Watermarks (film)
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Watermarks is a 2004
documentary directed by Yaron Zilberman that features women from the Viennese Hakoah swim team during the rise of fascism in 1930s Austria
. The film describes the women's success as athletes leading up to the Anschluss
of 1938 when the swimmers fled Austria to disparate locations in Palestine
, England
, and the United States
. The documentary ends with some of the women from the swim team returning to Vienna sixty-five years later for a reunion at their old swimming pool.
One of the women featured in the film, Judith Haspel
, was a record-setting swimmer who was selected to represent Austria in the 1936 Summer Olympics
in Berlin. She refused to go and was stripped of her records and banned from competition. Her records were reinstated in 1995.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
documentary directed by Yaron Zilberman that features women from the Viennese Hakoah swim team during the rise of fascism in 1930s Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The film describes the women's success as athletes leading up to the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
of 1938 when the swimmers fled Austria to disparate locations in Palestine
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The documentary ends with some of the women from the swim team returning to Vienna sixty-five years later for a reunion at their old swimming pool.
One of the women featured in the film, Judith Haspel
Judith Haspel
Judith Deutsch-Haspel, born Judith Deutsch was a swimming champion who held every Austrian women's middle and long distance freestyle record in 1935....
, was a record-setting swimmer who was selected to represent Austria in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in Berlin. She refused to go and was stripped of her records and banned from competition. Her records were reinstated in 1995.