific interview, and if the climactic vision of these still beautiful ladies gliding through the water doesn't bring a lump to your throat, you surely have no heart. Read full review

Lisa Nesselson

Snappy, affecting documentary. Read full review

Laura Sinagra

Though Zilberman's affection for the women leads to some indulgent digression, the doc's low-key tone (and lack of the stock, timpani-backed Nazi iconography) throws certain anecdotes into powerful relief. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Well-intentioned and exceedingly nice, Watermarks aspires to warm the soul, but succeeds only in numbing the mind. Read full review

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JackW.

Jan 14, 2006

Riveting. Finally, a "real" movie from those times, that brinkgs us back in time and then forward to the real people, as they are today, interacting together once again. Brilliant.

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KathrynD.

Jun 25, 2006

Remarkable! Moving and educational. One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I will never forget viewing this. This is one of those rare things that the world would be a better place for seeing.

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