The Presidents' Tailor - From Auschwitz to the White House
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Overview
- Genre
- Biography, History, Portrait, Culture, and Human Interest
- Synopsis
Maxmilian Grünfeld learned to sew while mending shirts for SS soldiers in Auschwitz when he was fifteen. Four years later, he re-invented himself as the American Martin Greenfield, and was making suits for the former general and future US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who liberated him from Buchenwald in 1945. The Presidents’ Tailor is an hour- long documentary about how one man transformed into the other against all odds.
With his infectious smile and insistence on “quality with intrinsic value”, Martin Greenfield quickly rose from his humble beginnings as a floor boy at the GGG menswear factory in Brooklyn to become the highbrow tailor of choice for US presidents and celebrities alike. But times are changing. Today, Greenfield Clothiers stands alone as a beacon in the once thriving men’s tailoring industry in New York City. The Presidents’ Tailor is a poignant reminder of the distinguished craftsmanship which once gave birth to the golden age of American manufacturing.- Stage
- in post-production
- Running time
- 53 and 30 minutes
Credits
- Rick Minnich ... Writer/Director/Producer/Additional Cinematography/Drone
- Peter-Hugo Scholz ... Co-writer, researcher
- Mike Brandin ... Producer
- Tom Bergmann ... Director of Photography (USA)
- Anne Misselwitz ... Director of Photography (Europe)
- Ian Moubayed ... Additional Cinematography
- David Schoeley ... Editor, Colorist
- Michael Muehlhaus ... composer
- Nikola Chapelle ... Sound Recordist (USA)
- Sebastian Löffler ... Sound recordist (Europe)
- Mustafa Mirza ... Additional sound recording
- André Klar ... Sound designer, mixer
- Steve Naumann ... Interpreter
- David Sterling ... Associate Producer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- InOneMedia
- Country
- Germany
- Years of Production
- 2017-2021
- Locations
- USA, Germany, Ukraine, Poland
- Prod. Partners
- Our Man in Berlin
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2021
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- MDR
- Language
- English, German, Ukrainian
- Subtitles
- English, German
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