Jewish director
Woody Allen “never encountered anti-Semitism” in America
Woody Allen, Jewish director from the USA, talks about anti-Semitism in an interview. photo
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Allen’s new film “A Stroke of Luck” will soon be in theaters. In an interview he talks about anti-Semitism – and his relationship with Germany.
“I grew up in a neighborhood where everything was mixed and people got along with each other,” said the director, who was born in New York in 1935. The Italian children got along with the Jewish ones and the Irish children got along with the Italian ones. “It was a nice neighborhood and we didn’t have any terrible experiences.”
Ambivalent relationship with Germany
Allen describes his relationship with Germany as ambivalent: “When I think about Germany, I have mixed feelings,” he said. “The Germans achieved enormous things, culturally, intellectually and scientifically. And then again, they had the most evil government and the cruelest people the world has ever seen.” However, the Nazi era is not the reason why he has not yet made a film in Germany. The real reason for this is “that there hasn’t been anyone there who wanted to finance a film of mine.”
Allen’s new film “A Stroke of Luck” will be released in German cinemas on April 11th.