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.

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Summary Details
Earliest Release DateMay 14, 2010 (Austria)
Running Time1 hr 33 min
GenresDocumentary