Danny A. Abeckaser Sets Holocaust Feature ‘Bardejov,’ Gravitas Ventures Acquires North American Rights (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comK.J. Yossman Danny A. Abeckaser is directing and starring in a new World War II drama, “Bardejov” from a screenplay by Shmuel Lynn.
It has already been picked up by Gravitas Ventures for North American distribution next spring. Also starring Robert Davi, Kyle Stefanski, Dean Miroshnikov, Darren Weiss and Omer Hazan, the film tells the story of the Jews of Bardejov in Slovakia, who were almost completely wiped out during the Holocaust.
Among them was Holocaust survivor Emil A. Fish, who was 9 years old when a Gestapo officer found him and his family hiding and sent them to a concentration camp to suffer the same fate as their many friends and relatives.
Fish survived but to this day no Jews live in Bardejov. Fish, who is the founder of the Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee, also makes a cameo in the film and is a producer on the project.
Read more on variety.com
