The Woman with the 5 Elephants (2009)

First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

All Releases

Domestic (13.3%)
$11,026
International (86.7%)
$71,913
Worldwide
$82,939
Summary Details
Earliest Release DateMay 14, 2010 (Austria)
Running Time1 hr 33 min
GenresDocumentary

By Release

Release GroupRolloutMarketsDomesticInternationalWorldwide
Original ReleaseMay 14, 2010Austria$71,913$71,913
2011 Re-releaseJuly 20, 2011Domestic$11,026$11,026

By Region

EMEA# ReleasesLifetime GrossRank
Austria1$71,9132,909
Domestic# ReleasesLifetime GrossRank
Domestic1$11,02616,777