Film about Jewish refugee musician in Shanghai shown in Vienna


By Liu XinyuYu Tao
  • World
  • Saturday, 09 Nov 2024

VIENNA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A documentary about Ferdinand Adler, a Jewish violinist who fled to Shanghai from the Nazis in 1939, and his story with one of his Chinese music students was screened in Vienna Friday night.

The film "Visit from China" by Austrian director Paul Rosdy tells the story of Adler and Sheng Mingliang, who was among a group of Chinese young students who learned to play the violin free of charge from Adler when the musician took refuge in China.

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