Spring 41 (tbc)
- Run time: 2 hours 2 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1st January 2008
- Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Claire Higgins
- Directed by: Uri Barbash
Plot Synopsis
Based on the writings by Ida Fink, Spring 41 tells the story of Clara Planck (Claire Higgins),a famous virtuoso cellist, returning to Poland 30 years after World War II to visit the places that still haunt her. Once a happy and successful young Jewish family living in Warsaw- Clara, her husband Doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) and their young daughter are forced to flee for their lives following the Nazi invasion of Poland. They find refuge at a Polish woman’s remote farm,but a love triangle soon develops between the young adults, making life impossible for them all.
Spring 41 is poignant and devastating story of love, terror, survival and betrayal and a true labour of love for the Oscar- nominated Israeli director Uri Barbash. What makes this powerful historical drama even more remarkable is that it is the first ever Israeli-Polish co-production, perhaps symbolically marking a new era in the historically complex Jewish-Polish relations.