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"Jewish City" Chinese Version Beijing November First World War Theme Praises the Precious Human Life
Release time：2018-09-11
On August 27, "Jewish City", jointly produced by Poly and Yanghua Drama, held a sharing conference in Beijing, focusing on the top aesthetic height and world influence of this great work.
The stage play "Jewish City" is directed by Joshua Sobor, a famous Israeli drama director, and starred by Annais Matian and Sun Qiang.Sobel introduced that "Jewish City" is adapted from the historical facts of World War II. It tells the story of music-loving residents, actors, singers, and poets in the Jewish City of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, who still sang and danced to death when facing the Nazi massacre.
"Jewish City" premiered in 1984 and won the Israeli David Harp Award for Best Drama of the Year. In addition to being staged in more than 20 languages around the world, it was also co-produced by Germany and Lithuania in 2006 as the film "Jewish Paradise Lost". Sobor himself won the 2009 Israel Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sobor mentioned that he accidentally read the story of the Jews in Vilnius that year in a diary, which also recorded the letters and songs of residents and artists, so he searched for survivors according to the diary and finally created "Jewish City". The music in the play is also the music created by the protagonist at that time.
"To live is to hope, and the light of hope is to ignite the fire of human life." Sun Qiang, the star of the Chinese version of the play, said, "The people in the play interpret the nobility of human life with their tireless struggle full of hope."
"Jewish City" will be premiered at the Beijing Poly Theater from November 9th to 11th, 2018. At that time, all audiences are welcome to come to the Beijing Poly Theater to watch this annual drama with extremely high aesthetic value and full of life power!
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