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Germany, Pale Mother
Germany, Pale Mother () is a 1980 West German drama film written and directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It was shown at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it was nominated for a Golden Bear award. It was not released in the United States until 1984.
The film was restored and re-released in the UK in 2015 by the British Film Institute.
The title is taken from the poem of the same name by Bertolt Brecht.
Synopsis.
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was the co-founder, president, and production director of Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Life and career.
Cohn was born to a working-class Jewish family in New York City. His father, Joseph Cohen, was a tailor from Germany, and his mother, Bella Joseph, was from Pale of Settlement, Russian Empire. After working for a time as a streetcar conductor, and then as a song plugger for a sheet